News from August 2022
Lawsuit by woman who thought 'Fat Bombs' are diet food reaches hurdle
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers for Slimfast are urging a federal judge to throw out a class action lawsuit that complains “fat bombs” aren’t diet food.
Pork Rules in Massachusetts face legal challenge
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Trade groups are challenging Massachusetts' so-called Pork Rules, arguing the delay in their finalization has been unfair to companies hoping to do business in the state.
Lawsuit filed over Music Direct's quality of audio on vinyl
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A company promising high-end audio on vinyl cheated customers, a new class action lawsuit says.
Sheppard Mullin Selected as a Finalist for Healthcare Practice Group of the Year
Sheppard Mullin Selected as a Finalist for Healthcare Practice Group of the Year.
Reed Smith named a Gold Standard firm by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum
Reed Smith named a Gold Standard firm by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum.
Mayor's rant on prosecutor who charged his son leaves city open to defamation case
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - An Indiana city must defend itself against a defamation lawsuit filed by a prosecutor and his wife after the former mayor accused them in an “official statement” of ginning up false drug charges against his son for political reasons.
No immunity after officer wouldn't help shackled inmate on icy step
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Indiana’s immunity statute protecting police against lawsuits doesn’t extend to a case in which a shackled inmate accused a guard of failing to help him negotiate an icy step into a prison van, an appeals court ruled.
Former special-ed student, repeatedly sexually assaulted, can't sue under civil rights law
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A civil rights law can’t be used by a former special-education student who sued his school district for multiple sexual assaults.
Target sued for claiming hydrogen peroxide can treat cuts and abrasions
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Target faces a class action lawsuit because it claims its hydrogen peroxide can be used for treatment of minor cuts.
Lawsuit: Calif. law over marketing of firearms to minors is unconstitutional
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Members of the firearms industry have sued the state of California over legislation that forbids them from marketing that appeals to teenagers.
Convention of States founder talks Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina progress at CPAC
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - Ohio, Pennsylvania, and potentially North Carolina are among states poised to pass a Convention of States (COS) resolution that would return more federal power to the people.
Hospital liable for malpractice by 'apparent agent' in $6.1 million case
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - Maryland’s highest court expanded the liability of hospitals by ruling a patient treated by a doctor working as an independent contractor in the emergency room was entitled to a $6.1 million jury verdict against the hospital as well under the theory the physician was an “apparent agent” of the facility.
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No need to smoke it before suing over cigarette's marketing, court rules
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who admits she never smoked an R.J. Reynolds cigarette nevertheless can sue the company for consumer fraud, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled, rejecting the tobacco company’s argument her claim should have been dismissed.
Record $165 million verdict over FedEx truck accident not excessive, court rules
SANTA FE, N.M. (Legal Newsline) - A $165 million verdict against FedEx over a traffic accident that killed a young mother and her child and left a toddler critically injured was neither excessive nor the result of the jury’s sympathy and passion, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled.
Lawsuit says you might be getting extra helping of melatonin
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Scientific research shows problems with the dosing in over-the-counter melatonin, a class action lawsuit says.
Lawsuit: Too much sugar in Walmart's honey mustard
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Walmart’s honey mustard misleads customers, a new class action lawsuit says.
Three Bradley Partners Named to Benchmark Top 250 Women in Litigation List For 2022
Three Bradley Partners Named to Benchmark Top 250 Women in Litigation List For 2022.
AG Landry talks CTCL election lawsuit at CPAC Dallas
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential elections, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg was creating a ballot harvesting operation in Louisiana under which the government was being turned into an arm of the Democrat Party, according to that state's top law enforcement official.
Cozen O’Connor's Bahn installed as chair of ABA Young Lawyers Division
Josephine Bahn, an associate in Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation and Construction Law Practices, has been installed as national Chair of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (YLD).
California about to strike another blow to business with pro-trial lawyer bill making defendant info public post litigation
SACRAMENTO - The California Legislature is on the verge of a change in civil litigation procedure that will give companies yet another reason to flee the state for more hospitable business climes.