News from June 2020
Judge lawyers up as class action firm in controversial case fights $1.1M reduction in fees
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - The judge who cut the fees of prominent class-action firm Lieff Cabraser by more than $1 million for alleged misconduct in a long-running lawsuit against State Street Bank & Trust now says he needs his own lawyer to defend that decision before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
NELSON MULLINS: Nelson Mullins Launches Remote Wills for Nurses Clinic With Atlanta Legal Aid
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Nelson Mullins has collaborated with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society to launch the Wills for Nurses Project. Wills for Nurses will provide Atlanta hospital frontline nurses and nurse technicians with free, remote legal assistance offering simple wills and medical directives.
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP: Greenberg Traurig’s Miami Office Adds Daniella G. Silberstein to Corporate Practice
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. continues to expand its Miami Corporate Practice with the addition of Shareholder Daniella G. Silberstein.
Texas court says it can't derail 'ugly' climate change lawsuits though it would like to
FORT WORTH, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A conflicted Texas appellate court thinks climate change litigation pursued by private lawyers is “ugly” but ruled it is powerless to help ExxonMobil fight it.
Snack Packs not made with real milk, class action says
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – The lawyer who questioned the existence of vanilla in ice cream and other products is now suing the maker of a popular pudding over its “Made with real milk” claim.
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WeWork played too hard, stockholders say in lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Stockholders of WeWork are suing the company and its executives, claiming they misled investors about the financial state of the company.
Lawsuit against Starbucks, others over African slave labor faces dismissal requests
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Corporate giants involved in the chocolate trade are asking a federal judge to toss a class action lawsuit that alleges they overlook child and slave labor in West Africa.
Judge OKs settlement with Navient after lawyers say they're losing millions on deal
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a class action settlement in which the lawyers who targeted Navient Corporation say they’ll lose $5 million.
NELSON MULLINS: Weston Adams to Co-Chair E4 Carolinas Expansion Task Force
E4 Carolinas has chosen Columbia Partner Weston Adams to co-chair its task force to expand the clean energy organization's presence in South Carolina.
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE: Armstrong Teasdale Litigators Named 2020 Mountain States Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars
Armstrong Teasdale proudly announces that five litigators have been named among the 2020 Mountain States Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars.
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP: Webinar | COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts And Developments In Foreign Trade Relations Between Brazil and The USA
Greenberg Traurig Shareholder, Laura Rabinowitz will be speaking on a panel, COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts And Developments In Foreign Trade Relations Between Brazil and The USA on Monday, June 22 at 1:30 p.m.
Employer not liable for sexual assault committed by worker on trip
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – His employer won’t be liable for the actions of a man who brutally beat and sexually assaulted a woman while he was on a work trip but off-duty.
Women can't prove they were taped using the bathroom, N.J. Supreme Court rules
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Women who suspected they were spied on when they used the bathroom at an office building have lost their lawsuit, as the New Jersey Supreme Court said not enough evidence was gathered to show they were ever recorded.
Nestle's first defense in slave labor class action fails
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – Nestle can’t use the Anti-SLAPP Law to shield it from a class action lawsuit alleging the company misleads customers about the use of child and slave labor to harvest cocoa in West Africa.
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San Francisco Employees' Retirement System sued after data breach
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System is facing a class action lawsuit over a February data breach.
Landlords take exception to Los Angeles not allowing them to evict tenants during coronavirus
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A group representing apartment owners in Los Angeles is challenging the city’s moratorium on evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Indiana Supreme Court tells lower court to get back to work on Essure cases
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A lower court didn’t do enough work when it allowed 36 Essure lawsuits against Bayer to proceed, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.
Maryland's juvenile courts continue remote operations amid pandemic
Circuit courts across Maryland continue to handle juvenile cases amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Psychiatric center had no duty to heal mother-daughter relationship, court rules
SUFFOLK, Mass. (Legal Newsline) – The mother of a teenage girl who underwent psychiatric treatment has lost her claims that doctors should have facilitated contact between her and her daughter.
‘Deadbeat list’ gets condo complex in trouble as class action gets OK from Fla. court
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – A condominium complex in Florida will have to face a class action lawsuit after publicizing the names of every tenant who was behind on payments.