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Unhappy client can sue lawyers over punitive damages award, court rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Clients who are ordered to pay punitive damages can sue to recover the money from their lawyers, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments state law and public policy protect lawyers from being subject to punitive damages awards.
Appeals court reverses $3.7 million fee In BMW class action
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Citing its “special responsibility” to scrutinize plaintiff fees in class action litigation, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a $3.7 million fee awarded to three law firms in a lawsuit over allegedly defective BMW engines because they didn’t provide detailed enough billing records.
One-year limit doesn’t apply to woman suing over stillbirth, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A hospital that argued a woman was a day late in suing over the death of her fetus lost on appeal, as a California court ruled a judge or jury might decide she didn’t suspect medical malpractice until later.
Wrongful-death plaintiffs must turn over nine years of Facebook posts
FRANKFORT, KY (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky couple who sued the hospital that delivered their son after he died from a brain injury lost their request to block a subpoena for nine years of Facebook posts, with the state’s highest court saying they wouldn’t suffer any irreparable harm by turning it over.
'WHT CHOCO' on price tag could be false advertising, Calif. court rules
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Consumers could be misled into believing Target’s White Baking Morsels contain white chocolate because the price tag had the abbreviation “WHT CHOCO,” a California appeals court ruled, reviving a class action a trial judge had dismissed after finding no reasonable consumer could have been deceived.
Class action firm fights back, says it doesn't have to split $470K
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers who want half of more than $470,000 in fees and costs given out in a class action settlement failed to submit their billing records, says a firm fighting to keep it all.
Lawsuit says your apple pie has more palm oil than butter
BENTON, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Schwan's Consumer Brands faces a class action lawsuit because its brand of apple pie that boasts it is made with real butter actually contains a higher level of palm oil.
Lawsuit: Nutrition Action subscribers subjected to piles of junk mail
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - The publisher of the Nutrition Action healthletter faces a class action lawsuit that says it unlawfully sold its subscribers' information to advertisers and political organizations.
Rick Robinson wins lifetime achievement honors from Washingtonian
Rick Robinson wins lifetime achievement honors from Washingtonian.
Poll: Minnesota Democrat incumbent Attorney General is trailing GOP newcomer
Democrat incumbent Keith Ellison is trailing political newcomer Jim Schulz, a Republican who is promising a tough-on-crime approach if elected
Police training videos at issue in lawsuit over motorcyclist’s crash
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Family members of a motorcyclist who crashed after leading police on a 100 m.p.h. chase might win money from the City of San Diego because police officers didn’t spend a required hour a year watching videos on how to conduct vehicular pursuits.
Judge: No meat in 'veggie' class action lawsuit against Kellogg's
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A woman who hoped to lead a class action against Kellogg’s over supposedly mislabeled “veggie” meat substitutes lost her case after a judge decided no reasonable consumer would think the term excluded other non-meat ingredients such as grains and oil.
Nonprofit earns right to challenge South Carolina AG's $75M transfer to private lawyers
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A nonprofit organization can challenge South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s transfer of $75 million in contingency fees to outside lawyers, the state’s highest court ruled, saying it was “an issue of public importance” because the AG may make several other such transfers including fees associated with a $300 million settlement of opioid claims.
Another company sued for claiming its product has '2X More'
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawyer has filed another case claiming customers are misled when a company markets its product as providing "2X more."
Texas Pete sued over its origins
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The maker of Texas Pete hot sauce is being sued because, in the eyes of class action lawyers, it is misleading customers with its name and the cowboy on the bottle.
Troutman Pepper Expands Finance and Restructuring Practice with Addition of Partner Todd Ransom in Charlotte
Troutman Pepper Expands Finance and Restructuring Practice with Addition of Partner Todd Ransom in Charlotte.
How's your dog doing, supplement company wonders about class action plaintiff
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A woman suing over the ingredients in Doggie Dailies hip and joint supplements doesn't even claim they didn't work for her dog, the product's manufacturer says.
PFAS lawsuit filed over Orchard Apple Nantucket Nectar
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - The plastic bottles in which Nantucket Nectars comes in contain chemicals from a family known as PFAS, a class action lawsuit complains.
Investments made by state AGs with settlement money may violate state laws
The former Treasurer of Ohio added his voice to critics calling upon the National Association of Attorneys General to explain why it is holding some $280 million its members obtained in settlements with corporate defendants, saying the money is being handled in ways that might violate state laws and regulations.
Lawsuit: Google cheated advertisers
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A class action filed for business owners alleging they are paying more to be placed in Google display advertisements.