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New York’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act: Impact & Strategies on February 15, 2023
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (“FAPA”) on December 30, 2022, which became effective immediately.
Newsmax can't escape libel suit over election software claims
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The conservative TV network Newsmax must defend itself against a multibillion-dollar lawsuit claiming it knowingly broadcast false claims the election software company conspired to steal victory from former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Witnesses to refinery explosion don't deserve money for mental distress, Louisiana court says
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Four people who witnessed a loud explosion at a nearby refinery that sent flames shooting 55 feet into the air didn’t prove the “genuine and serious mental distress” necessary to win damages under Louisiana law, the state’s highest court ruled.
iHeartmedia faces class action over sharing user information with Facebook
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — iHeartmedia is facing a digital privacy class action over its sharing of user information with Facebook.
Montana AG to colleagues: Return money or 'I will see you in court'
Adding to a chorus of dissent by Republican attorneys general, Montana AG Austin Knudsen has threatened to sue the National Association of Attorneys General if it doesn’t return to his state the money it is holding from multistate lawsuit settlements.
Class action alleges CryptoZoo fraudulently sold digital currency
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — A Texas man is claiming in a class action that CryptoZoo fraudulently sold digital currency.
Krishana Pleasant Named Fellow of American College of Mortgage Attorneys
Krishana Pleasant, a New York-based member of Ballard Spahr’s national Finance Department, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA).
Morrisey leads lawsuit against Garland, ATF on pistol brace rule
HUNTINGTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a coalition of more than 20 state AGs and other parties in a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and ATF Director Steven Dettelbach that seeks to enjoin a recently issued final rule governing “Stabilizing Braces,” commonly known as pistol braces.
Investors knew risks, says company fighting shareholder class action
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A company that designs online ordering systems for restaurants says a class action lawsuit over a drop in its stock price has no merit.
Plaintiffs firm to face lawsuit over abandoned app
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A Los Angeles technology company will be able to pursue a lawsuit that says a Washington, D.C.-based law firm failed to pay it for development of a mobile app used to help find wildfire plaintiffs.
12 years wrongly imprisoned but no lawsuit for freed man
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A man who was freed after 12 years in prison and received compensation under a Texas law can’t sue officials in federal court for violating his rights, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in an advisory opinion to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Oasis Legal Finance hit with class action alleging usury
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) — A New Jersey man alleges a consumer lender is providing open-end loans without a license and charging interest and fees that exceed legal limits.
Lawsuit: Mrs. Smith's apple pie doesn't have enough real butter
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Legal Newsline) — A Wisconsin woman claims Mrs. Smith's frozen apple pie crust is not made with real butter as the label states.
Two Troutman Pepper Partners Named to Virginia Law Foundation’s Fellows Class of 2023
Michael Lacy and Mary Zinsner, partners at Troutman Pepper and members of the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group, have been named to the Virginia Law Foundation’s 2023 Class of Fellows.
Law firms in hernia mesh cases bicker over joint bank account
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Mass tort lawyers want a deeper commitment from their business partners and are going to court to get it.
V8 maker says third class action complaint as ridiculous as other two
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The maker of V8 is again arguing for the dismissal of a class action lawsuit that says there is too much sugar in fruit and vegetable blends for them to be considered healthy.
Emotional distress lawsuit over Uvalde mass shooting dropped
DEL RIO, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Survivors of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, have dropped their emotional distress lawsuit against a host of defendants, including the school district and principal.
Consumers allege Amazon sells misbranded, unlawful dietary supplements
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — Consumers allege in a class action lawsuit that Amazon is selling "illegal drugs" by using deceptive practices to sell misbranded, unapproved and unlawful dietary supplements.
Class action alleges sexual abuse of women, children by International Churches of Christ leaders
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — The International Churches of Christ and others are facing a class action over its leaders' alleged torture, molestation, coercion, sexual assault and abuse of members' children.
Thompson Coburn welcomes new COO Allen Capdeboscq Jr. and CM&BDO Trish Lilley as strategic leadership hires
Thompson Coburn is pleased to announce that Allen Capdeboscq Jr. has joined the 430-attorney Firm as Chief Operating Officer and Trish Lilley has joined as our new Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer.