News from June 2022
Ballard Spahr's Courtney Hunter Elected to Governing Committee of ABA Forum on Affordable Housing
Ballard Spahr's Courtney Hunter Elected to Governing Committee of ABA Forum on Affordable Housing.
California Highway Patrol must keep fighting lawsuit over fatal accident
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has reversed a decision that granted immunity to the California Highway Patrol after the parents of a man who was kicked out of an Uber then struck and killed by an officer sued.
Frustrated Bar exam taker can't win money from Nebraska Supreme Court
LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who sought almost $500,000 from the Nebraska State Bar for failing to provide proper disability accommodations when she took the bar exam can’t seek relief from the Nebraska Supreme Court even though the state’s high court is in control of attorney licensing.
Not used to losing, Globetrotters take Small Business Administration to court for $10 million
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Harlem Globetrotters refuse to take a loss on their quest for $10 million in COVID-19 funding.
Loophole saves trial lawyers who paid for accident reports to find clients
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Trial lawyers who paid for accident reports so they could target motorists with offers to represent them in court can’t be sued under a federal law that protects personal information obtained “from a motor vehicle record.”
Mass tort firm wonders if it is paying referral fees to non-lawyers
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A California mass tort law firm has ethical concerns about the way clients were referred to it.
Troutman Pepper’s Capital Markets Practice Maintains Strong Performance in 2022 Q1 Refinitiv Table Rankings
Troutman Pepper’s Capital Markets Practice Maintains Strong Performance in 2022 Q1 Refinitiv Table Rankings.
Group of AGs criticize new SEC proposal to require corporate climate change disclosures
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a group of 24 state AGs in filing formal comments about a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission initiative that would require companies to make policy statements not related to financial performance.
Freedom Foundation: 'Education union spent more money on political activities than worker representation'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A national educational labor union spent double the money on political activities than it did on worker representation, according to IRS records.
911 operator who took murdered infant call entitled to PTSD Workers' Comp
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – An Iowa emergency dispatcher traumatized by a mother’s screams is entitled to Workers’ Compensation, the state’s highest court has ruled.
Reynolds wants class action over 'Foil Made in U.S.A.' claim tossed
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – Reynolds Consumer Products is asking a federal judge to throw out a class action lawsuit that alleges its foil products aren’t made in the U.S.A.
PointsBet sued over 'risk-free' offers
ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Risk-free wagers feature plenty of risk while inducing bettors to use PointsBet, a class action lawsuit says.
Detergent maker might need calculator to defend itself from class action lawsuit
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - The maker of Arm & Hammer-brand laundry detergent is facing a class action lawsuit that brings algebra to the courtroom.
Lawyer's three-page brief deemed too weak in case of raped prison guard
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit against Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety & Corrections brought by a prison guard who says she was raped because the doors at her facility didn’t work.
Cozen O’Connor Adds Veteran Litigator Vanessa C. Hew to its Intellectual Property Department in New York
Cozen O’Connor Adds Veteran Litigator Vanessa C. Hew to its Intellectual Property Department in New York.
House subcommittee weighs Private Right of Action under proposed data privacy bill
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - At least two experts who participated in a House Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing Tuesday testified that the Private Right of Action (PRA) in proposed data privacy legislation could potentially do more harm than good.
Trespasser loses hand, then lawsuit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) – A Rhode Island School of Design student who lost her left hand while trespassing at an active electrical substation has lost her lawsuit against the property’s owner, National Grid.
Feds, states get OK to sue JetBlue and American over alliance
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – The Department of Justice will get to sue American Airlines and JetBlue Airways over their “Northeast Alliance,” a business arrangement the DOJ thinks will hurt customers.
Lawsuit filed over crash during police chase in Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – A Florida woman is suing the City of Tampa, alleging its police failed to trap a fleeing suspect who later crashed into her.
Have a Coke and a lawsuit: Class action targets Rewards program
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Coca-Cola is being sued in federal court because it directs rewards points to the American Red Cross.