News from December 2020
DINSMORE & SHOHL: Dinsmore Serves as Bond Counsel for Bond Buyer Health Care Financing 2020 Deal of the Year
We are proud to announce The Bond Buyer has awarded a Dinsmore health care financing as its 2020 Deal of the Year in the Health Care Financing category.
Lack of criminal charges doesn't doom sexual assault lawsuit
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – An Akron hospital will have to face a lawsuit that claims one of its emergency room physicians sexually assaulted a patient, even though no criminal charges have been filed.
Proper Puss defeats claims of customer who said hair removal laser burned her
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Much of a woman’s case against a salon that performed hair removal in private places – called Proper Puss – has been thrown out by a New York judge.
Russian-born detective gets chance to prove retaliation lawsuit against NYPD
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A Russian immigrant was unable to prove the New York City Police Department discriminated against him with a series of demotions because none of his countrymen were employed in his unit but he will have a chance to make his case under the City Human Rights Laws anyway.
Surgeon prevails in lawsuit alleging Medtronic stiffed him on $112M in payments for inventions
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – Medical device giant Medtronic has lost its appeal of a $112 million verdict in a lawsuit brought by a renowned spinal surgeon who sold his inventions to it.
Judge, defendant: Plaintiffs lawyer using his own surveys to shape his class actions
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – One target of an attorney who files novel class actions is hoping an October decision will help doom the case against it.
BAILEY & GLASSER LLP: Bailey Glasser Brings Aboard Ben Schwartzman and Nick Warden
The national law firm Bailey Glasser LLP is pleased to announce that Ben Schwartzman has joined the firm as a partner in Boise, Idaho.
NELSON MULLINS: Employment Attorneys Colin Barnacle, Chris Eby Join Nelson Mullins in Denver
Experienced employment and labor attorneys Colin L. Barnacle and Christopher J. Eby have joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in its Denver office.
UK Supreme Court allows $19 billion Mastercard class action to proceed
A closely divided UK Supreme Court ruled that the specialized court established to hear class actions improperly dismissed one of the first cases before it, a proposed $19 billion lawsuit against Mastercard, although whether the massive action proceeds to trial is subject to further litigation.
Amistad Project files motion to intervene in Texas suit challenging vote tallies in battleground states
An arm of the national public interest law firm, the Thomas More Society, filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit brought before the U.S.
Old Starbucks webpages unearthed as class action lawyers try to save slave labor case
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers are combing through old versions of Starbucks’ website to prove their claims the company misleads customers into thinking it cares about where it cocoa comes from.
SCOTUS's rejection of New York’s worship restrictions will impact legal challenges all over the country
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s strict restrictions against attending religious services will have a profound impact on dozens of other lawsuits challenging similar restrictions in other states.
Group 'deeply concerned' about lack of access to Dominion voting machine logs
While Sidney Powell’s lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan allege that the Dominion voting machines were connected to the internet in violation of federal election law on the preservation of evidence, a Thomas More Society attorney claims the denial of access to Dominion’s computer logs is even more telling
Massachusetts AG says pollution at Lynn plant
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – The owner of a Massachusetts coating and adhesives plant is accused of releasing hazardous chemicals into the air.
Plaintiffs lawyer rips colleagues over multidistrict litigation fees, pressure tactics
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Federal multidistrict litigation, a procedure intended to resolve mass-tort lawsuits fairly and efficiently, has mutated into an unethical moneymaking machine for lawyers that is badly in need of reform, a prominent plaintiff attorney says as he prepares to lobby for changes.
17 GOP states and President Trump seek to overturn election
While this is a real legal stretch, it remains to be seen how this Texas lawsuit will unfold - or what fantastical legal and political machinations may follow later this week - our first rule about the 2020 election is to bet on absolutely nothing.
Be careful putting human face on corporate client; New trial ordered in Illinois med-mal case
ELGIN, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys representing a health care provider went too far during closing arguments, and an Illinois man will get a second chance to prove it is liable for his injuries.
Illinois court: $50K settlement between former in-laws fishy in lawsuit over son/nephew's death
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – A mere $50,000 settlement from the employer and uncle of a 21-year-old man who died while refurbishing a bathtub raises some red flags, an Illinois court has ruled.
Ohio judge loses fight for cash from her city
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – An Ohio judge has failed in her power play to force her city to give the court system all the money she requested.
Trump backers appeal loss of lawsuit against Michigan
DETROIT (Legal Newsline) – Republicans will appeal their loss of a lawsuit against the way Presidential voting was conducted in Michigan.