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Disney Fires Back Against Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow Lawsuit

NewsDisney has filed a motion to have Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against the company moved to private arbitration, the latest in the ongoing saga of her complaint against the company over Black Widow’s streaming release

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Community Members Can Seek Compensation as Part of $1M Settlement with Husky in Class-Action Lawsuit

span class=”excerpt”>NewsCommunity members affected by the 2018 explosion at the Husky oil refinery in Superior will be able to seek compensation now that a $1 million settlement has been reached in a federal class-action lawsuit.

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T-Mobile Hit with Class-Action Lawsuits over Data Breach

span class=”excerpt”>NewsT-Mobile has been hit with a pair of class-action lawsuits in Washington federal court as the number of current and former customers impacted by a cyberattack against the telecommunications giant grows. One of the

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EQT Moves to Block Ritchie County Royalty Claims, Citing $53.5 Million Settlement from 2019

span class=”excerpt”>NewsTwo years after it agreed to pay $53.5 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the company was shorting thousands of state residents and businesses on gas royalty payments, one of West Virginia’s largest natural

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After Decades of Lawsuits and Talks, Settlement Reached on Sewell Tract in East Cape May

span class=”excerpt”>NewsAfter decades of lawsuits, negotiations and false starts, the state has purchased a 96-acre swath of undeveloped land near Coast Guard Training Center Cape May for $19 million. That’s according to Concerned Citizens

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SpaceX’s Lunar Lander Contract on Hold Again Pending Blue Origin’s Lawsuit

span class=”excerpt”>NewsSpaceX’s $3 billion contract to build a lunar lander for NASA was put on hold for a second time on Thursday after Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sued over the award, according to court filings…

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SEC Seeks 1 Million Slack Messages from Ripple for XRP Litigation

span class=”excerpt”>NewsUnderscoring the growing importance of instant-messaging and online chat rooms in the workplace, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has gone back to court in its lawsuit against Ripple Labs…

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Ben Zobrist drops $6 Million Lawsuit Against Pastor in Extramarital Affair Claim

span class=”excerpt”>NewsFormer Chicago Cubs utilityman Ben Zobrist dropped his lawsuit against pastor Byron Yawn that sought $6 million in damages stemming from Yawn’s extramarital affair with Zobrist’s estranged wife, Julianna

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Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach Developer on the Hook for Nearly $3M After Losing Lawsuit

span class=”excerpt”>NewsA judge ordered the Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach developer to pay back $2.7 million in loans and interest to project financiers who allegedly have ties to the Odebrecht corruption scandal.

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Butler County Could Get More than $5 Million in Huge Opioid Settlement

span class=”excerpt”>NewsButler County could receive more than $5 million and access to many millions more in a huge statewide settlement with the big three opioid distributors and Johnson & Johnson. The county commissioners signed

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How the $75 Million Diversion Settlement is Helping to Build Houses in Wahpeton Breckenridge

span class=”excerpt”>NewsWahpeton The massive diversion project that will protect Fargo-Moorhead from severe floods is helping to build houses in a roundabout way in towns around Wahpeton and Breckenridge. The Metro Flood Diversion

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Tenants $4.75 Million Eviction Fee Settlement Gets Final Nod

span class=”excerpt”>NewsNorth Carolina tenants secured a federal court’s final approval of a $4.75 million class settlement resolving allegations that several apartment investment and management companies unlawfully sent collection

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Takeda Settles Intuniv Pay for Delay Claims for $1.85 Mln

span class=”excerpt”>NewsTakeda Pharmaceutical Co has agreed to pay $1.85 million to settle claims by consumers that its predecessor Shire PLC delayed the launch of a generic version of its ADHD drug Intuniv through an illegal settlement

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Wash. Supreme Court Reverses, Finds $1.7 Covenant Settlement Reasonable

span class=”excerpt”>NewsAn insurer that refused a $399,000 settlement offer may have to pay more than $1.7 million because of a settlement that was made separately between its policyholder and an aggrieved customer, under a unanimous

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Lawyers’ fees from $26 Bln Opioid Settlement capped at 15%, Judge Rules

span class=”excerpt”>NewsPlaintiffs lawyers eyeing big paydays from the $26 billion settlement resolving claims that the three largest U.S. drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson fueled the opioid epidemic were delivered a reality check

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J&J Notches a Win in $50M Talc Lawsuit, but Tens of Thousands Still Pending

span class=”excerpt”>NewsJohnson & Johnson notched a win Friday, with a $50 million talc lawsuit rejected in Illinois however, tens of thousands of cases are still pending. J&J recently reported 34,600 talc related lawsuits have now been filed

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Fintech Firm Plaid Agrees to $58 Mln Deal to End Privacy Case

span class=”excerpt”>NewsPlaid Inc has agreed to pay $58 million to resolve consumers’ claims that the financial technology company obtained and used bank account credentials and financial information without consent.

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Prosecutors Reach $160M Whistleblower Settlement with Mail-Order Diabetic Testing Company

span class=”excerpt”>NewsFree glucometers, waived co-pays and claims made for dead patients. An Antioch call center whistleblower alerted the U.S. government to a bundle of Medicare false claim schemes in a suit that led this week

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Watch Now Baby Doe Lawsuit Ends in $35 Million Settlement

span class=”excerpt”>NewsThe case has taken more than four years, but the Sullivan Baby Doe opioid lawsuit has reached a settlement to the tune of $35 million. Plaintiffs and the sole remaining defendant reached a settlement

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Why this Pennsylvania City Called the Proposed $21B Opioid Settlement Unacceptable

span class=”excerpt”>NewsPhiladelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s lawsuit last week against state Attorney General Josh Shapiro was not the only roadblock toward reaching an agreement on the proposed $21 billion settlement

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