News from June 2022
Grant & Eisenhofer sues Netflix over financial troubles
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Securities class action firm Grant & Eisenhofer has signed up a Cleveland pension fund to sue Netflix over a loss in its stock value.
Bradley Practice Areas and Attorneys Ranked Nationally in 2022 Chambers USA
Bradley Practice Areas and Attorneys Ranked Nationally in 2022 Chambers USA.
Roy Moore can take defamation claims to jury; Ad mentioned behavior with 14-year-old Santa's helper
ANNISTON, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – A jury must decide whether former U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore was defamed when a political action committee aired advertisements in Alabama that said he was banned from his local mall for soliciting sex from young girls.
Class action says men's skincare products not so natural
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Class action lawyers have teamed to sue S.C. Johnson & Son and Oars + Alps over cosmetics they claim aren't "all natural."
Private eye hired by lawyers goes undercover at job he didn't understand to help struggling lawsuits
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – Personal injury lawyers deployed a private detective to gain employment at a factory so he could covertly take photos they hope salvage their quest to sue companies that make forklifts alleged to be unsafe for their drivers.
Supreme Court to mull $25M weedkiller/cancer case as Biden admin flips view
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to discuss Thursday whether to accept Monsanto’s appeal of a $25 million jury verdict based on its failure to put a warning label on Roundup herbicide -- a label the Environmental Protection Agency has said would violate federal law.
Dairy Farmers of America sue Arkansas over new rule
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - The Dairy Farmers of America have sued Arkansas officials over regulations they say conflict with federal rules that have governed the sale of raw milk for nearly 100 years.
Troutman Pepper Expands National Privacy Practice with Addition of Partner Brent Hoard
Troutman Pepper Expands National Privacy Practice with Addition of Partner Brent Hoard.
Judge urged to toss class action over 'fudge' Oreos
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The maker of Oreo cookies wants a proposed class action lawsuit that says it doesn’t use real fudge to be thrown out of court.
Judge upholds New York law targeting gun makers with lawsuits
ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge upheld a New York law allowing anyone to sue the gun industry for creating a public nuisance, ruling that legislators had successfully drafted the statute to fit within an exception to a federal law that otherwise protects gun makers against liability for the criminal acts of others.
Student sues over Pupilpath data breach
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Illuminate Education faces a lawsuit over a data breach connected its Pupilpath online and app platforms.
California loses claim on $1.25 million 'wrongful life' settlement
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - California’s Medicaid program was awarded too big a share of a $1.25 million “wrongful life” settlement between a severely disabled child and the doctor who allegedly failed to inform his parents of birth defects in time to abort the fetus, an appeals court ruled.
Class action filed over allegedly hidden fees on Vivid tickets
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Vivid Seats hides the true cost of tickets to events, a class action lawsuit claims.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Patent Attorney in Denver
Greenberg Traurig Adds Patent Attorney in Denver.
Major verdicts for hip replacement patient keep getting reversed
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A medical device manufacturer’s expert was improperly excluded from testifying in a lawsuit over an allegedly defective hip implant because the trial judge misunderstood the difference between proving a case and casting doubt on a plaintiff’s claims, a California appeals court ruled.
Retirement home defeats lawsuit over resident who was killed when he was hit by car
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A retirement home whose executives were convicted of felony elder abuse for allowing a resident to wander off repeatedly, until he was struck by a car and killed, is protected against lawsuits by California’s two-year statute of limitations, an appeals court ruled.
Lawyers line up to lead class action against Vertiv Holdings
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers are battling to lead a securities class action lawsuit against Vertiv Holdings over disappointing financial results.
Lawsuit alleges dangerous chemicals in athletic bags
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The Beverly Hills law firm Brodsky & Smith has sued Select Sport America under California’s Proposition 65.
Polsinelli Further Strengthens Public Policy and Health Care Groups with Addition of Experienced Health Policy Advisor Shelagh Foster
Polsinelli Further Strengthens Public Policy and Health Care Groups with Addition of Experienced Health Policy Advisor Shelagh Foster.
Conservative James Brown gets broad GOP support for Supreme Court
HELENA, MT (Legal Newsline) - The Montana Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits James Brown, or any other judicial candidate, to seek the endorsement of a political party. But that hasn’t stopped leading state Republicans from endorsing the conservative Brown, an attorney and president of the state Public Service Commission, for the state Supreme Court.