News published on Legal Newsline in February 2022

Ogletree Deakins Achieves Perfect Score in 2022 Corporate Equality Index.

Morgan Lewis Earns Perfect Score for ‘best Places to Work for Lgbtq+ Equality’ in Human Rights Campaign’s Annual Index.

Rhonda Magee receives inaugural Reed Smith Award for Excellence in Well-Being in Law.

TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - Parents who sued a New Jersey school district over the shooting death of their 10-year-old son at a high school football game weren’t subject to a strict 90-day deadline after incident for initiating their claim, an appeals court ruled. The deadline for the parents actually began when their son died five days later, the court said.

CANTON, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A woman who at least one person said was already having trouble hearing can sue an ambulance company over hearing loss she blames on an accidental siren blast in the parking lot of the McDonald’s where she worked. The decision by an Ohio appeals court found that ambulance personnel may have been acting in the scope of employment when they drove to the restaurant for lunch, although neither one recalls the alleged incident.

AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Family of U.S. Navy members who died in a helicopter fire and crash can sue the company hired to perform maintenance of the aircraft, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled.

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit against Sanofi Consumer Healthcare and Chattem say they market Dulcolax laxative products as natural even though they aren't.

MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - An election software company is suing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell over his claims the 2020 Presidential election was rigged.

Earns 100 percent on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 20th Annual Scorecard on LGBTQ+ Workplace Equality.