News published on Legal Newsline in April 2023

California law firm allegedly defaults on $1.4 million loan

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) — A Massachusetts man is alleging Dunkin Donuts deceptively overcharges customers for purchases made through its mobile app.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California cities can collect sales taxes on soda and sugar-sweetened drinks despite a state law that would have penalized them by cutting them off from all sales taxes, an appeals court ruled, upholding a trial court decision declaring the law unenforceable.

Holland & Knight has welcomed two notable technology-focused attorneys, Partners Daniel Ritter and Paul Stimers, as well as Senior Policy Advisor Dennis Potter, to the firm's Public Policy & Regulation Group in Washington, D.C.

Troutman Pepper has been selected as a winner for The M&A Advisor’s 17th Annual Turnaround Awards. The awards program recognizes the leading distressed transactions, restructuring, refinancing, products and services, firms, and professionals in the United States and international markets.

WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Saying there was evidence a long-bankrupt manufacturer of asbestos gaskets had valuable insurance policies when it was dissolved, a Delaware judge reversed the cancellation of the company’s corporate status and ordered a receiver to be appointed to investigate further.

MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - A man who waited nearly 20 years to sue the Catholic Church over his alleged abuse by a priest can proceed with claims the church committed intentional infliction of emotional distress even though his negligence claim is barred by the statute of limitations, a Florida appeals court ruled.

SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A California nursing home operator deserved more than $50,000 in sanctions for repeatedly missing deadlines to turn over evidence in an elder abuse lawsuit, an appeals court has ruled.

MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Days before a contentious Wisconsin Supreme Court election that has drawn the attention - and dollars - of people nationwide, liberal candidate Janet Protasiewicz's campaign attempted to have rival groups' political ads pulled from the air.