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K&L GATES: K&L Gates Welcomes Health Care Partner to Research Triangle Park Office
Research Triangle Park - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Rebecca M. Schaefer as a health care partner in the Research Triangle Park office.
CLARK HILL PLC: Clark Hill Attorney Maria Fracassa Dwyer to Speak at The State Bar of Michigan’s Labor & Employment Law Section Mid-Winter Meeting
Maria Fracassa Dwyer, Member in Clark Hill’s Labor & Employment group, will present the Equal Employment Opportunity 2018 Case Law Update at the State Bar of Michigan’s Labor & Employment Mid-Winter Meeting on January 25, 2019.
WILENTZ GOLDMAN SPITZER: Angela M. Scafuri Installed as Second Vice President of the Morris County Bar Association
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. shareholder and family lawyer Angela M. Scafuri was installed as the Second Vice President of the Morris County Bar Association’s Executive Board.
SOUTH DAKOTA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Jason Ravnsborg joins $1.5M settlement with Retailer Neiman Marcus over 2013 Data Breach
The Neiman Marcus Group LLC has agreed to pay $1.5 million and implement a number of policies to resolve an investigation with 43 states and the District of Columbia into the 2013 breach of customer payment card data at 77 Neiman Marcus stores in the United States, Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said.
ARKANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL: Rutledge reaches settlement for Illegal Diesel Emissions
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has reached two settlements in the form of consent judgments requiring Fiat Chrysler and auto supplier Bosch to pay a total of $171.2 million nationwide for their roles in selling and leasing diesel vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed defeat device software.
MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL: Rite Aid Will Pay $177,000 to Naloxone Fund and Will Update Opioid Dispensing Practices in Settlement with AG Healey
Rite Aid of Massachusetts will contribute $177,000 to the state’s Municipal Naloxone Fund and correct its procedures to settle allegations that its dispensing of controlled substances, including opioids, failed to follow regulations designed to prevent substance use disorder, Attorney General Maura Healey announced.
NELSON MULLINS: Partner John Kuppens selected as FDCC Member
John F. Kuppens, a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's Columbia office, was unanimously approved as a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.
LITTLER MENDELSON: Shareholder Ellen Storch Joins Littler in Long Island
Littler, the world’s largest labor and employment firm representing management, announces that Ellen Storch has joined as a shareholder in its growing Melville, New York, office, which has added eight attorneys since 2015 and now totals 19 attorneys.
BRADLEY ARANT: Robert Symon Selected as CLSA Fellow
Bradley is pleased to announce that Robert J. Symon, a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, has been selected as a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA).
GREENBERG TRAURIG: Rose Cordero Prey Joins Greenberg Traurig’s Dynamic IP Litigation Practice
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues strategic growth of its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice with the addition of Rose Cordero Prey as shareholder in its New York office.
DLA PIPER: Barbara Mace joins DLA Piper as principal economist in New York
DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Barbara Mace has joined the firm as a principal economist based out of the New York office.
Nissan seeks to dismiss class action over defective transmission allegations
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – An auto maker is seeking to dismiss a class action lawsuit over allegations that certain years of Nissan Altimas have defective transmissions.
AARP alleges third amended complaint over insurance against it is 'devoid of facts'
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – AARP Inc. has petitioned Judge Dean D. Pregerson of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to dismiss, with prejudice, a third amended complaint brought by Simon Levay, Judith Willis and Lionel Brown regarding AARP’s insurance and its business practices.
Intel asks court to dismiss consolidated product liability lawsuits over processors
PORTLAND, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – Intel Corp. is asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to dismiss a consolidated product liability class-action lawsuit filed against it, according to a motion filed Oct. 25.
Federal court: Chromadex immune from competitor's lawsuit over anti-aging supplement
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Jan. 3 that Chromadex Inc. is immune from being named in a lawsuit filed by competitor Elysium Health Inc. in a suit over an anti-aging dietary supplement.
Lawsuit over penis cream Sensum+ doesn't 'even make sense,' drug company says
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – Pending in Chicago federal court is a drug company's frank response to a doctor who is suing over the marketing of Sensum+.
Former client alleges Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. negligently managed assets
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A San Antonio woman alleges her former investment adviser negligently managed certain account assets.
Journalist kidnapped in 1984, wife file suit over allegedly unsatisfied final judgment against Islamic Republic of Iran
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A journalist kidnapped in Lebanon in 1984 and his wife allege banks have engaged in a conspiracy and are seeking to transfer assets to them that were allegedly fraudulently transferred.
