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Supreme Court of Delaware irons out key questions over dissolution of partnership

WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Delaware has answered a handful of questions arising from a partnership dispute in federal court.

Mar 30, 2020

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Texas AG asked to let state workers know they don't have to pay union dues if they don't want to

AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — A nonprofit instrumental in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding union fees is urging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to adopt is recommendations concerning right to work laws and forced union membership.

By Scott Holland | Mar 25, 2020

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Private prison firm sues California over law aimed specifically at ICE detention centers

By Bob Pepalis | Mar 20, 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California can’t put extra burdens on the federal government’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities through targeted zoning laws, according to a lawsuit by a private prison contractor.

Pipeline scores court win as Virginia county unable to block construction

By John Breslin | Mar 19, 2020

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has ruled a Virginia county can't block the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a project that is at the center of another dispute recently heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Politically generous lawyers poised to take billions from opioid settlement

By Daniel Fisher | Mar 11, 2020

CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Their request for some $3 billion in fees has generated fierce resistance from state attorneys general and defendants, but don’t worry about the financial states of private lawyers who represent thousands of municipal plaintiffs in opioid litigation.

The goal of climate change litigation in Rhode Island? Finding a 'sustainable funding stream'

By John O'Brien | Mar 11, 2020

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Money was on the minds of Rhode Island officials who sued the energy industry when they couldn't convince state lawmakers to address climate change, according to records obtained by Energy Policy Advocates and submitted Tuesday to a federal appeals court.

Loan company finds trouble with feds over agreements with veterans

By David Beasley | Mar 11, 2020

AIKEN, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A South Carolina company broke state and federal law through its involvement in high-interest loans to veterans who used their disability checks to repay them, according to a federal lawsuit.

SCOTUS hears arguments in fight over pipeline under Appalachian Trail; 18 AGs support project

By John Breslin | Mar 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard oral arguments over whether a 605-mile natural gas pipeline can be constructed under parts of the Appalachian Trail.

AGs unite to oppose opioid lawyers' attempt to take 7% of possible multibillion-dollar settlement

By John Breslin | Feb 29, 2020

CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys general from dozens of states are objecting to an attempt by attorneys litigating on behalf of various local government entities suing over the opioid crisis to secure a fee based on a global settlement that could be worth close to $50 billion.

Broad, vigorous opposition to lawyers' move to secure billions from opioid settlement

By John Breslin | Feb 29, 2020

CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Drug companies, state attorneys general and some local government entities are vigorously opposing an attempt by certain lawyers to secure a significant percentage of a probable multibillion-dollar global settlement stemming from nationwide opioid litigation.

Does Ninth Circuit's 'Kids Climate Case' ruling apply to Rhode Island's global warming lawsuit?

By Karen Kidd | Feb 25, 2020

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Energy companies sued in Rhode Island's climate change lawsuit are pointing to the dismissal of the "Kids Climate Change" lawsuit that made headlines last month, saying it has relevance to their defense.

Judge rejects Hawaii's opioid lawsuit; State plans to try again

By Daniel Fisher | Feb 20, 2020

HONOLULU (Legal Newsline) - In an order issued quietly late last year, a Hawaii judge dismissed the state’s lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors - at least the third time in two years a judge has rejected theories the pharmaceutical industry is responsible for the crisis of addiction and overdose deaths caused by legal and illegal drugs.

State AGs ask Sixth Circuit for control of opioid settlement talks

By John O'Brien | Feb 19, 2020

CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The top legal officials in several states are complaining that their powers have been stolen by the federal judge overseeing more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits.

DEA again cuts opioid production as companies facing addiction lawsuits put blame on feds

By Daniel Fisher | Feb 19, 2020

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Drug Enforcement Administration has slashed oxycodone production quotas by almost 60% from the peak in 2013, including a 9% cut for this year, demonstrating the government’s firm control over narcotics distribution even as plaintiffs in opioid litigation blame pharmacies and drug distributors for causing addiction and overdose deaths by selling too many pills.

Bill in Ohio seeks to set PFAS limit at least as strong as federal government's advisory

By Karen Kidd | Feb 18, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – Two suburban Columbus lawmakers have sponsored a bill to provide state-level standards for contaminants in drinking water in Ohio, including perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination levels that haven't been formally determined by the federal government.

Ohio AG boxes town out of his PFOA lawsuit against DuPont

By Scott Holland | Jan 30, 2020

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – An Ohio appeals panel has determined it lacks jurisdiction to hear a challenge to a lower court’s rejection of an intervention motion in a suit filed by Ohio against DuPont and dismissed the appeal.

ACLU concerned opioid judge is risking patients' privacy with recent order

By John O'Brien | Jan 27, 2020

CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The ACLU is telling a federal appeals court that the judge overseeing thousands of opioid cases created a serious privacy issue when he ordered pharmacies to turn over 13 years’ worth of patient records.

Harvard Law's Exxon protestors could have trouble getting jobs at large law firms

By John Breslin | Jan 27, 2020

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Harvard University law students protesting against a firm that represents Exxon are unlikely to be hired by any large practice if they are picking and choosing which clients to work for, according to one lawyer who argues she would never hire them.

Connecticut AG won't face discipline after using pharma company's emails in antitrust complaint

By Charmaine Little | Jan 27, 2020

The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania weighed in on whether the state’s attorney general’s office violated a protective order. refused to order sanctions against either side of a pharmaceutical company’s complaints against the State of Connecticut amid claims the Attorney General’s office violated a protective order linked to the case.

After win in New York, Exxon fights to have Massachusetts lawsuit heard in federal court

By Karen Kidd | Jan 22, 2020

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge in Boston is considering a motion by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to send her lawsuit, which is similar to one in New York that recently failed, against Exxon back to a commonwealth court.

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