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Straight Up Tea way too sugary, lawsuit says
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – “Sorta sweet” tea made by Keurig Dr Pepper has too much sugar, class action lawyers are alleging.
Coca-Cola hit with class action over treatment of cows at Fair Oaks
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – Coca-Cola’s fairlife milk products wrongfully claim that the milk in them comes from cows that were treated humanely, a new class action lawsuit says.
Companies want Angelos firm to clear clutter quicker from Baltimore asbestos docket
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) - The judge overseeing Baltimore’s asbestos docket will hear from plaintiff lawyers and defendants Wednesday on his order suspending status conferences that were eliminating hundreds of cases a month, as the Angelos law firm promises to dismiss at least 350 cases a month on its own.
President given power to fire head of federal agency thanks to SCOTUS ruling
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Confirming years of complaints, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided the structure of a federal consumer protection agency created during the Obama Administration is unconstitutional.
Roundup settlement would net plaintiffs average of $60K; Lawyers could take $3 billion in fees
ST. LOUIS - An average of more than $60,000 will be paid out to plaintiffs claiming they were harmed by the weedkiller Roundup, but it is unclear how the money will be divided up. Lawyers for plaintiffs, on the other hand, will receive between 25 and 33 percent in fees, or close to $3 billion, plus costs.
Schools can face discrimination lawsuits, Wash. SC says in closely watched case
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – The Washington Law Against Discrimination can be applied to the lawsuit of students who were subjected to abuse and sexual misconduct by their bus driver.
Rooming house not to blame for renting to violent criminal who murdered fellow tenant
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey rooming house won’t be held liable for a murder committed by one of its residents who had just been released from prison.
HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP: Co-presenter, "Bostock: The State of LGBTQ+ Legal Rights and How We Got Here," webinar
Sonia Anderson will co-present the webinar, "Bostock: The State of LGBTQ + Legal Rights and How We Got Here," on June 29, 2020.
HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP: Implicit Bias 101: Life & the Legal Profession
This hour workshop is designed to raise consciousness about what implicit biases are and how harmful implicit biases in society can negatively impact individual decision making and behavior.
DYKEMA GOSSETT PLCC: Dykema’s Heidi Naasko Wins State Bar of Michigan’s Cummiskey Award for Pro Bono Service
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that its Pro Bono Counsel, Heidi Naasko, was selected to receive the State Bar of Michigan’s John W. Cummiskey Pro Bono Award for 2020.
POLSINELLI PC: Polsinelli Labor & Employment Department Chair Denise Drake Selected by the Kansas City Business Journal in the 2020 Class of “Women Who Mean Business”
Polsinelli Labor & Employment Department Chair Denise Drake has been recognized among the top businesswomen in the greater Kansas City region by the Kansas City Business Journal through induction into its 2020 class of “Women Who Mean Business.”
Their lawyer ignored them for three years and their $2.8M legal malpractice verdict keeps shrinking
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Judges and juries are feeling too sorry for a Mississippi couple who were lied to by their lawyer for three years, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
A third disagreement with lower court says Ocala's fire service fee is unconstitutional
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – For a third and what appears to be a conclusive time, a Florida appeals court has ruled for businesses and citizens of Ocala who have been forced to pay an extra fee for fire services.
Cozen O'Connor wins case alleging it violated mediation confidentiality law
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs attorneys won’t be able to move forward with a lawsuit against a law firm that defended an insurance company by disclosing what was alleged to be confidential information.
Cowboys for Trump takes on New Mexico's disclosure law
SANTA FE, N.M. (Legal Newsline) – Fans of President Donald Trump are suing the State of New Mexico over regulations that require advocacy groups to disclose their members and contributors.
Blind man's case against credit union over its website gets new life in California
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – A lawsuit alleging a credit union’s website is inaccessible to blind people has been given new life by a California appeals court.
Spying on Richard Simmons could cost magazine publisher
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Fitness guru Richard Simmons will be allowed to pursue a lawsuit that says a detective agency hired by In Touch Weekly spied on him with a tracking device on a car.
Court: Class action lawsuit isn't the way to fight a speeding ticket
SPOKANE, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – A driver ticketed for speeding in a school zone will have to overturn the fine he paid in order to sue the City of Spokane over the citation.
Out-of-staters scared they'll be excluded from Portland recreational marijuana market
PORTLAND, Maine (Legal Newsline) – The City of Portland, Maine, would be wrong to issue new marijuana retail licenses in the manner it is planning, a new lawsuit says.
Lawsuit: Minnesota town went too far in flavored tobacco ban
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A Minnesota city has enacted one of the nation’s most “draconian’ anti-tobacco laws, R.J. Reynolds and other companies are arguing in a lawsuit filed June 17.