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Millions on the way to lab that created controversial Zantac scare
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A drug-testing lab's war on Zantac, which spawned tens of thousands of lawsuits despite claims of "junk science," will earn it millions of dollars.
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Bayer petitions USSC for review of Roundup case
Bayer has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to review a $1.25 million ruling in a Roundup weed killer after the Missouri Supreme Court already refused to overturn the verdict.
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University student held at Louisiana facility in court battle to fight deportation
A Columbia University student who was picked up by plainclothes agents, called a threat to U.S. foreign policy and targeted with deportation remains in federal custody in Louisiana, despite a federal judge’s order that his case be transferred to New Jersey.
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Landowner appeals EPA Clean Waters Act ruling to Fourth Circuit
RICHMOND, Virginia – A West Virginia landowner is appealing a federal court ruling he says allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to unlawfully enforce the Clean Water Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in challenge to Louisiana congressional map
The state Attorney General’s Office and other parties involved in litigation over Louisiana’s congressional map faced off this week in arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the map represents an unconstitutional “racial gerrymander.”
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Judge refuses to lift order barring deportation of five Venezuelans
A federal judge has declined to lift a restraining order that bars the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport five Venezuelans.
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Case featuring rogue AI has late-breaking settlement, judge ordering sides to pay jury fees
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Legal Newsline) - The judge handed a mistake-laden brief crafted by a plaintiffs firm's AI machine is issuing more penalties, this time for putting him and jurors through a pointless nine-day trial.
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Fishermen ask Supreme Court to review offshore wind project ruling
A Texas-based group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court ruling allowing a large offshore wind energy project.
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Lab has 'whistleblower' settlement in place in Zantac case
PHILADELPHIA - The product-testing lab whose research has created tens of thousands of lawsuits still works to settle a case it brought itself and received no support from the federal government and more than two dozen states refusing to participate.
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Class action that followed lab's study on benzene in dry shampoo looks to be settled
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Rather than continue to fight in court, Unilever will settle a class action lawsuit spawned by the testing lab Valisure, whose testing of consumer products has been criticized by the federal government in the past.
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New York ticket-fees law leads to $2.5M settlement with Regal Cinemas
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Regal Cinemas will settle a class action lawsuit alleging a $1.80 booking fee for movies violates New York law.
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Changes from 2023 didn't take Roundup plaintiffs' 'shaky' causation experts
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Experts once called "shaky" by the federal judge hearing thousands of Roundup cases can continue to testify, as the latest wave of plaintiffs make their way through a multidistrict litigation proceeding.
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Facebook not to blame for mass shooting by white supremacist in South Carolina
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court refuses to pin the blame for a mass shooting in South Carolina on Facebook, rejecting a lawsuit that said its algorithm radicalized murderer Dylann Roof.
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Federal judge dismisses suit by woman arrested for 2020 protest BBQ
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a woman after she says she was falsely arrested while barbequing at a 2020 protest in Lafayette.
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AG’s office accuses Starbucks of race, sex discrimination
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office has filed a federal lawsuit against Starbucks accusing the coffee company violating federal and state laws prohibiting race discrimination.
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Jamaal Taylor posed a threat, judge says in wrongful death ruling for Baltimore County
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has again thrown out a wrongful death lawsuit against Baltimore County police over the 2019 shooting of Jamaal Taylor.
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Coalition led by Morrisey claims victory in Title IX federal case
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who co-led a six-state coalition has claimed victory in its challenge to the federal Department of Education’s overhaul of Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act.
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Australian's Qatar injury claims against Oxy fail in Texas
HOUSTON - Occidental Petroleum and its Qatar wing have defeated a globe-spanning lawsuit in Texas concerning on-the-job injuries sustained by an Australian man.
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Little, weaker Southern Comforts still create a buzz as class action moves forward
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has allowed a class action to proceed accusing Southern Comfort of misleading New York consumers by selling a “whiskey flavor” malt beverage in bottles that resemble full-strength Southern Comfort.
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Class action asks Arby's where the rest of our French fries are
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawyer with a knack for coming up with novel theories - and sometimes angering judges with them - is suing Arby's, complaining the fast-food chain is giving customers less while charging them more.