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Zoom class action lawyers get their wish - $21 million

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022 @ 6:05am

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiff lawyers will get their $21 million from a class action lawsuit against Zoom despite objections that said the settlement had minimal value to customers.

Bloomberg campaign workers appeal loss of class action against him

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022 @ 6:00am

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Staff workers who sued former Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg for laying them off after withdrawing from the 2020 race will pursue an appeal in their lawsuit against him.

Honeywell brief lays out trial arguments before clash over asbestos money

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022 @ 6:00am

ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys for a company tasked with paying millions of dollars to asbestos claimants have previewed their arguments for a coming trial that would require plaintiff lawyers to work much harder.

Lawsuit says Best Buy's Geek Squad used computer access to rob couple

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022 @ 5:55am

TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Members of the Geek Squad at Best Buy swindled $30,000 from a New Jersey couple, a lawsuit recently removed to federal court alleges.

Lawsuit: Amazon's daytime cold medicine makes you tired

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022 @ 5:50am

SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – Daytime cold and flu medicines from Amazon contain an ingredient that can make users drowsy, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

Ballard Spahr's Mark Kokanovich Honored by Barrett, The Honors College at ASU

By Press release submission | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022 @ 2:00am

Ballard Spahr's Mark Kokanovich Honored by Barrett, The Honors College at ASU.

Bankruptcy expert doubts plaintiffs will succeed in undoing J&J's Chapter 11 proceeding

By Juliette Fairley | Monday, Apr 25, 2022 @ 1:21pm

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Although Johnson & Johnson’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy is proceeding, talcum powder plaintiffs are appealing a federal judge’s ruling that dismissed their opposition.

Ninth Circuit sends big-money global warming cases back to state court

By Daniel Fisher | Monday, Apr 25, 2022 @ 7:13am

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Three California counties will be able to continue their lawsuits against the oil industry in their home courts, after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments their claims based on global warming raised issues of federal and international law that required them to remain in federal court.

Hawaii hotel not in trouble after employee recommends beach where guest became paralyzed

By Daniel Fisher | Monday, Apr 25, 2022 @ 7:05am

HONOLULU (Legal Newsline) - The Fairmont Kea Lani Resort isn’t liable for the injuries of a hotel guest who says he went to a beach several miles away at an employee’s recommendation only to become paralyzed in the surf, a Hawaii appeals court ruled.

Customer sues to get refund on cancelled flight during onset of pandemic

By John O'Brien | Monday, Apr 25, 2022 @ 6:05am

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Philippine Airlines faces a recently filed class action lawsuit claiming it ripped customers off during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lawsuit: Pain relief patches fall off too easily

By John O'Brien | Monday, Apr 25, 2022 @ 6:00am

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Pain relief patches sold at Walmart are useless because they fall of users’ bodies, a new lawsuit says.

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Honors Matthew Nis Leerberg Among Leaders in the Law

By Press release submission | Monday, Apr 25, 2022 @ 2:00am

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Honors Matthew Nis Leerberg Among Leaders in the Law.

Witness in West Virginia opioid trial says DEA 'beat up' drug suppliers

By John Sammon | Friday, Apr 22, 2022 @ 3:02pm

CHARLESTON – A security manager for an opioid drug company testified that officers of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration turned “aggressive” in the 2011 time period and began to “beat up” drug suppliers and manufacturers.

Virginia Attorney General ordered to 'perform additional search' for Bloomberg climate change documents

By Juliette Fairley | Friday, Apr 22, 2022 @ 8:27am

RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares has been ordered to perform an additional search for documents related to billionaire climate litigation advocate Michael Bloomberg requested by a watchdog.

Plaintiff who cribbed 'facts' from another lawsuit can try again

By Daniel Fisher | Friday, Apr 22, 2022 @ 6:10am

DENVER (Legal Newsline) - A Colorado appeals court gave a man another chance to sue over the 2017 merger of CenturyLink and Level 3 Communications, reversing a district court decision that dismissed his case without the option of amending the complaint.

Rutgers Business School student files class action, says it lied to get higher ranking

By John O'Brien | Friday, Apr 22, 2022 @ 6:05am

TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A class action lawsuit alleges Rutgers Business School has lied to students about its reputation.

Seeing scorpions: UPS right to fire employee over marijuana use, court rules

By Daniel Fisher | Friday, Apr 22, 2022 @ 6:00am

PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - A UPS sales manager who told coworkers he saw scorpions and repeatedly asked the same question can’t claim protection under an Arizona law that prohibits companies from firing employees if they test positive for marijuana, an appeals court ruled.

Ricola says expert asked pointless questions to justify class action

Lawsuit claims Lunchables contain heavy metals

Nevada Trucking Association CEO: ‘lawyers end up winning while the rest of Nevadans foot the bill’

Boston Cipro lawsuit alleges lifelong injuries