News from September 2023
Starbucks can't get out of lawsuit over 'sprouted grain' bagels
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Most of a class action over grains in bagels at Starbucks will get to continue, thanks to a federal judge's ruling on Sept. 12.
Judge dismisses lawsuit over fees from class action settlement
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal court in New York has no reason to hear a dispute between two plaintiffs firms over fees, considering they were generated elsewhere.
Greenberg Traurig Represents GTCR in its Acquisition of Foundation Source
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented GTCR in connection with its acquisition of Foundation Source, the nation’s largest provider of foundation management services.
Maryland Judiciary opens art contest for student conflict resolution bookmarks
The Maryland Judiciary's Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO) has announced the 18th annual Conflict Resolution Day Bookmark Art Contest.
Microsoft, others face class action over AI products allegedly using private information
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — Microsoft and others are facing a class action lawsuit alleging illegal use of users' private information for their AI products.
Jet ski renter claims negligence after being thrown, struck by another jet ski
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — A Florida jet ski rental company is facing a negligence claim after a rider suffered severe injuries.
School district in trouble after bus never picks up student and she dies in car crash
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California school district may be on the hook for a car crash that took the life of a 16-year-old student who got in a car with a friend after her bus was late, an appeals court ruled.
'Tester' law firm loses another lawsuit over website access for the blind
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court rejected a lawsuit by serial plaintiffs who claimed a website discriminated against them by failing to provide proper access to the blind, ruling the Americans with Disabilities Act doesn’t cover websites.
Lawyers, guns and money: The anatomy of a mass tort
Tens of thousands of lawsuits have their origins in a man once arrested after firing a gun into the ceiling of his Yale University frat house and threatening a visitor, resulting in police discovering an illegal arsenal of weapons and explosives that earned him a one-year prison sentence.
Plaintiff's attorney talks adding new defendant to cold medicine lawsuit
Attorney Jason Richards plans to add Kenvue as a defendant to his Northern District of Florida complaint
2 hedge funds seek to intervene in MMA law firm disciplinary proceedings
Two Florida hedge funds have filed motions in the Western District of Louisiana to become intervenors in disciplinary proceedings against a Houston law firm accused of participating in a litigation-harvesting scheme involving Louisiana hurricane-damage victims.
Judge denies SEC's request to inspect Binance.US
Judge Zia M. Faruqui, a magistrate judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, has denied the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) request to inspect Binance.US. Faruqui's decision is the latest development in the legal battle the SEC initiated in June.
Beneficial Owner Information Reporting Transparency Initiatives: The U.S. and Mexican Models on September 21, 2023
Transparency initiatives are becoming ubiquitous.
Bradley Bolsters Atlanta Office with Addition of Rebekah Banks Ramsay
Bradley has expanded its Corporate and Securities practice in its new Atlanta office with the addition of associate Rebekah Banks Ramsay, who joins the firm from King & Spalding.
No free-speech protection from lawsuit against 'Bling Empire' producers
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - California’s law allowing for the quick dismissal of lawsuits challenging free speech won’t protect the producers of “Bling Empire” from a lawsuit by Kelly Li, onetime star of the reality series.
Trump's 'Pakistani mystery man' can sue for defamation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A man whom President Donald Trump described as the `Pakistani mystery man’ at the center of conservative conspiracy theories about fraud and information leaks at the U.S. House of Representatives can sue the publisher of a book that accused him of a wide variety of crimes.
Lawsuit: Arby's overstates quality, portions of meat in sandwiches
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — Arby's is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it overstates the quality and portions of meat in its sandwiches.
Lawsuit blames Boston Hyatt for teen girl's shooting death
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) — A Hyatt hotel in Boston that allegedly allowed underage partying in its rooms is facing a lawsuit after a fatal shooting.
Lawsuit over 'running battle' with Duluth officials could be time-barred
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit claiming Duluth city officials retaliated against a property owner for exercising his right of free speech may be barred by the statute of limitations, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled, reversing an appeals court that said the 20-year battle between the city and the property owner could be a “continuing violation.”
Drug companies, others sued over allegedly ineffective decongestant
Florida plaintiff Steve Audelo accused, P&G, Johnson & Johnson Consumer of fraud and deception