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Washington Supreme Court: Seattle mayor didn't break law during BLM protests
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - Washington’s highest court issued a full explanation of why it rejected an effort to recall Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan over the city’s response to the summer’s protests, saying petitioners failed to make a case the mayor had acted illegally or even unreasonably.
If you don’t see vote fraud, you must be blind
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office staff has received death threats following his decision to join an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a lawsuit challenging election results in four swing states.
Companies rail against proposed class of 330 million so-far-uninjured Americans
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – In the case of Every American vs. 11 companies, defendants are hoping to stop class action lawyers from establishing “the most ambitious class imaginable.”
Housing groups move for victory in case against CFPB
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Affordable housing groups are asking a federal judge to grant them victory over a federal agency over a rule published in May that changes certain business practices.
Lawyers move across country to sue over space in movie theater candy boxes again
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers mad at the empty space in candy boxes have filed a lawsuit in New Jersey similar to another being contested in California.
Lawsuit filed over 'smoked' provolone
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Smoked Provolone cheese hasn’t been smoked at all, a class action alleges.
ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE: Orrick Partners Named BTI Client Service All-Stars
Clients have selected Orrick partners Howard Goldwasser and Carl Lyon as Client Service All-Stars.
DINSMORE & SHOHL: Jeffrey Hinebaugh Named 2020 BTI Client Service All-Star
Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh, a partner in Dinsmore & Shohl’s litigation department, has been designated by corporate counsel and named to the 2020 “BTI Client Service All-Stars” list.
Trouble escalates for lawyer, husband of a Real Housewife, accused of misusing clients' money
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – A Chicago federal judge has held a plaintiffs lawyer whose wife is a reality TV personality misused $2 million awarded to families over one of the Boeing 737 Max crashes.
Makeup is oily, new group of class actions says
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – Maybelline and L’Oreal Paris makeup products contain oils even though advertisements say otherwise, a class action lawsuit says.
Stem cell company wants to fight Georgia attorney general's lawsuit in federal court
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A stem cell company accused of misleading elderly and disabled customers has removed the lawsuit against it to federal court.
Nazi, '1984' comparisons by plaintiffs lawyer 'way over the line' but somehow not enough to strike $5.1M verdict
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A plaintiff lawyer who compared cigarette manufacturers to Nazis and his client to a torture victim in George Orwell’s novel “1984” “went way over the line” but not far enough to require a new trial, a Florida appeals court said in a decision urging judges to keep a tighter lid on inflammatory closing arguments.
DINSMORE & SHOHL: Dinsmore Serves as Bond Counsel for Bond Buyer Health Care Financing 2020 Deal of the Year
We are proud to announce The Bond Buyer has awarded a Dinsmore health care financing as its 2020 Deal of the Year in the Health Care Financing category.
Lack of criminal charges doesn't doom sexual assault lawsuit
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – An Akron hospital will have to face a lawsuit that claims one of its emergency room physicians sexually assaulted a patient, even though no criminal charges have been filed.
Proper Puss defeats claims of customer who said hair removal laser burned her
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Much of a woman’s case against a salon that performed hair removal in private places – called Proper Puss – has been thrown out by a New York judge.
Russian-born detective gets chance to prove retaliation lawsuit against NYPD
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A Russian immigrant was unable to prove the New York City Police Department discriminated against him with a series of demotions because none of his countrymen were employed in his unit but he will have a chance to make his case under the City Human Rights Laws anyway.
Surgeon prevails in lawsuit alleging Medtronic stiffed him on $112M in payments for inventions
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – Medical device giant Medtronic has lost its appeal of a $112 million verdict in a lawsuit brought by a renowned spinal surgeon who sold his inventions to it.
Judge, defendant: Plaintiffs lawyer using his own surveys to shape his class actions
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – One target of an attorney who files novel class actions is hoping an October decision will help doom the case against it.
BAILEY & GLASSER LLP: Bailey Glasser Brings Aboard Ben Schwartzman and Nick Warden
The national law firm Bailey Glasser LLP is pleased to announce that Ben Schwartzman has joined the firm as a partner in Boise, Idaho.
NELSON MULLINS: Employment Attorneys Colin Barnacle, Chris Eby Join Nelson Mullins in Denver
Experienced employment and labor attorneys Colin L. Barnacle and Christopher J. Eby have joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in its Denver office.