Labaton Sucharow revealed it has agreed to pay referral fees to outside lawyers in almost a third of its open lawsuits, responding to prodding from the judge overseeing the scandal-tinged, $300 million State Street Bank & Trust case.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a high-profile climate change lawsuit brought by young activists who accuse the federal government of violating their constitutional rights with policies that have caused a dangerous climate.
Chief Justice John Roberts signed an order freezing the trial that was set to start in 10 days in federal court in Oregon until lawyers for the young people provide a response and the high court issues another order.
It marked a victory for the government, which under the Obama and Trump administrations has tried unsuccessfully for years to get the case dismissed. An expert says the Trump administration tried again before the Oct. 29 trial as the court shifted to the right with the confirmation this month of Brett Kavanaugh.
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The family of a New Jersey woman killed when her boyfriend crashed while driving drunk more than four years ago has settled their lawsuit for $1.6 million with the Jersey Shore bar that served him prior to the crash.
Tiffany Soto, 26, of Howell, died after she and Edwin Martinez left the now-closed Connolly Station restaurant in Belmar on April 20, 2014. The suit alleged bartenders at Connolly Station continued to serve Marttinez after he was visibly intoxicated.
A Los Angeles judge on Monday ordered attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump, to pay a former law partner $4.85 million as part of a settlement agreement.
Jason Frank, a former employee at Avenatti’s law firm, and his attorney said they were pleased with Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Dennis J. Landin’s ruling. Avenatti was not present at the proceedings.
A Grant County, Wash. vegetable-packing house will pay $525,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a supervisor groped, propositioned and retaliated against female workers. The Seattle Times reports State Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the settlement announced with Quincy-based Horning Brothers …
A Northern California judge on Monday upheld a jury’s verdict that found Monsanto’s weed killer caused a groundskeeper’s cancer, but she slashed the amount of money to be paid from $289 million to $78 million.
In denying Monsanto’s request for a new trial, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos cut the jury’s punitive damage award from $250 million to $39 million. The judge had earlier said she had strong doubts about the jury’s entire punitive damage award.
Kentucky will pay four women a total of $1.5 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit stemming from their time working as prison guards at Little Sandy Correctional Complex in northeastern Kentucky. The women alleged that Sergeant Stephen Harper harassed and assaulted them in 2012 and 2013 — groping them, exposing himself and forcing himself on them.
Texas’ understaffed foster care system often fails to investigate children’s reports of sexual abuse, but a federal judge went too far in mandating a cap of 17 children per caseworker, a divided Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services’ deep dysfunction has festered for decades, even as the root of the problem has been laid bare again and again, according to a three-judge Fifth Circuit panel.
Ninety-three additional former students have accused Dr. George Tyndall of sexual misconduct.
"The impact of my appointments with Dr. Tyndall went far beyond just discomfort while I was with him,” Marie Nowacki said. “It's impacted my ability to trust male physicians about sensitive topics and even with touching my body. When I go to the doctor, I always have an advocate with me or a chaperone to make sure I'm going to be safe."
Another woman accused Tyndall of making racial comments as well.
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After four days of deliberation, the eleven-member jury delivered a verdict in favor of the Summerlin family that totaled $43.1 million. The judgment, against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds. The jury found that the products of co-defendants Philip Morris and Hampden Automotive Sales Corporation were defective, but were not a cause of Mr. Summerlin’s lung cancer.
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The company operating Mo’s Seafood restaurants will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit with 34 former employees who said they were underpaid.
In the collective-action lawsuit filed against Mo’s Fisherman Exchange Inc. and owner Mohammed Manocheh in 2015, waiters and kitchen staff asserted minimum wage and overtime violations, as well as unlawful tip deductions.
A federal judge has sided with an Anchorage, Alaska pilot who claimed a Homer-based air carrier fired him for reporting safety problems.
Brian Bell had reported that Bald Mountain Air Service falsified safety records and had gaps in drug and alcohol testing, prompting a Federal Aviation Administration inspection in 2012.
Oklahoma plaintiffs joined a series of lawsuits filed in states around the country against Massage Envy that seek to stop a nation-wide epidemic of sexual assaults occurring at Massage Envy locations by Massage Envy's massage therapists.
This lawsuit alleges that the company's corporate policies and practices are designed to conceal claims of sexual misconduct by their therapists in order to protect their own financial interests.
Did you know that restaurants are more likely to experience workplace violence than any other industry in America?
Workplace violence can be exhibited in a variety of ways, from verbal threats to violent criminal acts such as physical or sexual assault, rape, murder, and robbery. The workplace may be any location, either permanent or temporary, where an employee performs any work-related duty, including, but not limited to, the restaurant, the surrounding perimeters, the parking lots, field locations, and traveling on work assignments.
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Employers owe a duty of care when an employee's family members are exposed to asbestos the employee brings home from the job, a split Virginia Supreme Court ruled Oct. 11.
The Virginia high court handed down its 4-3 ruling in a 14-page opinion issued Oct. 11 answering a question previously certified by a federal court in Quisenberry v. Huntington Ingalls Inc.
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