Litigation-Business
Citing COVID, Sutter Pushes to Revisit $575M Antitrust Settlement
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Six months after agreeing to a $575 million settlement in a closely watched antitrust case filed by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Sutter Health has yet to pay a single dollar, and no operational changes have gone into effect.
WiLAN Issued Final Judgment Against Apple Totaling $108.98 Million
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Following a jury verdict win of $85.23 million in a damages-only re-trial, the Court ruled on all post-trial motions and entered final judgment in favor of WiLAN, maintaining the full jury verdict and denying Apple’s motions for retrial or lowering the damages award.
Faulty Jury Instruction Wipes Out $740 Million Verdict
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The Fourth Court of Appeals of Texas overturned a jury verdict awarding HouseCanary, Inc. (“HouseCanary”) $740 million in damages for trade secret theft and fraud against Title Source, Inc., now known as Amrock.
Gas Disaster Settlement Fees in Question
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A total of $26.1 million of the $143 million Merrimack Valley gas explosion class-action settlement was earmarked for payment of legal fees and administrative costs.
Court Grants Judgment for TCPA Lawyer in Suit by Aggrieved Consumer
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The Law Offices of Jeffrey Lohman has faced some significant setbacks in litigation with Navient purporting that Lohman’s office set up TCPA lawsuits in violation of RICO.
Court to Consider High-Stakes Tobacco Fight
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Two decades after Florida reached a landmark legal settlement with tobacco companies, an appeals court is slated to hear arguments Tuesday in a dispute about more than $100 million in payments.
Goldman Sachs Is Said to Try to Avoid Pleading Guilty in 1MDB Scandal
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Lawyers for the bank have asked Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to review demands by some federal prosecutors that Goldman pay more than $2 billion in fines and plead guilty to a felony charge.
SmileDirectClub Sues NBC for $2.85 Billion
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SmileDirectClub is suing NBC seeking more than $2.85 billion. The teledentistry company claims the network made more than 40 false and misleading statements in a February 2020 broadcast of NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt.
HP Scores $439 Million Win on Quanta’s Factories, Patents
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HP Inc. will get to keep all the cash, factories and patents Quanta Storage Inc. was ordered to turn over to satisfy a $439 million antitrust judgment from 2019, a federal appeals court ruled.
Amazon Faces Lawsuit from Workers For Neglecting Guidelines on Coronavirus
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Three Amazon.com Inc. employees at its Staten Island facility have sued the company for the lack of safety measures against the novel coronavirus.
Judge Says Apple Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit
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Apple will have to face a lawsuit claiming the tech giant fraudulently concealed decreased demand for iPhones, leading to tens of billions of dollars in shareholder losses.
$5 Billion Lawsuit Claims Google’s Incognito Mode Spies on You
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A $5B lawsuit accuses Google parent company Alphabet Inc. of quietly amassing data about what people do online and what sites they visit while in the private browser mode.
Court Enters Judgment Totaling More Than $32 Million on Jury’s $10.8 Million Verdict
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Shortly before COVID-19 halted jury proceedings across the United States, a Mississippi jury sided with the Government to return a $10.8 million verdict against Stone County Hospital and several affiliates for what the jury found were false Medicare claims submitted in violation of the False Claims Act.
Yelp Review Leads to N.J. Lawyer’s Suspension Where Client Info was not “Generally Known”
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Just because information relating to your representation of a client might be publicly available, your duty of confidentiality means that you can’t disclose it if it is not ‘generally known.’
Historic Opioid Agreement Clears Way for Rural Communities to Benefit from Litigation Settlements
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A landmark agreement between the Texas Attorney General’s office and a group of Texas counties and cities impacted by the country’s opioid epidemic paves the way for future settlement money to be directed to rural communities battling the crisis.
A.G. Healey Gets $380K Settlement with Company that Failed to Hire Minority and Woman Subcontractors
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Attorney General Maura Healey has reached a $380,000 settlement with a Canton-based building contractor accused of falsely claiming they had hired minority- and women-owned subcontractors as required on a $15 million dollar state project.
No More Legal Headache for Bayer as it Nears $10B Roundup Settlement
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Investors suffering losses from Bayer’s Roundup legal woes are finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, as the German conglomerate is said to be nearing a final settlement that could put tens of thousands of lawsuits behind it.
$205K Settlement Reached, Then Rejected, in CT Lottery Whistleblower Case
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Old disputes die hard at the Connecticut Lottery Corp. Here is the story of one of them.
Johnson & Johnson to End Talc-Based Baby Powder Sales in North America
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Johnson & Johnson is discontinuing North American sales of its talc-based baby powder, a product that once defined the company’s wholesome image and that it has defended for decades even as it faced thousands of lawsuits filed by patients who say it caused cancer.
Contract Lawyer Described as ‘Superb Advocate’ is Suspended for Overbilling State Public Defender
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An Iowa lawyer described as a ‘superb advocate’ has been suspended for overbilling the state public defender for her legal services and car mileage.
