News from April 2020
Tobacco lawyer fighting insurers over coronavirus claims; Industry says pandemics are 'uninsurable'
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A plaintiffs lawyer who took part in the tobacco litigation of the 1990s is now at the forefront of the next great litigation wave, leading a group representing restaurant employees affected by the coronavirus quarantine as insurers claim rewriting policies to cover pandemics will wreck the industry.
Taco Bell wins Chalupa price case after claiming plaintiffs ignored menu
NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has ruled that people who sued Taco Bell because their Chalupa boxes cost 99 cents more than they thought failed to pay attention to the price on the menu.
Class action lawyer uses NLRB to punish Federalist founder for joke on Twitter
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The publisher of a conservative online journal who joked on Twitter he would send his employees “back to the salt mine” if they attempted to form a union has been sanctioned by an administrative law judge with the National Labor Relations Board who said the tweet was “a threat of unspecified reprisal.”
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Lawsuit: Six Flags is closed for coronavirus but keeps charging season pass members
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — A Los Angeles woman has filed a class action against Six Flags, alleging park members and season pass holders are being billed despite the parks closing during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Lawsuit claims CorePower Yoga continues charging its members during COVID-19 shutdown
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — CorePower Yoga, which operates more than 200 studios throughout the United States, is facing a class action alleging it continues to charge membership fees despite the closure of its studios due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
StubHub faces class action lawsuit for not providing refunds to customers for COVID-19 cancellations
SAN FRANCISCO — StubHub is facing a class action from consumers over its decision to not refund money for canceled events due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Lawsuit claims Crown Resources, Kinross Gold are discharging pollutants at Washington State mine
SPOKANE, Wash. (Legal Newsline) — Crown Resources and Kinross Gold U.S.A., are facing a lawsuit alleging violation of their National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit by discharging pollutants at its Washington State mine.
Texas Supreme Court clears Madisonville Police Department in whistleblower's wrongful termination lawsuit
AUSTIN, Texas — The Supreme Court of Texas dismissed a Texas Whistleblower Act claim against the Madisonville Police Department and the City of Madisonville filed by a former police officer.
Washington Supreme Court upholds campaign violation finding against Grocery Manufacturers Association
SPOKANE, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – The Washington Supreme Court determined that the Consumer Brands Association, formerly Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), intentionally violated the state's Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA) during the 2013 election cycle.
Class action says potato chip bags should make obvious there are artificial flavors
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — A woman has filed a class action against Frito-Lay, alleging the labels on its cheddar and sour cream Ruffles do not clearly indicate the product has artificial flavoring.
Champion Foods alleges New York law firm, partner illegally released escrow funds
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — A New York law firm and one of its partners are facing a lawsuit from Champion Foods alleging it released escrow funds in violation of a sales agreement.
Coronavirus lawsuits go to college: University of Colorado sued for tuition refund
DENVER (Legal Newsline) — A University of Colorado student and her father are suing the school, claiming they are entitled to a tuition refund due to the COVID-19 pandemic campus closure.
Johnson & Johnson loses bid for stay of Delaware talc cases
GEORGETOWN, Del. (Legal Newsline) — The Delaware Superior Court granted a motion to sever Imerys Talc America Inc. from more than 200 lawsuits that involve talc products.
'A last resort': Massachusetts courts forced to make changes to election laws during COVID-19
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) —The Massachusetts Supreme Court ordered the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office to make several temporary changes involving candidates who are requesting to be on the state's primary ballot due to COVID-19.
Ignored and unpaid sanction costs med-mal plaintiff her case
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed the claims of a woman who filed a medical malpractice claim against a hospital and doctor's office, siding with the lower court.
Fifteen states to California: Don't tell our farmers how to treat animals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California is trying to impose its own animal-confinement agenda on farmers in the rest of the country, say the Republican attorneys general of 15 states.
CalChamber adjusts argument against coffee-causes-cancer lawsuits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The California Chamber of Commerce is taking another shot to protect businesses in the state from facing lawsuits over Proposition 65, the state law that requires cancer warnings about hundreds of chemicals – specifically one found in coffee.
Second Circuit reads the dictionary, tosses Dunkin' Donuts class action over meaning of 'steak'
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A recent court decision is giving companies facing lawsuits hope that judges will decide no one would be dense enough to be misled by certain claims - like whether ice cream is made from the milk of "happy" cows.
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP: Singelmann Named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award by Tahirih Justice Center
Olivia Singelmann, a senior counsel and litigation attorney in Foley’s Washington, D.C. office, was honored by the Tahirih Justice Center as Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award.
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP: Foley Attorneys Named Washington D.C. Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that eight of its attorneys have been named to the 2020 Washington, D.C. Rising Stars.