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Troutman Pepper’s Andrew Zappia Named Among The Daily Record’s Power 20 Intellectual Property 2022 List
Troutman Pepper’s Andrew Zappia Named Among The Daily Record’s Power 20 Intellectual Property 2022 List.
W.Va. SOS leading effort to require states to maintain voter records digitally
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner is part of a national effort to preserve election results. Warner and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose are calling for states to pass legislation requiring the maintenance of digital, publicly accessible voter records.
Dr. Fauci's rise in earnings during COVID-19 raises questions about royalties, foreign awards
Open the Books: Fauci's net worth increased by $5 million between 2019 and 2021 alone
Couple who sued after son died have to turn over nine years of Facebook activity
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.
San Diego dealt blow in wrongful death lawsuit; Police didn't watch one-hour instruction video
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Family members of a motorcyclist who crashed after leading police on a 100-mph 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.
Records keep class action lawyers from getting $3.7 million from BMW settlement
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.
Class action: MGM Resorts illegally racking up profits with 'no change policy' at casinos
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — MGM Resorts is facing a class action lawsuit alleging conversion through its "no change policy" at its casinos.
Venezuelan asylum seekers allege Gov. DeSantis illegally lured them from Texas migrant shelter
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) — Migrants from Venezuela seeking asylum in the U.S. are claiming Florida Governor Ron Desantis and others illegally lured them from a Texas shelter and transported them to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Amelia Clegg, Esquire, to Receive the 2022 American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize
Amelia Clegg, Esquire, to Receive the 2022 American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize.
Judge OKs Google Photos face scans class action settlement; Claimants get $150 each, lawyers get $35M
The $100 million settlement ends a class action lawsuit brought against Google, accusing the company of illegally scanning the faces of Illinois residents appearing in photos uploaded to Google Photos.
Affordable Housing and Community Development Attorney Angela Christy Joins Ballard Spahr as Partner
Affordable Housing and Community Development Attorney Angela Christy Joins Ballard Spahr as Partner.
Study: Competition for patients in physician-led hospitals would improve access to care
The Economic and Social Benefits of Physician-Led Hospitals report found that 55% of physician-led hospitals are in Southern states like Florida and Texas.
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey to Honor Lynne M. Kizis with the Trial Bar Award
Trial Attorneys of New Jersey to Honor Lynne M. Kizis with the Trial Bar Award.
Morrisey leads U.S. Supreme Court brief supporting stronger religious freedom at work
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is co-leading an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a broader right to religious accommodations in the workplace.
Lawsuits: Smith & Wesson should pay for Highland Park shootings; Shooter allegedly influenced by marketing
The lawsuits build on the campaign to use such litigation to make gun manufacturers liable for the criminal actions of others using firearms the manufacturers have made
Child abuse victim can’t sue authorities for violating reporting law
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A victim of child abuse can sue the police for failing to protect him from his stepfather but not for violating specific duties under Oregon law, the state’s highest court ruled in an advisory opinion for a federal judge.
Court: Oakland can't sue Raiders over move to Vegas
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The City of Oakland isn’t entitled to damages over the relocation of the Raiders football team to Las Vegas, a California appeals court ruled, upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming the National Football League and its member teams violated an agreement to consider a dozen factors including the impact a team’s relocation would have on the local community.
Ancestry.com wins class action over its use of yearbook photos
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has thrown out a class action lawsuit against Ancestry.com before lawyers could get it to trial.
Seresto-brand flea and tick collars the subject of class action over pet deaths
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - The makers of Seresto flea and tick collars face a class action lawsuit that says approximately 1,700 pets have died as a result of using them.
Ogletree Deakins Expands Workplace Safety Practice into Ohio, Welcomes Duo to Cleveland
Ogletree Deakins Expands Workplace Safety Practice into Ohio, Welcomes Duo to Cleveland.