Stanley Black & Decker and its subsidiary, Dewalt Industrial Tool, are facing a product liability lawsuit in New Jersey over allegations that a defective saw caused a man’s […]
Lyft Must Face Negligence, Product Liability Claims Over Fatal Carjacking, State Court Rules
Plaintiffs suing rideshare services for fatal incidents involving suspicious riders may have found some hope for recourse in the state courts last week, after coming up short in […]
Portillo’s Activist Campaign Offers Taste of What Many Companies Will Face This Year
U.S. public companies faced a record number of shareholder activist campaigns last year and likely will eclipse that record in 2025—putting C-suites and legal departments under extraordinary pressure. […]
Employers Face New Biometric Privacy Suits as Litigators Revive Old Illinois Law
Illinois has been a hot spot for biometric privacy litigation in the past few years, and, despite recent legislative changes aimed at limiting potential damages, the venue still appears […]
Frito Lays Could Face Liability for Customer’s Grocery Store Fall Over Pallet Guard, Judge Rules
A federal judge denied Frito-Lay’s attempts to dismiss claims accusing the company of negligence after a woman tripped and fell over pallets of products in an Illinois grocery […]
Bittensor Hackers, Accused of Stealing Over $28 Million, Face Federal Lawsuit
Thirty-two people who saw over $28 million in cryptocurrency stolen from them in last summer’s Bittensor attack have filed what appears to be the first complaint against disgruntled […]
AI Firms Face Class Action by ‘Taskers’ Exposed to Traumatic Content
Contract workers who say they suffered severe psychological harm by being exposed to “deeply unsettling” and traumatic scenarios used to train generative artificial intelligence models filed a class […]
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Face LA County Suit Over Plastic Pollution — Justia News — October 31, 2024
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo were sued on Wednesday over plastic pollution Los Angeles County asserts is a public nuisance that violates unfair competition and false advertising law. Plastic is […]
Live Nation Must Face Class Action Over High Ticket Prices, Says Court
A federal appeals court says Live Nation and Ticketmaster must face a class action claiming they charged “extraordinarily high” prices to thousands of ticket buyers, ruling that the […]
Live Nation CEO Must Face Deposition Over Astroworld Music Festival
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino must be deposed in the ongoing litigation over the 2021 disaster at the Astroworld music festival, the Texas Supreme Court says. In a […]