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Lawsuit that said items on McDonald's Dollar Menu were overpriced comes to quiet end

By Bob Pepalis | Mar 18, 2020

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A Los Angeles man has settled his lawsuit that claimed a McDonald’s restaurant charged him more than $1 for each of the two Sausage McMuffins he ordered from the Dollar Menu on Sept. 3, 2018.

Company challenges anti-coal ordinance in California

By David Beasley | Mar 17, 2020

A company that manages coal and petroleum coke shipments in Richmond, Cal., is challenging a new city ordinance that would prevent the products from being stored there.

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'Pillaging them, that's the point': Serial plaintiff on tape describing how to take advantage of TCPA

By Nicholas Malfitano | 24 days ago

PHILADELPHIA – Recorded conversations prove a Pennsylvania man who has filed dozens of lawsuits is intentionally taking advantage of a federal law to extort settlements from defendants, says one of the companies he has targeted.

Tennessee woman wins appeal of order allowing ex parte interviews in wrongful death suit

By Juliette Fairley | Mar 17, 2020

NASHVILLE (Legal Newsline) – An Overton County, Tennessee trial court’s order allowing the defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit to interview non-party health care providers without the presence of plaintiff’s attorney was overturned by the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Facebook accused of stealing artificial intelligence algorithms

By David Beasley | Mar 16, 2020

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A Massachusetts technology company has sued one of its former employees and Facebook for allegedly stealing algorithms for artificial intelligence programs.

Indiana Supreme Court doesn't give plaintiffs more time to file product liability cases

By Solange DeLisle | Mar 16, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) — The Indiana Supreme Court has concluded a section of the state code has a time limitation for legal action that can't be extended by post-delivery fixes, refurbishments or reconstruction of the product in question.

Trump campaign wants federal judge to dismiss lawsuit against it over text messages

By Solange DeLisle | Mar 13, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) — Attorneys for Donald Trump's campaign have asked a federal judge to dismiss, compel arbitration in or stay a lawsuit over text messages it allegedly sent without permission.

Tupperware deceived investors on trouble with Mexico enterprise, class action suit says

By David Beasley | Mar 13, 2020

FT. MYERS, Florida (Legal Newsline) – Tupperware Brands Corp. misled investors about a business it owned in Mexico, according to a class action lawsuit.

Tropicana sued over alleged presence of artificial flavors

By David Beasley | Mar 13, 2020

CHICAGO – Tropicana Manufacturing Co. Inc. deceives consumers by failing to disclose artificial flavors in its juice drinks, a federal class-action lawsuit alleges.

Man who sued Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for blocking him on Twitter abandons lawsuit

By Scott Holland | Mar 12, 2020

Representing himself, plaintiff didn't act on claim stemming from Twitter block

StubHub begins defense in racketeering lawsuit against it

By Scott Holland | Mar 12, 2020

Ticket reseller accused of owing millions in unpaid commissions

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.

Landlord not liable for death of tenant caused by stray bullet

By Solange DeLisle | Mar 11, 2020

The Kentucky Court of Appeals has affirmed the lower court's decision which found Verdure, LLC, as a landlord, owed no duty to a tenant who was killed by a stray bullet.

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.

No new defamation trial for Minnesota murder suspect who was cleared

By Kyla Asbury | Mar 11, 2020

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) — The Minnesota Supreme Court found that reporting privileges protect news reports regarding certain statements made in police press conferences that were later reported on by media outlets.

Oil company misled investors, suit says

By David Beasley | Mar 11, 2020

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. misled investors about the value of one its oil fields, according to a class action lawsuit.

Immunity doesn't extend to Native American-owned business, Arizona Supreme Court rules

By Kyla Asbury | Mar 11, 2020

PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a tribal entity did not prove it is entitled to share in a tribe's sovereign immunity, and subsequently that a superior court did not err when it denied an business' motion to dismiss a lawsuit.

Lawmakers in Oklahoma, West Virginia the latest to call for rejection of ALI's insurance Restatement

By Nicholas Malfitano | Mar 10, 2020

PHILADELPHIA – Oklahoma and West Virginia can be added to the growing list of states seeking to formally reject the American Law Institute’s controversial Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance - a project that some see as evidence of an ideological shift at the organization that amounts to a power-trip.

Arkansas Supreme Court says law was improperly applied in class action against Fort Smith

By Kyla Asbury | Mar 10, 2020

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that a circuit court erroneously interpreted the law when it concluded that a defendant waived its right to compel a pretrial notice.