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Walmart, Amazon sued over advertising of seat belt extenders

By Marian Johns | Jan 8, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) – Walmart, Amazon and others are facing a class action suit alleging they sold seatbelt extenders under misleading and false representations.

Peloton faces lawsuit from subscribers after cutting half of its digital library

By Marian Johns | Jan 8, 2020

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Exercise equipment and media company Peloton is facing a lawsuit filed by subscribers who allege the quality and availability of its on-demand classes were misrepresented as "ever-growing."

StubHub accused of years-long racketeering scheme

By Marian Johns | Jan 8, 2020

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Spotlight Ticket Management alleges StubHub has violated federal and state law by underreporting commissionable transactions.

Houston's county sues Eli Lilly over insulin prices, hires private attorneys to do so

By Marian Johns | Jan 8, 2020

HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – A Texas county is suing Eli Lilly, CVS Health, Express Scripts and others alleging they have created an insulin pricing scheme.

Broker-dealer, New Jersey attorney allege false FINRA publication damaged reputations

By Marian Johns | Jan 8, 2020

NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A broker-dealer and a New Jersey attorney allege the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA) bias and its false reporting of the company's expulsion from the FINRA has damaged their reputations.

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Florida federal judge dismisses 77 plaintiffs from Abilify action that started in Philadelphia

By Nicholas Malfitano | 16 days ago

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A federal judge recently dismissed 77 cases from plaintiffs who sued both Bristol Myers-Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaceutical in connection with prescription medication Abilify this past October – after multiple plaintiffs were already dismissed from the suit earlier last year for defying court orders and failing to provide basic information about their claims.

Nevada Supreme Court dismisses congressional candidate's libel litigation over 2016 campaign ad

By Karen Kidd | Jan 7, 2020

CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) – Libel allegations against now-former Democrat Nevada U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen by her Republican rival in the 2016 race Danny Tarkanian are pretty much done following the state Supreme Court's decision last month to dismiss the case.

Virginia city escapes lawsuit alleging defective hydrant helped cause death of man in fire

By Karen Kidd | Jan 7, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – A southeastern Virginia city is immune from liability for the death of a 48-year-old man in an early 2017 house fire, the Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled.

Governmental immunity subject to no-evidence motions in termination case, Texas Supreme Court rules

By Karen Kidd | Jan 7, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The case of a Texas town's fired secretary who claimed she lost her job for reporting open meetings violations is on its way back to an appeals court following a Texas Supreme Court ruling last month.

N.J. woman loses slip-and-fall lawsuit after failing to pinpoint location where it happened

By Karen Kidd | Jan 7, 2020

CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey appeals court recently declined to revive a woman's personal injury case against a Hudson County town and a Hackensack water company over a 2014 fall in the town.

New Mexico AG files talcum powder lawsuit as Johnson & Johnson racks up trial wins

By Daniel Fisher | Jan 7, 2020

SANTA FE, N.M. (Legal Newsline) - New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has sued Johnson & Johnson for failing to warn consumers about asbestos in its iconic Baby Powder even as J&J is on a winning streak convincing judges and juries that the central allegation in the state’s case is untrue.

Attorney: PFAS research provided by DuPont settlement is 'really lousy'

By Kyla Asbury | Jan 6, 2020

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – Chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been in the headlines a lot lately, from congressional hearings to a new film starring Mark Ruffalo that follows the class action lawsuit against DuPont in the Parkersburg area.

Delaware judge calls off $34M trial between biotech company and AstraZeneca

By Karen Kidd | Jan 6, 2020

GEORGETOWN, Del. (Legal Newsline) – An India-based biotechnology company and an UK-based biopharmaceutical business won't be seeing each other in court this month after a Delaware judge ruled the plaintiff in the case took too long to file its original suit.

Claims in wrongful termination lawsuit fail after employee is reinstated

By Karen Kidd | Jan 6, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – Common-law claims for being wrongfully fired after refusing to take a drug and alcohol test as required by state law won't fly in Iowa, the state's Supreme Court ruled last month.

Judgment of $2.3M in question in Michigan lawsuit over electronic bingo machines

By Karen Kidd | Jan 6, 2020

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A contract dispute over electronic bingo equipment between two Michigan gaming companies and a Minnesota video game business is on its way back to the Genesee Circuit Court to rethink its earlier $2.3 million judgment in the case.

N.J. court affirms dismissal of student's harassment case, saying 'miscarriage of justice' not demonstrated

By Karen Kidd | Jan 6, 2020

CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey appeals court recently declined to revive the gender-based harassment lawsuit against a vocational-technical public high school, ruling a new trial in the dismissed case was unwarranted.

Georgia Senate committee addresses the growing infamy of the state's legal system

By John Breslin | Jan 3, 2020

ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A Georgia Senate study committee charged with drawing up a plan to reduce the cost of doing business in Georgia has released its report with its recommendations to "safeguard and balance" the state's civil litigation system.

Trader Joe's disguises the sugar content in its corn flake cereal, consumer alleges

By Marian Johns | Jan 2, 2020

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Trader Joe's is facing a suit over allegations it is misleading customers by disguising the sugar content in its brand of Organic Corn Flakes cereal as evaporated cane juice.

Ford successfully fends off Michigan cases filed by out-of-state plaintiffs

By John Sammon | Jan 2, 2020

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – The state of Michigan Court of Appeals last week decided in favor of Ford Motor Co., reversing a decision of the Wayne County Third Circuit Court (Detroit) and remanding for further proceedings a lawsuit brought against Ford over allegations of faulty transmissions.

Journalist groups sue California over new freelancer law

By Marian Johns | Dec 31, 2019

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Two national professional organizations for freelance writers and visual journalists are challenging a recently enacted California law over allegations it places unlawful restrictions on their members' work.