Companies are pushing back against what they claim to be a “weaponization” of their arbitration agreements by plaintiffs firms. Three lawsuits targeting plaintiffs firms who file mass arbitrations […]
Live Nation Can’t Beat DOJ Claim That It ‘Coerced’ Artists With Venues
A federal judge says the Justice Department can move ahead with a key allegation in its antitrust case against Live Nation: That the company illegally forces artists to […]
Claim Arbitrator Slept Through Hearings Isn’t Enough to Toss $1.5M Award Against Morgan Stanley, Fed Judge Rules
A federal judge in North Carolina shot down Morgan Stanley’s effort to vacate a more than $1.5 million arbitration award of damages and attorney fees, despite the investment […]
Sega Suits Claim Consovoy McCarthy Drummed Up 19K Mass Arbitration, Running Up $39M JAMS Bill
Sega of America sued Consovoy McCarthy on Monday, alleging that the boutique law firm and New York-based Troxel Law partnered to amass thousands of claimants through a mass […]
NY High Court Set to Decide If Personal-Injury Claim Against Uber Must Go to Arbitration
New York’s highest court is set to hear arguments on whether a personal-injury complaint against Uber Technologies was properly redirected to arbitration after the plaintiff, in a routine […]
People of Bikini Claim ‘No Questions Asked’ Practices Resulted in Trusts’ Depletion
The people of Bikini Atoll—the Pacific island that became a nuclear proving ground in the 1940s—have filed a Court of Chancery suit against a trust fund administrator, alleging […]
Judge Dismisses Pharma. Manufacturer’s $30M Interruption Coverage Claim
A federal judge in Massachusetts denied a pharmaceutical manufacturer’s request for business interruption coverage after an air leak at the plant caused a $30 million loss of a […]
6th Circuit Affirms Attorney’s Free Speech Retaliation Claim Was Time-Barred
An attorney cannot pursue First Amendment retaliation claims against a police officer who searched her private Facebook records to prosecute her criminal trial because she filed the suit […]
‘Could Exceed $1M’: Disqualified Judicial Candidate Launches Defamation Claim
‘Could Exceed $1M’: Disqualified Judicial Candidate Launches Defamation Claim | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/08/01/could-exceed-1m-disqualified-judicial-candidate-launches-defamation-claim/ Loletha D. Hale of Hale Law Firm in Jonesboro, Georgia. (Courtesy photo) NEWS […]
Copyright Claim Against Louis Vuitton’s Similar Designs Allowed to Proceed
A federal judge in Pennsylvania is allowing an independent designer’s copyright claim against Louis Vuitton to proceed, concluding allegations were plausibly alleged as there was sufficient similarities between the parties’ […]