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Maryland Judiciary seeks feedback on mdcourts.gov user experience
The Maryland Judiciary is seeking feedback from users of its website, mdcourts.gov. The judiciary's mission focuses on delivering fair, efficient, and effective justice.
Jury's $16M punitive damages award in smoker's trial was out of proportion, court rules
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – A trial judge will either reduce a $16 million punitive damages award or order a new trial on the issue as a result of a Florida appellate court ruling in a tobacco case.
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Prospective jurors said cigarettes should be outlawed but were dismissed too soon from smoker's trial, court rules
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – The judge handling a tobacco trial in Florida was wrong to let eight possible jurors go when trying to get the jury pool down to 100 – the maximum capacity of the courtroom.
Lawsuit: Curamin pain reliever doesn't help with tired muscles
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Terry Naturally is accused of not providing the pain relief it promises.
Canadian personal injury lawyers come to Atlanta court over search engine results
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A Canadian personal injury law firm is suing a Tennessee company it says ruined its search engine results.
Purdue Pharma creditors object to Sackler family's deal with DOJ
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Unsecured creditors of bankrupt OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma have objected to the Sackler family’s $225 million settlement with the U.S. government, saying the agreement as proposed could allow the feds to keep the money even if the Sacklers are forced into bankruptcy.
Student denied bathroom break who wet self in class gets chance to sue teacher
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Legal Newsline) – A Missouri teacher is forced to fight the lawsuit brought by a student he wouldn’t allow to go to the bathroom, which resulted in the student wetting himself in class.
Flint lawyer wants big firms negotiating $600M water crisis settlement stripped of power
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – Prominent personal injury firms should lose their leadership positions in the Flint, Mich., water crisis litigation, a lawyer involved in the litigation is arguing as he complains they are trying to "corner the market" on compensation to boost their fees.
Walmart hopes old law will block feds' suit over opioid 'unwritten expectations’
SHERMAN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Walmart is betting on an 86-year-old law that companies most commonly use to fend off lawsuits over insurance coverage or trademarks to block an expected government suit over how its pharmacists filled opioid prescriptions.
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Milwaukee says Allianz lost almost $300M of its money because of poor investment strategy
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – An investment firm is again accused of squandering money during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vanilla lawyer takes on Trader Joe's over cereal
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – There is not enough real vanilla in cereal at Trader Joe’s for it to call it a characterizing flavor.
Mich. election officials can keep private funds but case alleging Democratic influence far from over
A Michigan judge has denied a group of voters their emergency relief request that local election officials in heavily Democratic areas return funds they received from a private source, or redistribute the money equally among all election officials.
Hershey defeats class action over white Reese's cups
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Calling Reese’s cups “white” doesn’t mislead customers into thinking they are made of chocolate, a federal judge has ruled in the latest blow to class action lawyers who have sued over other white products.
Tootsie Roll says class action lawyers trying to avoid CAFA to find favorable courtroom
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers complaining about candy don’t deserve anything but it’s clear they want more than $5 million, Tootsie Roll Industries is arguing.
Judge to QVC: Quit complaining about Suzanne Somers' family or be more specific
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – QVC recently took a squabble with Suzanne Somers to a federal judge who authored a short, sharp rebuke a few days later.
Lowe's: Suing employee for customers' spit-fight over face masks is a 'sham'
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A man spit on at Lowe’s by a customer not wearing a face mask wrongfully joined an employee to his lawsuit, the company says.
Judge declines to call Cuomo's coronavirus orders illegal, turns back challenge from bars
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Bars, restaurants, bowling alleys and gentlemen’s clubs have lost their challenge to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s social distancing requirements.
Mass. AG doesn't want judge to decide if since-expired regs were unconstitutional
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says the challenge of a debt collectors’ trade group has become moot.
Walmart's new lawsuit a preemptive shot against U.S. over coming opioid litigation
Walmart fired a warning shot at the U.S. government in advance of an expected opioid lawsuit, asking a federal court to declare invalid claims that its pharmacies can be held liable for filling prescriptions written by licensed doctors and failing to follow standards that don’t appear in the law.
Lawyers try to save fight against Apple by jettisoning T-Mobile in iPhone class action
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers have dismissed claims against T-Mobile, the company with which prospective class members signed an arbitration agreement.