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Lawsuit: Pyrex measuring cups fade when run through dishwasher
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A New York lawyer has filed a class action lawsuit because the markings on measuring cups tend to wear off when the cups go through the dishwasher.
Study: Verdicts of more than $10 million are on the rise
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Exceptionally large jury awards exceeding $10 million are on the rise.
Five Ballard Spahr Attorneys Named Phoenix Magazine Top Lawyers
Five Ballard Spahr Attorneys Named Phoenix Magazine Top Lawyers.
Obermayer Proudly Supports the 16th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance ExecuSummit
Obermayer Proudly Supports the 16th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance ExecuSummit.
W.Va. officials want credit card companies to reconsider plan to categorize gun shop sales
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging Visa, Mastercard and American Express to reconsider their decision to apply a new merchant code to distinguish firearms purchases from other general merchandise sales. West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore also has been critical of the plan.
Murder at apartment complex leads to wrongful death lawsuit against owner
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A wrongful death lawsuit alleges the owner and property manager of an Orlando apartment complex is liable for the shooting of Frantz Gustave.
Judge dismisses AstraZeneca fraud case over Covid vaccine disclosures
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge threw out securities fraud claims against AstraZeneca over statements it made during clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, saying the plaintiffs failed to identify any false information or fraudulent intent to support their case.
Fight between teams leads to lawsuit against Orlando Indoor Soccer
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - An amateur soccer player blames his league and the owner of the building in which it plays for a brawl between teams.
Amazon fights to toss lawsuit over ingredient in non-drowsy cold medicine
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Amazon.com has moved to dismiss a potential class action lawsuit that says its brand of daytime cold medicine can make users drowsy.
Reed Smith named ESG and Community Impact Leader by The National Law Journal
Reed Smith named ESG and Community Impact Leader by The National Law Journal.
Morrisey, other AGs urge Biden to classify fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a multistate bipartisan effort urging President Biden to classify fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
U.S. Interior Department Inspector General finds Bureau of Land Management official violated ethics
Protect the Public's Trust (PPT) alleges that BLM Deputy Director of Policy and Programs Nada Culver became the subject of an investigation by the DOI after PPT filed a complaint in June 2021
California has plaintiff lawyers earning $280K in fees for $15,000 settlement
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court has cleared the way for lawyers to earn $280,000 for negotiating a $15,000 settlement
Sixth Circuit puts brakes on PFAS class action that includes everyone in Ohio
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - A class action on behalf of virtually every citizen of Ohio has been halted temporarily, after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal granted extraordinary relief to PFAS manufacturers who argued a judge exceeded his authority by allowing the massive case to proceed.
JetBlue, American want Delta in the house when trial over alliance starts
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - JetBlue and American Airlines want to put a competitor on the stand to prove their business arrangement has not hurt customers in the Northeast United States.
Former USTR Senior Associate General Counsel Micah S. Myers Joins Cozen O’Connor [Alert]
Former USTR Senior Associate General Counsel Micah S. Myers Joins Cozen O’Connor [Alert].
High tech, chemicals, privacy, identity theft class action suits on the rise for 2023, panel says
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A panel of litigation experts on Sept. 13 held a discussion via Zoom on trends they see developing in the filing of class action lawsuits, most commonly litigation brought by large groups of plaintiffs against companies or organizations for consumer product defect, misleading advertising claims, privacy violations and insurance actions.
Oberlin College loses Gibson's Bakery defamation appeal, set to pay $36.5 million
ELYRIA, OHIO (Legal Newsline) - The Lorain County pastry shop owners who were defamed as racists after stopping a black student from shoplifting will be paid $36.59 million now that the Ohio Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal filed by Oberlin College.
Murdered teacher, school district not liable for classroom shooting
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California school district and the estate of a teacher who was shot and killed by her estranged husband aren’t liable for the incident in which a student was also murdered, an appeals court ruled, finding no evidence the district created a “dangerous condition” by failing to bar visitors from the school or install locks on doors.
Ricola must fight class action as two claims over Swiss herbs proceed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Despite calling a class action lawsuit against it "implausible and absurd," cough drop-maker Ricola will have to face at least two of the nine claims made in it.