News from May 2022
R. Taylor Speer Named to Conservation Voters of South Carolina Board of Directors
R. Taylor Speer Named to Conservation Voters of South Carolina Board of Directors.
Supreme Court candidate Chris Carnahan promises 'not to legislate from the bench'
LITTLE ROCK (Legal Newsline) - District Judge Chris Carnahan, conservative candidate for the state Supreme Court, is no fan of judicial activism
California governor fends off class action over COVID lockdown
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - California restaurants and gyms lost their effort to pursue a class action against Gov. Gavin Newsome over his stringent Covid-19 lockdown measures, as a state appeals court rejected arguments the orders violated administrative procedure law or represented an unconstitutional taking of their property.
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Surprise! Insurance actually didn't cover your surgery. Here's a bill for $229,000 and a lawsuit
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - A hospital that hit a patient with a surprise $229,000 bill for back surgery can’t collect because it didn’t spell out the potential cost in advance, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled, applying basic principles of contract law to the complicated business of healthcare billing.
Lawsuit asks why Lorna Doone cookies seem so Scottish but have no butter
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Nabisco's Lorna Doone shortbread cookies trick snackers into thinking they are getting real butter and are more Scottish than they actually are, a class action lawsuit complains.
Overdraft fees at issue in class action lawsuit against Popular Community Bank
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Popular Community Bank faces a lawsuit over its "unfair and unconscionable" overdraft fees.
Bradley Receives 2022 Pro Bono Leadership Award From Legal Aid Society
Bradley Receives 2022 Pro Bono Leadership Award From Legal Aid Society.
State attorney accuses defense witness of being opioid industry mouthpiece and dishonest
CHARLESTON – An attorney for the state of West Virginia attempted to pin down an expert defense witness, accusing him of being a pro-opioid-industry hireling and also less than honest on his resume in a trial accusing drug makers of causing an epidemic.
Courting Art awards $20K scholarships to seven talented students
Members of the Maryland Judiciary, including District Court of Maryland Chief Judge John P. Morrissey and Administrative Judge Halee F. Weinstein, joined Baltimore City Public Schools to honor participants in the seventh annual Courting Art...
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Iowa taxpayers could pay for fatal crash caused when drunk driver speeds down wrong side of highway
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Iowa taxpayers may be on the hook for a fatal crash that occurred after a drunk driver sped the wrong way down a highway at more than 100 mph and collided with a police car going the other way, the state’s highest court has ruled.
Chiefs team up with Bengals to face California's attorney general in court
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – The Kansas City Chiefs have joined the team that ended their season in trying to prevent a former player from pursuing a Workers’ Compensation claim in California.
San Francisco sued over political disclosure requirements
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Advocacy groups are suing San Francisco, arguing its requirements for political speech violate the U.S. Constitution while causing voters to lose the message.
NFL, Giants and Jets urge dismissal of $6 billion class action, hint at asking for sanctions
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The NFL and the New York Giants and Jets say the class action lawsuit that asks for $6 billion because they play in New Jersey is “frivolous” and should subject the lawyer to sanctions.
Lawsuit targets NFTs, sneakers sold on StockX
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - A marketplace for non-fungible tokens is accused of selling products with no value.
Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies Continues its New York Expansion, Adding Nathan Toth, Former Deputy Director of N.Y. City Council’s Finance Division
Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies Continues its New York Expansion, Adding Nathan Toth, Former Deputy Director of N.Y. City Council’s Finance Division.
State attorney grills economist who said opioid marketing caused no harm in West Virginia
CHARLESTON – State attorneys attempted to discredit a defense expert witness as unreliable during May 18 testimony in the Mass Litigation Panel opioid trial.
Arkansas Supreme Court candidate Gunner DeLay describes philosophy as 'constitutional conservative'
Candidates for the Arkansas Supreme Court run with no party labels affixed to their names, but it’s not hard to assess where Gunner DeLay, 57, stands on the issues.
ALI approves controversial Restatement of Consumer Contracts at its annual meeting
WASHINGTON – At its annual meeting this week, the Philadelphia-based American Law Institute voted to approve a Restatement intended to give legal clarity to consumer contracts – a project which has been subject to controversy, since its foundation is said to diverge from established contract law in some respects.
Lawsuit says Amber Alert on AirPods blew out 12-year-old's ear
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Apple faces a lawsuit that alleges an Amber Alert that went off while a child was wearing one of its AirPods caused permanent damage.
Court decides if Twitter users can be punished for retweeting slander
CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) - People who retweeted a slanderous post about a school teacher can’t be sued for libel, New Hampshire’s highest court ruled, affirming the sweeping protections for Internet services Congress established under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.