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Walmart Sued by EEOC Over Test That Screened Out Disabled Workers
Sep 14 2023 // The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that it had sued Walmart Inc over allegations it fired hourly workers with disabilities who could not pass a computer-based test. The Equal...
APCIA: Commonsense Reforms Needed for ‘Dark Money’ Third-Party Litigation Lending
Sep 14 2023 // In support of recent efforts at the state and federal levels of government to curtail third-party litigation funding, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association has asked the House Committee on Oversight and...
Judge Dismisses Former Wilmington Police Officer’s Racial Discrimination Suit
Sep 14 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Wilmington police official who accused the police department of engaging in racial discrimination and improperly collecting and using data from seized cellphones,...
Delta, United Must Face Class Action Over US Airfares
Sep 13 2023 // Delta Air Lines and United Airlines were ordered by a federal judge to face a consumer antitrust class action accusing major U.S. carriers of conspiring to drive up domestic airfares by reducing the number of available...
Insurer Mapfre Faces Class Actions Over Data Breach
Sep 13 2023 // Two proposed class actions have been filed in federal court in Massachusetts against Mapfre U.S.A. Corp. and its affiliate Commerce Insurance Co. over a recent data breach that one of the lawsuits contends may have exposed...
EEOC Sues Oklahoma Powersports Vehicle Retailer for Sex Discrimination
Sep 13 2023 // Vicars Powersports, a McAlester, Oklahoma retailer of ATVs, UTVs, dirt bikes, motorcycles and personal watercraft, violated federal law when it fired a female manager because she is a woman, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Pulitzer Winner Chabon, Other Authors Sue Meta Over AI Program
Sep 13 2023 // A group of writers including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon sued Meta Platforms in San Francisco federal court on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of misusing their works to train its Llama artificial-intelligence...
Hyundai, Kia Urge Court to Reject Cities’ TikTok-Inspired Theft Lawsuits
Sep 13 2023 // Korean automakers Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp on Tuesday asked a U.S. judge to reject lawsuits filed by 17 cities for failing to install anti-theft technology in millions of their vehicles. The lawsuits come after thousands...
Doctor Asks Court to Toss J&J Lawsuit Against Her Over Cancer Research
Sep 12 2023 // A medical researcher has asked a court to throw out a lawsuit that Johnson & Johnson filed against her over her 2019 study on the links between cosmetic talc products and cancer, saying that her research is sound and...
Judge in $6 Billion 3M Settlement Issues Order to Stop Litigation Funding
Sep 12 2023 // A federal judge has barred attorneys and claimants involved in 3M’s $6 billion settlement with U.S. military servicemembers from any third-party litigation funding agreements. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers in the...
Virginia Town Settles Lawsuit Over Police Pepper-Spraying of Army Officer
Sep 12 2023 // A town in Virginia has agreed to independent reviews of misconduct allegations against its police force to settle a lawsuit filed after a Black and Latino Army lieutenant was pepper sprayed during a traffic stop. The town...
Injured Worker Upheld in Refusing Suitable Return Job Because He Opposed Vaccination
Sep 12 2023 // It was reasonable for an injured employee who is returning to work to refuse a job that accommodated his disability because he had personal and religious objections to getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The Virginia...
Mother Sues Peloton for Death of Son Killed When Bike Fell on Him During Workout
Sep 12 2023 // A woman has filed a lawsuit against Peloton over the death of her son, who was killed when his exercise bike fell on his neck during a workout in his New York City apartment. Ryan Furtado, 32, was doing a workout in his...
California School District Paying $2.25M to Settle Suit Involving Teacher Who Had Student’s Baby
Sep 12 2023 // A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing. The settlement brings...
Class Action Claims Mobile Home Park Managers Conspired to Fix and Inflate Lot Rental Prices
Sep 8 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses nine mobile home community management companies and a mobile home market data provider of conspiring to fix and inflate lot rental prices at more than 150...
Litigation Funding Firms Seek to Intervene in Disciplinary Proceedings Against McClenny Moseley & Associates
Sep 8 2023 // Two litigation funding firms are seeking to intervene in disciplinary proceedings against McClenny Moseley & Associates after a federal judge in Louisiana ruled that the law firm has no right to any attorney fees for...
Kroger to Pay Up to $1.4 Billion to Resolve Opioid Lawsuits
Sep 8 2023 // Kroger on Friday said it would pay as much as $1.4 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits by U.S. states, local governments and Native American tribes claiming the supermarket chain’s pharmacies helped fuel the...
NC Bars’ Lawsuit Seeking Damages from State Over COVID Closures Can Continue
Sep 8 2023 // RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — Portions of a lawsuit filed by several North Carolina bars and their operators seeking financial damages from the state over COVID-19 restrictions that shuttered doors and curtailed business can...
Hooters of Louisiana to Settle $650K Race and Retaliation Lawsuit
Sep 7 2023 // Hooters of Louisiana, LLC and associated companies (“Hooters”) have agreed to pay former African American employees $650,000 to settle a race and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Owner of Collapsed Iowa Apartment Building Files Lawsuit Blaming Engineering Company for Negligence
Sep 6 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – The owner of an Iowa apartment building that collapsed in May, killing three people, has filed a lawsuit that blames an engineering company for not warning the building was structurally unsound and...
