News from June 2021
TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP: Troutman Pepper Selects Sona Spencer for Chief Legal Talent Officer
Sona Spencer has been named chief legal talent officer of Troutman Pepper effective July 1.
EPSTEIN BECKER GREEN PC: Epstein Becker Green Receives High Rankings for Health Care and Workforce Management Practices in 2021 Edition of The Legal 500 United States
Epstein Becker Green ("EBG") is pleased to announce that it has again been ranked in Tier 1 in the category “Healthcare: Advice to Health Insurers” in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 United States.
Millions headed to lawyers who sued Monsanto for not putting cancer warning on Roundup
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers are asking for up to $11 million from a proposed class action settlement in their case that doesn’t allege anyone has been hurt by Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup, but that the company should have put a could-cause-cancer warning on it.
Class action over size of Keurig cups gets to proceed in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A Keurig customer who alleges the cups are too small to be recycled can continue to pursue class action claims on behalf of Massachusetts residents but not the entire nation.
Opioid makers lose key ruling in California as they seek records to help defense
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court rejected an attempt by Johnson & Johnson and other opioid makers to obtain millions of patient records they said they needed to defend against lawsuits by Los Angeles and other counties.
Woman claims to have contracted hepatitis A at Steak N Shake
JONESBORO -- A woman claims to have contracted hepatitis A infection from a Steak N Shake employee.
Mass tort lawyers sue consultant it hired for litigation
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) -- A Louisiana law firm has brought suit against consultants over a seven-figure dispute.
Coca-Cola sued by environmental group for use of plastics, company spokesman no comment
Coca-Cola is being sued by an environmental group for the plastic bottles the company uses to dispense its soft drinks, the environmentalists claiming the company is deceiving the public while polluting land and oceans with plastic.
Fluorinated foam that legislators want banned is used to fight massive chemical plant fire in Illinois
ROCKTOW, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - A chemical-based foam that many in Congress want banned was used to fight a fire that burned and blazed for two days earlier this week in Illinois.may have contained "chemicals of conc erns," the EPA said.
Man brings suit against defective aircraft maintenance products
HARRISON, Ark. (Legal Newsline) -- A Texas man has filed suit in Arkansas court against the maker of a jack-stand for planes, claiming it failed and caused his to crash to the ground.
Mayor loses lawsuit over fake Barstool Sports interview
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - The mayor of Somerville, Mass.. lost his bid to sue Barstool Sports after one of its writers hoodwinked him into agreeing to a recorded interview by claiming to work for the Boston Globe.
U.S. government skeptical of new Massachusetts' vehicle data law as challenge goes to trial
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. government seems to be urging a Massachusetts judge to rule that a new state law will place unfair burdens on the automotive industry.
Former Huntington police chief holds back tears during testimony
CHARLESTON – Testifying in the bellwether federal opioid trial, Huntington's former chief of police shared the pain he felt as watching his community be taken over by addiction.
Michigan AG tries - so far unsuccessfully - to separate her PFAS claims to stay out of federal MDL
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is fighting a federal judge’s order sending one of the state’s lawsuits over groundwater pollution by the chemical PFAS to the judge overseeing multidistrict litigation, arguing it can separate claims associated with commercial firms from those stemming from spills of military-spec firefighting foam.
Guest's trouble with the shower lands Arkansas hotel in court
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) -- A woman claims to have suffered injury after tripping and falling while stepping out of a shower at an Arkansas hotel.
Child welfare expert discusses needs for Opioid Use Disorder exposed children
CHARLESTON – At the federal trial against three major opioid distributors, a child welfare expert showed the impact of Opioid Use Disorder on children and the rising need – and lack – of proper resources.
Federal judge issues injunction against Biden administration's oil lease ban
MONROE, Louisiana – A federal judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s moratorium on oil leases on public lands, including offshore lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.
Jehovah's Witnesses could be liable for forcing woman to listen to recording of her rape
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - Utah’s high court reinstated a lawsuit by a young woman who accused Jehovah’s Witnesses elders of forcing her to listen to audio recordings of her own rape as part of an investigation into whether she was guilty of premarital sex.
A court victory for cops who left dead man's genitals exposed during shootout
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Cops who left a man’s body with pants down and genitals exposed for eight hours in a trailer park while police searched for his killer aren't liable for causing emotional distress to family members, a California court ruled.
Arkansas juvenile center hit with allegations of physical, sexual abuse
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A man claims he suffered injuries at the hands of employees while residing in an Arkansas juvenile treatment facility.