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Union Pacific sued over stormwater runoff in Washington
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – An environmental advocate is suing Union Pacific Railroad Company, claiming it is in violation of the Clean Water Act.
Michigan AG sues over liquor sales
LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – Michigan’s attorney general says a liquor retailer is skirting state law.
Records show attorney donated money to judge presiding over case in which he is defendant
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Ray Chester, an Austin attorney who is a defendant in a lawsuit involving the Mitte Foundation, has donated money to the re-election campaign of the judge in the case and was listed on her website as a supporter, according to public records.
Feds fight 3M's request to interview lieutenant colonel about military's role in design of earplugs
SAN ANTONIO (Legal Newsline) – The federal government doesn’t want 3M to be able to question a Department of Defense employee as the company defends itself from thousands of lawsuits alleging the ear plugs it supplied to the military were defective.
Maryland Judiciary launches student art contest promoting conflict resolution
The Maryland Judiciary's Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO) is inviting students from kindergarten through eighth grade to participate in the 15th annual Conflict Resolution Day Bookmark Art Contest.
Dual Pakistani-Canadian national charged with violating U.S. export laws
A dual citizen of Pakistan and Canada, Mohammad Jawaid Aziz, also known as Jawaid Aziz Siddiqui and Jay Siddiqui, faces charges of conspiracy and violations related to U.S. export laws.
CFPB wants to show the world its case against Navient in motion currently sealed
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – A federal agency all of a sudden has an interest in getting its arguments out as it fights to keep its lawsuit against the nation’s largest student loan servicer alive.
UCLA profs tell judge ending L.A.'s eviction moratorium would leave thousands homeless
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Ending Los Angeles’ moratorium on evictions would be unfair to Black and Latino renters in the city, scholars from UCLA are hoping to convince a federal judge.
Stockholders hit Royal Caribbean with COVID-related class action
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – A Florida city is suing Royal Caribbean Cruises, claiming its investment in the company has turned sour.
GEICO settlement asks if 11th Circuit judges will follow directions, cut off payments to class action plaintiffs
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge in Florida who in August tentatively approved a class action settlement including $10,000 “incentive fees” to named plaintiffs will now have to decide if final approval is appropriate considering the appellate court immediately above him has since ruled such fees to be illegal.
More enforcement and control are key to containing opioid crisis
By working more closely with the states, the DEA and its Office of Diversion Control can make its enforcement and diversion control efforts more effective. Like someone once said, we’re “stronger together.”
NYC claims ventilator salesmen scammed it out of $4M in early days of coronavirus
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – New York City is going to court to complain that companies claiming to be selling ventilators have kept more than $4 million and not delivered a single product.
Lawsuit: Switching to Switch Lite doesn't fix Nintendo drifting problem
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Nintendo faces another class action lawsuit over its controllers.
J&J warns $465M Okla. decision in opioid case could trigger lawsuits over cars, alcohol, etc...
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) - Johnson & Johnson urged the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reverse a landmark $465 million verdict in the state’s opioid lawsuit, saying no company will be safe from public nuisance claims if the ruling stands.
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.