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Law firms unite to sue over cancer concerns with generic diabetes medicine
NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – The maker of a generic version of a recently recalled diabetes medicine faces a class action lawsuit.
Lowe's heads to federal court to fight lawsuit over alleged spit-fight started by lack of face mask
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Lowe’s wants a federal judge to decide a lawsuit that claims an altercation over face masks resulted in one man spitting in the face of the other.
Clorox to plaintiff: Read the label before you sue us
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Clorox says the woman complaining in court that it’s Splash-Less products aren’t strong enough never bothered reading their labels.
Lawyers get nothing in troubled class action vs. Navient; Never mentioned agreement with nonprofit
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs lawyers won’t recover anything after a federal judge decided to throw their $500,000 in requested fees into a separate fund created by a criticized class action settlement that she otherwise approved.
Costco could be punished for 92-year-old's driving disaster in parking lot
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – Costco could be liable for the injuries a man sustained when an elderly driver pinned him into another car in the parking lot.
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP: Foley’s Detroit Office, 18 Attorneys Honored For Pro Bono Service
Foley’s Detroit office and 18 of its attorneys have been named to the State Bar of Michigan’s 2020 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll.
TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP: Troutman Pepper Advises Rite Aid in Acquisition of Bartell Drugs
Troutman Pepper recently counseled Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) in its acquisition of Bartell Drugs.
HOLLAND & KNIGHT: Holland & Knight Earns Top Rankings in The Legal 500 Latin America Guide
Holland & Knight is recommended as one of the top international law firms in Latin America, including Colombia and Mexico, in The Legal 500 Latin America 2021 edition.
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP: ACC Annual Meeting 2020
Foley Special Counsel Kyle Faget, a member of the firm’s Health Care, Telemedicine, and Digital Health Industry Team, Partner Chanley Howell, a member for the firm’s Technology, Transactions, & Outsourcing Practice Group, and Partner Lisa Noller, a member of the firm’s Government Enforcement Practice Group, will be speaking at the ACC’s Virtual Annual Meeting October 12-16, 2020.
BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS: Bradley Partner Dawn Helms Sharff Named to BBJ's Top Birmingham Women for 2020
Bradley attorney Dawn Helms Sharff was named to the Birmingham Business Journal's 2020 Top Birmingham Women.
Judge continues federal opioid trial until January amid 'super-spreader' fears
CHARLESTON – A U.S. District judge has delayed an upcoming opioid trial after the defendant drug companies said it could be a “super-spreader” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Plaintiff lawyers accuse JPMorgan, Wells Fargo of causing Flint water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiff lawyers added a new layer of defendants to litigation over the Flint, Mich., water fiasco, suing the investment banks that underwrote a $300 million bond offering that facilitated the city’s shift away from its longtime supplier of drinking water, Detroit.
Wis. governor's spotlight on businesses that had COVID-infected staff 'reputationally damaging'
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce has sued Gov. Tony Evers over the release of the names of businesses that allegedly have had two or more employees contract COVID-19.
Lawsuit: California hitting up small businesses for lost tax revenue from Amazon
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California has passed the buck to small online merchants in order to make up for tax it never charged Amazon.
Apple fends off lawsuit from company it didn't want to buy, hired employees away from
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – “Costly” litigation against Apple has possibly come to a close with a victory in a California appeals court.
Lawyers lose $242K in fees in ADA case as court rules they weren't 'prevailing party'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Disabilities lawyers are out of luck after a California appeals court found they aren’t entitled to the hundreds of thousands of dollars they requested in a lawsuit against a Rio Nido restaurant.
Second Circuit reinstates jury's fraud verdict against Hunter Biden's former business partner
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court reinstated a jury’s fraud verdict against Devon Archer, former business partner of presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, on Oct. 7.
Plaintiffs suing Bloomberg campaign argue TCPA lawsuits can be heard in state courts
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A pair who say they received illegal text messages from Michael Bloomberg’s Presidential campaign are resisting the billionaire’s efforts to have their lawsuit heard in federal court.
After good news in Maryland, defense lawyers eye the way MDLs handling questionable testimony
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - Courts are giving defendants a few things to cheer about regarding the admissibility of evidence presented by expert witnesses.
Walmart sued over 'lifetime' tire service after shuttering auto care centers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Walmart faces a class action lawsuit over whether the “lifetime” tire balance and rotation service was misleading, given that the company closed all of its auto care centers.