News from May 2020
Judge deals blow to the round of white chocolate class actions
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – What lawyers think people assume to be white chocolate chips are actually correctly labeled “white chips,” a judge has ruled in dismissing a class action lawsuit against Ghirardelli.
Federal agency really doesn't want former employee testifying against its Navient case
SCRANTON – The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is fighting an order that would allow one of its former staffers to testify against it in Pennsylvania federal court.
Berkeley student files class action seeking tuition refund over COVID-19 campus closure
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — A Berkeley student has filed a class action lawsuit against the University of California alleging students are entitled to spring 2020 semester tuition refunds due to the COVID-19 pandemic campus closure.
Massachusetts AG files suit against Dynamic Energy over alleged environmental regulations
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has filed a lawsuit against a solar array design and construction company Dynamic Energy, claiming it is in violation of environmental regulations.
Businesses plead with Judiciary Committee for help from coronavirus lawsuits, warn of 'liability cliff'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The business community asked members of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to ease some of the concerns they will have when it comes time to start fully reopening the economy.
ChapStick maker attacks class action: Look how small our tube is
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Sued over the proximity of statements made on its packaging, the maker of ChapStick is wondering where else it was supposed to fit them.
Lawyers now asking for 'do-over' after long-running class action falls apart, TCPA defendant says
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A telemarketing class action is in year seven and plaintiffs lawyers are now asking for a “do-over,” a company accused of violating federal law is complaining.
Class action over Nintendo controllers sent to arbitration
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – Nintendo has successfully steered a potential class action over allegedly defective Switch controllers to arbitration.
Can reopened businesses use waivers to fight coronavirus lawsuits? Probably not
Skiers who get injured on the slopes in Colorado almost always bear the cost of their accidents.
POLSINELLI PC: Polsinelli Adds Seasoned Health Care Executive as Shareholder in Seattle
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes Lori A. Oliver as shareholder in its Seattle office.
WILSON ELSER: The State of the Hemp & CBD Industry
Neil Willner (Associate-White Plains) will appear on a panel “The State of the Hemp & CBD Industry,” the second in a six-part series on cannabis and hemp presented by Business Insurance and sponsored by Cannasure Insurance Services and Wilson Elser on May 13, 2020.
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP: Thomas Richardson Appointed to Board of the Massachusetts Business Aviation Association
Thomas M. Richardson, an associate in the Corporate and Business Aviation practices at Greenberg Traurig, LLP in Boston, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Business Aviation Association (MBAA)
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP: Greenberg Traurig’s Whitney Phelps Spoke at Virtual New York Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference
Whitney Phelps, Health Care & FDA shareholder in the Albany Office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, spoke at the Virtual New York Regional Healthcare Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Conference on May 8 at 8:30 a.m.
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP: 13 Greenberg Traurig New Jersey Attorneys, 5 Practices Included in Chambers USA 2020 Guide
The 2020 Chambers USA Guide includes rankings for 13 attorneys and five practices from the New Jersey office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Citing Coronavirus concerns, federal judge pushes back opioid trial to October
CHARLESTON – Citing the Coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge has granted a “modest extension” pushing back the start of the trial in cases filed by the City of Huntington and Cabell County against three major opioid distribution companies.
Former Fox News personality still battling to have sexual harassment lawsuit heard in open court
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Once rejected, a former Fox News presenter is not quitting in her effort to have her sexual harassment claims against the network heard in a state court.
Colorado court: Lawyer can't turn on client he represented more than 450 times
DENVER (Legal Newsline) – A Denver personal injury lawyer has been disqualified from representing a car crash victim against an insurance company for which he worked more than 400 cases.
Despite YouTube videos showing defect, GoPro defeats litigation over drone troubles
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – Stockholders suing GoPro over troubles it had rolling out a drone product have lost their lawsuit in Delaware.
Private lawyers won't be cashing in on contract given to them by former Mississippi AG
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - It doesn’t look like private lawyers who scored a contract with former Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will get the payday they were seeking when he hired them in October 2015.
Woman who removed nasal tube and wouldn't let nurses reinsert it loses lawsuit; Her case was supported by New Jersey's trial lawyers
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A woman who pulled a medical tube out of her nose and refused to let it be reinserted can’t sue her health care provider because her condition worsened without it.