LEGAL NEWSLINE

The Steele County Clerk of Court’s office will be closed Tuesday, June 18 - Thursday, June 20. If assistance is needed, please contact the Traill County Clerk of Court at 701-636-4454.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Pasco-based Greenridge Farms and Baker Produce will pay $470,000 to resolve his civil rights lawsuit over multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment of female farmworkers by one of the companies’ supervisors. Ferguson also asserts the companies retaliated against workers who spoke out.

America First Legal Joins Lawsuit Against Expedia for Discrimination

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has granted a request from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office for an en banc review in the case concerning the proposed amendment titled “Protecting Ohioans’ Constitutional Rights.”

The Michigan Supreme Court will hold the first-ever "Michigan Reunification Day" celebration in Wayne County on June 27, 2024. The event will take place at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center's Erma Henderson Auditorium in Detroit from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced a civil enforcement action against Adobe Inc. and two Adobe executives, Maninder Sawhney and David Wadhwani, for alleged violations of the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA). The lawsuit alleges that the defendants imposed a hidden “Early Termination Fee” on millions of online subscribers and that Adobe forced subscribers to navigate a complex and challenging cancellation process designed to deter them from canceling subscriptions they no longer wanted.

Guidehouse Inc., headquartered in McLean, Virginia, has paid $7.6 million and Nan McKay and Associates (Nan McKay), headquartered in El Cajon, California, has paid $3.7 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by failing to meet cybersecurity requirements in contracts intended to ensure a secure environment for low-income New Yorkers to apply online for federal rental assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that two Philadelphia-based non-profit organizations, Center for Families and Relationships (CFAR) and Project HOME, will each receive $520,125 to bolster mental health services and related programs. This funding follows the closure of the Juniata Community Mental Health Clinic.

PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes released a statement following the passage of the state budget, expressing concern over the handling of opioid settlement funds.

Troutman Pepper was part of a national trial team that secured a defense verdict in a jury trial involving the Pinnacle hip implant in the Southern District of Alabama.

WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Saying it was not her role to “step into the heart of technical debate between opposing scientists,” a Delaware judge refused to exclude plaintiff expert witnesses vital to some 75,000 lawsuits claiming Zantac causes a variety of cancers.

HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Families of 29 call-center employees who were killed in a fire in the Philippines must sue the Connecticut company that employed them in their home country, an appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments the case would be dismissed overseas.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A legal malpractice lawsuit accuses attorneys who specialize in nursing home cases of ignoring one and missing the time period to file it.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsilne) - Several companies are being blamed for the shooting and killing of a 25-year-old man in a Florida strip mall.

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute crimes on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) public transit system in Philadelphia, as mandated by Pennsylvania Act 40 of 2023.

On June 14, 2024, Special Master Mary Patrice Brown announced that she will authorize fifth-round payments for all eligible claims in the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (the Fund) by January 1, 2025. The Fund, which continues to collect deposits, anticipates that the fifth distribution will be at least $940 million. The amounts available for this distribution come from qualifying federal enforcement actions, including United States v. Binance Holdings Limited.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a stay from the Supreme Court of Texas (SCOTX) halting Harris County's "guaranteed income" program, known as "Uplift Harris," which he claims violates the Texas Constitution.

A Florida appellate court has upheld Attorney General Kathy Jennings' authority to continue advocating for funding for Nemours Children’s Hospital.

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued a statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Garland v. Cargill to strike down a federal gun safety regulation. "In 2017, thousands gathered in Las Vegas to attend a country music festival, during which a gunman opened fire on the crowd killing 60 people and injuring more than 850 – the worst mass shooting in American history. Several of the shooter’s firearms were fitted with bump stocks that allowed him to fire approximately 90 rounds in 10 seconds and more than 1,000 rounds in total. Today, the Supreme Court struck down a...

Three Florida residents pleaded guilty today to conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate employees of pregnancy resource centers in the free exercise of the right to provide and seek reproductive health services. The defendants targeted reproductive health facilities that provided and counseled abortion alternatives and vandalized those facilities with threatening messages.