News published on Legal Newsline in August 2023

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A sex-abuse trial involving a school teacher that was halted after several days can only resume after the judge makes a more thorough determination of whether the plaintiff can be asked about a subsequent episode of abuse, California’s highest court ruled.

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Michigan’s highest court overruled a test workers’ compensation officials have been using for years to assess whether plaintiffs have proven work-related mental injuries, saying it was biased against claimants and contradicted by state law.

WARREN, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — Dish Network and a subcontractor are facing a lawsuit after an employee murdered a woman in her Arkansas home after installing a satellite system.

E. Fitzgerald Veira, a veteran environmental and natural resources attorney, has been elected as a 2023 Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Former President Donald Trump has lost his defamation lawsuit against CNN that claimed the news outlet likened him to Adolf Hitler.

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Before the federal government's kickback lawsuit against it proceeds, Teva Pharmaceuticals wants an appeals court to handle the issue of causation.

TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiff lawyers who successfully blocked Johnson & Johnson from settling talc claims in bankruptcy sought more than $1 million in fees as a judge for the second time dismissed the Chapter 11 reorganization case of the LTL Management unit J&J set up specifically to pay tort claims.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — A Florida House of Representatives governmental aide alleges he and others suffered sexual harassment by Rep. Fabian Basabe, who then posted defamatory statements about them on social media.

Woman alleges she suffered burns, bruises from 'massage balls'

Rachelle’s practice focuses on counseling, protection, and licensing of intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on trademark prosecution and global brand management.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan rejected an $8.9 billion proposed bankruptcy resolution