News from March 2022
Twitter's case against Texas AG over Trump ban blocked by Ninth Circuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of Twitter’s lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that sought to prevent any legal action against the social media company for its ban of former President Donald Trump.
Zoom customer objects to settlement, $21 million in fees for class action lawyers
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A business that uses Zoom says a nearly final $85 million settlement that gives lawyers more than $21 million is unnecessary and only benefits lawyers.
Neutrogena-maker gets big ruling in case alleging it caused leukemia
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers failed to prove Johnson & Johnson’s Neutrogena sunscreen caused a woman’s leukemia.
Lawsuit alleges fireball shot out of dryer at San Francisco laundromat
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A new lawsuit alleges a machine at a San Francisco laundromat shot fire in a customer's face.
NYC class action firm says defendant reached under-the-table deals with its clients
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A New York City law firm is upset a potential target settled with its clients without its knowledge, depriving it of attorneys fees.
Ogletree Deakins Expands Presence in Michigan
Ogletree Deakins Expands Presence in Michigan.
Manchin, Capito support bill to ban Russian oil imports
WASHINGTON – More than 600,000 barrels of Russian oil are bought in America every day, and some lawmakers are pushing to Biden administration to make that stop.
Watchdog sues HHS to obtain Becerra's California ethics waiver, assistant's Pennsylvania waiver
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Both the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and assistant Secretary received waivers for previous work in their respective states, however the scope of those waivers is being withheld, according to a watchdog group.
K.T. McFarland at CPAC blames Biden for allowing Russia to bankroll invasion with energy exports
ORLANDO (Legal Newsline) - When K.T. McFarland was the deputy national security advisor under former President Donald J. Trump just 13 months ago, she recalled that the world was at peace.
Troutman Pepper Continues to Grow Financial Services Team with Addition of Richard Hills
Troutman Pepper Continues to Grow Financial Services Team with Addition of Richard Hills.
Inmate falls off top bunk during roll call, could still hold county liable for injuries
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – It’s possible that an Idaho county was negligent in ordering a prison inmate to get down from his spot on a top bunk for roll call, the state Supreme Court recently ruled.
Court: Acne treatments are 'health care' subject to medical malpractice rules
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A woman whose attorneys artfully rewrote her lawsuit to try to avoid a Texas medical-malpractice law requiring plaintiffs to supply expert reports within 120 days lost her case and must pay the other side’s legal fees, the Texas Supreme Court ruled.
Surveillance videos of plaintiff protected only if ordered by lawyer, Nevada court rules
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) - An insurance company that took surveillance videos of a woman before she filed a lawsuit over a car accident must turn them over to plaintiff lawyers, a Nevada appeals court ruled, although it sent back to the trial court the question of whether a third video taken after the plaintiff sued must be shared with the other side.
Lawsuit: GE's patient monitor failed, caused 26-year-old woman to die
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - General Electric faces a wrongful death lawsuit alleging a Florida woman died as a result of a defective Dash 4000 Patient Monitor.
Washington State rests its case; Defendants move for dismissal in trial alleging companies caused opioid overdose epidemic
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - After attorneys for Washington State rested their case on Tuesday accusing three of the country's biggest opioid drug distributors of causing an overdose epidemic, attorneys for the defense moved to dismiss the case, including public nuisance allegations and alleged violations of the Consumer Protection Act.
Lawsuit follows after foster six-month-old found in closet dies of drowning
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A six-month-old infant who died after being found unresponsive in a plastic container in a closet is the subject of a wrongful death lawsuit against the Florida Department of Children and Families.
Magistrate judge suggests tossing case over mask-less student's isolation in school
LAFAYETTE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana school board has nearly defeated a lawsuit that sought to punish it for placing a student into isolation for not wearing a face mask.
High school football player ensnared in legal trouble over block that injured ref
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – The confused son of a Cambodian refugee could have to pay $129,000 to his lawyer because his high school wouldn’t defend him from a lawsuit brought against him by a football referee.
Settlement over emissions from CertainTeed plant provides upgrades, 137K to law firm
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Advocates and “irritated residents” have reached a settlement of their lawsuit against CertainTeed that alleges excessive emissions at its Chowchilla, Calif., plant.
New York City faces class action from disabled plaintiffs who seek discounts
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A new class action lawsuit alleges New York City's public transportation system is denying fare discounts to more than 160,000 people with disabilities.