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Lawsuit against Starbucks, others over African slave labor faces dismissal requests
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Corporate giants involved in the chocolate trade are asking a federal judge to toss a class action lawsuit that alleges they overlook child and slave labor in West Africa.
Judge OKs settlement with Navient after lawyers say they're losing millions on deal
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a class action settlement in which the lawyers who targeted Navient Corporation say they’ll lose $5 million.
NELSON MULLINS: Weston Adams to Co-Chair E4 Carolinas Expansion Task Force
E4 Carolinas has chosen Columbia Partner Weston Adams to co-chair its task force to expand the clean energy organization's presence in South Carolina.
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE: Armstrong Teasdale Litigators Named 2020 Mountain States Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars
Armstrong Teasdale proudly announces that five litigators have been named among the 2020 Mountain States Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars.
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP: Webinar | COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts And Developments In Foreign Trade Relations Between Brazil and The USA
Greenberg Traurig Shareholder, Laura Rabinowitz will be speaking on a panel, COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts And Developments In Foreign Trade Relations Between Brazil and The USA on Monday, June 22 at 1:30 p.m.
Employer not liable for sexual assault committed by worker on trip
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – His employer won’t be liable for the actions of a man who brutally beat and sexually assaulted a woman while he was on a work trip but off-duty.
Women can't prove they were taped using the bathroom, N.J. Supreme Court rules
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Women who suspected they were spied on when they used the bathroom at an office building have lost their lawsuit, as the New Jersey Supreme Court said not enough evidence was gathered to show they were ever recorded.
Nestle's first defense in slave labor class action fails
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – Nestle can’t use the Anti-SLAPP Law to shield it from a class action lawsuit alleging the company misleads customers about the use of child and slave labor to harvest cocoa in West Africa.
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San Francisco Employees' Retirement System sued after data breach
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System is facing a class action lawsuit over a February data breach.
Landlords take exception to Los Angeles not allowing them to evict tenants during coronavirus
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A group representing apartment owners in Los Angeles is challenging the city’s moratorium on evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Indiana Supreme Court tells lower court to get back to work on Essure cases
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A lower court didn’t do enough work when it allowed 36 Essure lawsuits against Bayer to proceed, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.
Maryland's juvenile courts continue remote operations amid pandemic
Circuit courts across Maryland continue to handle juvenile cases amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Psychiatric center had no duty to heal mother-daughter relationship, court rules
SUFFOLK, Mass. (Legal Newsline) – The mother of a teenage girl who underwent psychiatric treatment has lost her claims that doctors should have facilitated contact between her and her daughter.
‘Deadbeat list’ gets condo complex in trouble as class action gets OK from Fla. court
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – A condominium complex in Florida will have to face a class action lawsuit after publicizing the names of every tenant who was behind on payments.
Man who came to rescue of cab driver then got run over twice can sue taxi company
DENVER (Legal Newsline) – A man who was run over by a cab after attempting to break up a fight is a “rescuer” under Colorado law and can sue the taxi company for not protecting him.
Indiana AG says he brings conservative message in racial discord discussions
Hill: Opponents lack the practical experience to run AG's office
Since when do lawyers engage in free speech?
The Prevention of Deceptive Lawsuit Advertising and Solicitation Practices Regarding the Use of Medications Act is a good law, long overdue – and, needless to say, opposed by the abusers it targets, who, suddenly and preposterously, have decided to present themselves as defenders of free speech.
Unleashed dogs are legally vicious, Georgia Supreme Court rules
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A dog not on a leash should legally be considered vicious, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in a case involving an attack that killed a dog and injured her owner.
Minneapolis' sick leave law affirmed over objections it affects businesses elsewhere
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – Minneapolis’ law requiring employers to provide sick and safe time is not in conflict with state law and has survived a challenge brought by the state’s Chamber of Commerce.
Texas law doesn't protect ranch from wrongful death lawsuit after bull tramples worker
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A Texas law protecting defendants does not apply to the wrongful death lawsuit filed after a ranch hand was apparently killed by the livestock he was tasked with herding.