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Package stores group fights ballot question
Published: 27/11/2019Liquor store owners are turning to the courts to derail a possible ballot question allowing Cumberland Farms and other food stores to sell beer and wine, a practice that is common in other states. The ... Read moreSource: masslawyersweekly.com -
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NY Appeals Court Rules Against McDermott In Privilege Row
Published: 27/11/2019A New York appellate court on Wednesday reversed a lower court’s ruling and found that McDermott Will & Emery LLP can’t withhold documents pertaining to the reorganization and sale of a company it rep ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
Apple Moves To Hang Up Iphone Users' FaceTime Suit
Published: 27/11/2019READY FOR SECOND READ Read moreSource: www.law360.com
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Hitachi Hit With Suit Over BB&T's ‘Catastrophic’ ATM Outage
Published: 27/11/2019Branch Banking and Trust Co. bank hit Hitachi with a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday, alleging its tech division’s gross negligence in installing and maintaining the bank’s data management system cau ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
Marc Jacobs Says Nirvana Smiley Face Isn’t Copyrightable
Published: 27/11/2019Fashion designer Marc Jacobs International LLC pushed back Tuesday against claims that it ripped off Nirvana’s iconic “smiley face" logo, arguing that it had not infringed the defunct band’s logo beca ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
NLRB Swats Aside Unit Challenge In Precedent-Shifting Case
Published: 27/11/2019The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday rejected metal company PCC Structurals' latest challenge to a regional official's decision to let some of its workers form a union, marking the latest c ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com
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ICE Violated Detainees' Rights In Bond Hearings, Judge Says
Published: 27/11/2019A Massachusetts federal judge granted an early win Wednesday to two classes of undocumented immigrants, finding it is unconstitutional to place the burden of proof on them in civil detention bond hear ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
SEC Shuts Down Alleged $5M Stock Fraud Targeting Seniors
Published: 27/11/2019The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims a Palm Beach-based company purporting to develop radiation protection products has been targeting seniors in a $4.9 million penny stock fraud scheme. Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
DOJ Says Don’t Nix Boycott Claims Against Hollywood Writers
Published: 27/11/2019The Justice Department told a federal court it's too early to dismiss a dispute between major Hollywood talent agencies and the television and film writers union, arguing that more facts are needed t ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com
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Facebook Users Win Injunctive Class Cert. In Data Breach Suit
Published: 27/11/2019A California federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of current Facebook users seeking to change Facebook's security practices over claims the social media giant's negligence led to a data breach t ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
Marriott On Hook For Guest's $4.9M Slip-And-Fall Verdict
Published: 27/11/2019An Iowa appeals court affirmed a jury's decision to award $4.9 million to a woman who slipped on ice in front of a Marriott hotel, which caused her to fracture her ankle in three places, saying the ho ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
Injured Couple Wants In On Zip Line Operator's Row With AIG
Published: 27/11/2019A couple injured during a Caribbean zip line tour asked a Florida federal judge to let them intervene in an insurance coverage suit brought by the tour operator against AIG Insurance Hong Kong Ltd., s ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com
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Mobile Org To Fix ‘Deeply Flawed’ Standards After DOJ Probe
Published: 27/11/2019The trade group representing Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and other major mobile players has agreed to retool its standard-setting procedures after a U.S. Department of Justice investigation found ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
Judge Declines Recusal Bid Over 'Copyright Troll' Comments
Published: 27/11/2019A New York federal judge has declined to recuse himself after criticizing Richard Liebowitz, an attorney who has filed more than 1,600 copyright lawsuits over the past four years, noting that he never ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
Senators Urge Amtrak To Reverse Forced Arbitration Policy
Published: 27/11/2019Several U.S. senators have called on Amtrak to eliminate a mandatory arbitration policy it implemented earlier this year that bars passengers and their families from collectively suing Amtrak if they' ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com
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7th Circ. Slashes 'Excessive' $3M Mishandled Loan Verdict
Published: 27/11/2019A Seventh Circuit appeals panel on Wednesday pared back a $3 million punitive damages award won by a woman who claimed a mortgage servicer had mishandled her account, with the judges calling the award ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com -
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Layoffs Blocked Pending Arbitration
Published: 27/11/2019The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette can't lay off dozens of workers or slash hours and benefits while it is embroiled in arbitration with its union over whether the terminations and cuts violate a collective ... Read moreSource: www.law360.com
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