News from August 2021
Man sues after crash claims life of eight family members
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A man has filed a lawsuit after losing eight family members in a private jet crash.
Lawsuit: Waitress sought cyber revenge after getting $4 tip on $64 bill
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) -- An Arkansas woman is suing a restaurant and a waitress for allegedly cyber-attacking her business after the waitress was not happy with a $4 tip left for her.
Eight Troutman Pepper Partners Named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List
Eight Troutman Pepper Partners Named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List.
Alycen Moss Named the 2021 Recipient of the FDCC’s John Appleman Award
Alycen Moss Named the 2021 Recipient of the FDCC’s John Appleman Award.
Blank Rome Welcomes Hospitality and Real Estate Partner Christy Reuter in New York
Blank Rome Welcomes Hospitality and Real Estate Partner Christy Reuter in New York.
Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi Joins Sandberg Phoenix as Counsel
Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi Joins Sandberg Phoenix as Counsel.
Nonprofit giving up to $483K to lawyers pressing climate change litigation
NEW JERSEY (Legal Newsline) – New Jersey’s new rule that requires a plaintiff to explain where the money to pursue their lawsuit is coming from has shined a light on the funding of controversial climate change litigation.
Arkansas AG pleads for time to fix her troubled opioid lawsuit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, facing a judge’s threat to dismiss the state’s lawsuit against opioid makers Johnson & Johnson and Endo Pharmaceuticals, pleaded for another month to correct its mistakes.
Judge OKs Long Beach's mandatory pay raise for grocery workers during COVID
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – The City of Long Beach was within its rights when it ordered grocery stores to pay their employees more during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Massachusetts restaurant sued after over-intoxicated customer dies in car accident
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- A Massachusetts woman is suing a Holden restaurant after a fatal car accident.
Domino's franchise owner sued for not honoring national advertisement
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Some Domino's Pizzas won't honor coupons, a lawsuit is alleging.
Attorney General Ford unveils online tool for tracking opioid litigation funds
Carson City, NV – Today, Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced the creation of a dashboard application that allows public access to allocations, costs, and attorney’s fees associated with the $1.1 billion secured by the Office of the Attorney General through opioid litigation.
Psychiatrist sued after patient goes on sex spree
BOSTON -- A Massachusetts woman is suing her psychiatrist after allegedly suffering prescription drug side effects that included an overactive sex drive pushing her to sleep with 25 men in the summer of 2017.
Arkansas youth treatment center sued over alleged physical assault
BENTON, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Arkansas parents are suing a hospital for alleged child mistreatment while in a residential behavioral treatment facility.
Lawyers' fight is on against ChapStick's '100% natural' claims
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers have scored a significant victory in their lawsuit against the maker of ChapStick as they target the company’s “100% Natural” claims.
Texas court refuses to dismiss hedge fund-backed 'whistleblower' case
TEXARKANA, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Baxter International and other drug companies filed by a shell company formed specifically to bring whistleblower cases, saying the fact the federal government opposed the claims doesn’t mean they aren’t valid under Texas law.
When Phoney Lawsuits go wrong: Serial filer on the hook for $286K in defense costs
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A repeat plaintiff who said he once earned a third of his annual income from Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims was tagged with a $286,000 legal bill after his case against a credit card company went badly wrong and an arbitrator accused him of fraud.
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As voters weigh ban on flavored tobacco, industry's challenge of California law is thrown out
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – The tobacco industry’s lawsuit that challenged a proposed flavor ban in California has failed because voters won’t decide the bans fate for another 16 months.
Court finds challenge to Cuomo's eviction moratorium pointless now
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – In what turned out to be one of his last victories as governor, Andrew Cuomo prevailed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in July in a lawsuit that challenged his eviction moratorium.
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Lawsuit: Smartphone can do better, but 'secret setting' stops it
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit says a certain smartphone comes with a secret setting that keeps it from reaching its full potential.