News from September 2022
Fight between teams leads to lawsuit against Orlando Indoor Soccer
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - An amateur soccer player blames his league and the owner of the building in which it plays for a brawl between teams.
Amazon fights to toss lawsuit over ingredient in non-drowsy cold medicine
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Amazon.com has moved to dismiss a potential class action lawsuit that says its brand of daytime cold medicine can make users drowsy.
Reed Smith named ESG and Community Impact Leader by The National Law Journal
Reed Smith named ESG and Community Impact Leader by The National Law Journal.
Morrisey, other AGs urge Biden to classify fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a multistate bipartisan effort urging President Biden to classify fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
U.S. Interior Department Inspector General finds Bureau of Land Management official violated ethics
Protect the Public's Trust (PPT) alleges that BLM Deputy Director of Policy and Programs Nada Culver became the subject of an investigation by the DOI after PPT filed a complaint in June 2021
California has plaintiff lawyers earning $280K in fees for $15,000 settlement
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court has cleared the way for lawyers to earn $280,000 for negotiating a $15,000 settlement
Sixth Circuit puts brakes on PFAS class action that includes everyone in Ohio
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - A class action on behalf of virtually every citizen of Ohio has been halted temporarily, after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal granted extraordinary relief to PFAS manufacturers who argued a judge exceeded his authority by allowing the massive case to proceed.
JetBlue, American want Delta in the house when trial over alliance starts
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - JetBlue and American Airlines want to put a competitor on the stand to prove their business arrangement has not hurt customers in the Northeast United States.
Former USTR Senior Associate General Counsel Micah S. Myers Joins Cozen O’Connor [Alert]
Former USTR Senior Associate General Counsel Micah S. Myers Joins Cozen O’Connor [Alert].
High tech, chemicals, privacy, identity theft class action suits on the rise for 2023, panel says
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A panel of litigation experts on Sept. 13 held a discussion via Zoom on trends they see developing in the filing of class action lawsuits, most commonly litigation brought by large groups of plaintiffs against companies or organizations for consumer product defect, misleading advertising claims, privacy violations and insurance actions.
Oberlin College loses Gibson's Bakery defamation appeal, set to pay $36.5 million
ELYRIA, OHIO (Legal Newsline) - The Lorain County pastry shop owners who were defamed as racists after stopping a black student from shoplifting will be paid $36.59 million now that the Ohio Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal filed by Oberlin College.
Murdered teacher, school district not liable for classroom shooting
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California school district and the estate of a teacher who was shot and killed by her estranged husband aren’t liable for the incident in which a student was also murdered, an appeals court ruled, finding no evidence the district created a “dangerous condition” by failing to bar visitors from the school or install locks on doors.
Ricola must fight class action as two claims over Swiss herbs proceed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Despite calling a class action lawsuit against it "implausible and absurd," cough drop-maker Ricola will have to face at least two of the nine claims made in it.
Georgia law requiring disclosure of donors for political groups faces court challenge
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A voter turnout group is suing Georgia over a law that it says improperly classifies it as a political committee that must turn over its donor information.
Lawsuit follows cheerleading coach's suicide; He was under suspicion of sexual abuse
GREENVILLE, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A group of women and two men who say they were sexually abused by a cheerleading coach who recently killed himself have filed a lawsuit in South Carolina federal court.
Opioid lawyers seek $174 million bond as pharmacies appeal Polster's verdict
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers representing two Ohio counties that won $651 million in damages from pharmacies they accused of causing the opioid epidemic have asked the judge who handed down that verdict to order them to post a $174 million bond while they pursue their appeals.
Two Troutman Pepper Attorneys Named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s ‘Leaders in the Law,’ ‘Up & Coming Lawyers’ Lists
Two Troutman Pepper Attorneys Named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s ‘Leaders in the Law,’ ‘Up & Coming Lawyers’ Lists.
Trump sons stump for America First in Northern Kentucky
MORNING VIEW, KY (Legal Newsline) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons were in Northern Kentucky over the weekend promoting their father’s America First policies to working-class families.
Minn. SC decides liability issues in lawsuit over murder-suicide
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - The mental health care providers of a man who killed his family won't be liable for their deaths, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled.
Judge leaves verdict for gun-maker intact in case of random firing
CONCORD, N.H. (Legal newsline) - A federal judge won't change a jury's verdict that found a gun manufacturer not liable for injuries sustained by a man who said his firearm went off without the trigger being pulled.