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Bumble Faces Penalty for Failing to Disclose If Its Dating App Suitors Include Criminals
Feb 23 2024 // Texas-based internet dating service provider Bumble, Inc. will pay $315,000 and change its business practices to settle allegations it violated New Jersey’s consumer protection and internet dating safety laws by...
City of Chicago Sues Oil and Gas Corporations for Climate Change Deception
Feb 22 2024 // The City of Chicago is suing six oil and gas corporations and their largest trade association for deceiving Chicago consumers about the climate change dangers associated with their products, mayor Brandon Johnson announced...
Lawsuit Accuses U. of Nebraska of Failing to Address Coach-Student Relationship
Feb 21 2024 // OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Nebraska women’s basketball player alleges coach Amy Williams and athletic director Trev Alberts did not take appropriate action when her sexual relationship with an assistant coach...
Woman Drops Lawsuit Alleging Billionaire Financier Raped Her
Feb 21 2024 // A woman who accused billionaire Leon Black of raping her two decades ago at the Manhattan mansion of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has ended her lawsuit against the Apollo Global Management...
FuboTV Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Block Disney, Fox, Warner Sports Streaming Deal
Feb 21 2024 // Sports-focused streaming service FuboTV said on Tuesday it has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery over a planned sports streaming platform by the companies. Fubo alleges in a...
New Jersey School District Settles Sex Abuse Lawsuit Involving Teacher for $6 Million
Feb 21 2024 // A southern New Jersey school district will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two students who claim they were sexually assaulted for years by a former high school teacher. The male students had filed separate...
Texas Car Dealership Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $145K
Feb 20 2024 // An Amarillo, Texas-based car dealership will pay $145,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Uber Sues Drivers’ Insurer Alleging Its Claims Practices Have Fueled Tort Litigation
Feb 20 2024 // Uber Technologies last Friday sued its drivers’ auto insurer for defense and indemnification regarding multiple lawsuits that are seeking to hold Uber vicariously liable for accidents involving some of its drivers in...
FTX Investors Sue Sullivan & Cromwell, Say Law Firm Aided Fraud
Feb 20 2024 // FTX investors sued Sullivan & Cromwell, accusing the law firm of aiding illicit schemes that helped advance a multi-billion dollar fraud before the crypto exchange’s collapse. Sullivan & Cromwell’s...
Houston Attorney Eric B. Dick Sanctioned Over $100K in ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuit
Feb 19 2024 // For the second time in three months, Houston plaintiffs’ attorney Eric B. Dick has been ordered to reimburse an insurer more than $100,000 for filing a “frivolous, groundless” lawsuit made “solely...
New York City Sues Social Media Platforms Over Teen Mental-Health Concern
Feb 16 2024 // New York City joined a growing chorus of states, cities and school districts suing social media companies over claims that their platforms are fueling a mental-health crisis among teens, alleging that Meta Platforms and...
Texas Housekeeping Provider to Pay $520K Over Disability Discrimination Suit
Feb 15 2024 // Hospital Housekeeping Systems, LLC (HHS), a provider of housekeeping, food and facilities support to numerous industries, based in Dripping Springs, Texas, will pay $520,000 as part of the settlement of a disability...
Georgia Senate Approves End to Direct-Action Suits vs. Truck Insurers
Feb 15 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators are moving to limit the ability of people to sue insurance companies directly in lawsuits over trucking accidents. The Senate voted 46-2 on Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 426, sending it the...
Tinder, Other Match Dating Apps Encourage Compulsive Use, Lawsuit Claims
Feb 15 2024 // Match Group was sued on Wednesday in a proposed class action claiming that its dating apps Tinder, Hinge and The League are designed to addict users, generating more profit for the company, rather than help them establish...
Vermont’s Consumer Protection Suit Against Energy Firms Returned to State Court
Feb 15 2024 // The federal district court in Burlington, Vermont recently granted the state attorney general’s motion to return the state’s consumer protection case against Exxon and other fossil fuel producers to state...
Case Dismissed: Appeals Court Slams Expert Witness in Diabetes Drug Lawsuits
Feb 15 2024 // Multi-district litigation over the diabetes drug saxagliptin, a case that combined more than 80 suits from around the country, has failed because the plaintiffs’ sole expert witness was unreliable and did not show a...
Minneapolis Settles Suit Alleging Journalists Were Harassed, Hurt Covering Floyd Protests
Feb 14 2024 // The city of Minneapolis agreed last week to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected to police harassment and even hurt while covering protests over the police killings of George Floyd. The...
Kentucky Attorney General Sues Kroger, Alleging Role in Opioid Crisis
Feb 14 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit Monday against one of the nation’s largest grocery chains, claiming its pharmacies helped fuel the state’s deadly opioid...
Columbia University Sued by Jewish Student Over Campus Antisemitism
Feb 14 2024 // Columbia University was sued by a Jewish graduate student who claims the campus experienced an “explosion” of antisemitism since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. Mackenzie Forrest, 23, claims she faced...
New York Attorney General Triples Size of Crypto Fraud Lawsuit to $3 Billion
Feb 14 2024 // New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday expanded her lawsuit against Digital Currency Group and other cryptocurrency defendants, tripling the size of their alleged fraud scheme to more than $3 billion. James had...
