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Anya Lernatovych named to Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 Under 40 list
Anya Lernatovych named to Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 Under 40 list.
Texas city fails to get out of lawsuit over wayward lumber
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas man will get his chance to sue the City of Tyler after a piece of lumber fell off one of its trucks and struck him in the head.
Despite failures, lawyers scare up Texas cities to sue Hulu and Netflix
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers have convinced 25 Texas cities to file a lawsuit against Netflix and Hulu, hoping to end the losing streak established in courts around the country.
Publix sued for calling cough drops lemon-flavored
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - Lozenges at Publix grocery stores claim to be lemon-flavored but fail to have the right ingredients, a class action lawsuit alleges.
Class action says makeup not fit for use around eyes
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Eye makeup from ColourPop Cosmetics contains harmful chemicals, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Cozen O’Connor Attorney John Ho Appointed Vice-Chair of ABA Labor and Employment Law Section Committee
Cozen O’Connor Attorney John Ho Appointed Vice-Chair of ABA Labor and Employment Law Section Committee.
Morrisey, other AGs question legality of new credit card category for gun sales
CHARLESTON — Following his letters urging three major credit card companies to reconsider their bid to apply a new merchant code to distinguish firearms purchases at gun shops, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a coalition raising concerns over the legality of the proposed action.
'Canceled' pediatrician fought against Texas Medical Board sanctions and won
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - When Dr. Angelina Farella communicates on social media with her followers, she still uses various words such as "haccine" instead of vaccine so that she won’t be censored.
Attorney panel scrutinizes proposed legislation that would ban divisional merger bankruptcies
While legislation is pending in Congress that would require the dismissal of Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in which the debtor has created a divisional merger, federal appeals court judges in Philadelphia heard arguments this week about whether Johnson & Johnson’s bankruptcy case was filed in good faith.
'Complete lack of any connection': Lawyers' pick for class action plaintiff has case in trouble
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - It's possible, a federal magistrate judge says, that a class action lawyer told a longtime friend to purchase a teeth-whitening product so he could have a plaintiff for a lawsuit he had already drawn up months earlier.
Defamation case ruling goes against Mike Lindell, MyPillow
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Pillow magnate Mike Lindell has lost his attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a company claiming he defamed it by claiming voting machines were rigged to ensure Joe Biden was elected president in 2020.
Background check process at Lowe's faces class action lawsuit
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - An unhappy job applicant has filed a class action lawsuit against Lowe's over alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Lawsuit: Samsung batteries for vaping device exploded, burned man from waist down
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit blames the sellers of vaping accessories for a battery allegedly exploding in a man's pocket.
Duane Morris LLP and Curley, Hurtgen & Johnsrud LLP to Combine Labor and Employment Practices
Duane Morris LLP and Curley, Hurtgen & Johnsrud LLP to Combine Labor and Employment Practices.
Second DOI official accused of violating federal ethics law, 'Biden Ethics Pledge'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Another Department of the Interior (DOI) official is being accused of violating federal ethics laws and the Biden Ethics Pledge.
Whose $280M is it anyway? AGs say their national group should return it to states
A dozen state attorneys general have called upon their national organization to return some $280 million obtained in corporate settlements back to the states, saying it is a “key part of any NAAG reform.”
Farmers blaming herbicide for ruined raspberry crops get chance to sue
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - Washington raspberry farmers will get a second chance to sue Syngenta over an herbicide they said ruined their plants after a Washington appeals court said a U.S. Supreme Court decision forced the reversal of a lower court’s dismissal of their claims.
'Fatal shortcoming' dooms lawyers' hopes to open new frontier of Baby Powder litigation
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit on behalf of participants in a Johnson & Johnson retirement, saying plan fiduciaries had no duty as corporate insiders to disclose disputed claims that its iconic Johnson’s Baby Powder contained asbestos or to stop investing in J&J stock.
Postal Service goes for win in white man's hostile work environment case
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Postal Service is hoping to defeat a lawsuit brought by a white employee who sued over his Black co-workers' use of the "N" word.
Lawsuit seeks info on fatal accident at Pep Boys
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit over a fatal accident involving a vehicle lift that killed an automotive service technician seeks information from Pep Boys.