January 24, 2024 | Law.com
Louisiana Appeals Court Reinstates Permits for $9.4B Formosa Chemical Plant Amid Concerns of Environmental Damage"With respect to the constitutional public trust doctrine, on review, this Court should not reverse a substantive decision of DEQ on its merits unless it can be shown that the decision was arbitrary or that DEQ clearly gave insufficient weight to environmental protection in balancing the costs and benefits of the proposed action," Judge Jewel Welch wrote.
By Mason Lawlor
5 minute read
January 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Comedians' Attorneys File Racial Discrimination Appeal, Duo Gains Support of Black Voices Including Tyler Perry, Jamie Foxx"Racial profiling communicates to members of the subject group that, 'regardless of any actual basis for criminal suspicion, they continue to be viewed as less than fully human based upon their race,"' actor Jean Elie wrote in support of the comedians. "[T]hat is precisely the message a Black person receives when he is branded with criminal stigma before a line of gawking onlookers for no justifiable, articulable reason."
By Mason Lawlor
5 minute read
January 22, 2024 | Law.com
'Anti-Competitive' Commission Rule Challenged in Class Action Filed Against Major Real Estate BrokeragesThis case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Mason Lawlor
3 minute read
January 19, 2024 | Law.com
'To Those Dedicated Customers of Spirit, This One's for You': JetBlue's $3.8 Billion Acquisition of Spirit Airlines Blocked by Federal Judge"Spirit is a small airline. But there are those who love it. To those dedicated customers of Spirit, this one's for you," the judge concluded. "Why? Because the Clayton Act, a 109-year-old statute requires this result—a statute that continues to deliver for the American people."
By Mason Lawlor
4 minute read
January 18, 2024 | Law.com
Law Firm's Attempts to Disqualify Former Employee From Unemployment Benefits Shot Down by State Appeals CourtAn appeals court found a law firm's arguments that an employee "created a disgusting and unprofessional view of the law firm" moot after missing rehearing.
By Mason Lawlor
5 minute read
January 16, 2024 | Law.com
PNC Bank, SRS Acquiom End Nearly 5-Year Litigation Over Misappropriated Trade Secrets With SettlementThe lawsuit alleged that former SRS employees used their protected, "one-of-a-kind" tools to help companies in mergers and acquisitions transactions in PNC's development of its own M&A products.
By Mason Lawlor
3 minute read
January 16, 2024 | The Recorder
Amazon, CVS Hit With Consumer Protection Lawsuits for Alleged Lead Levels in ProductsThese cases were first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Mason Lawlor
2 minute read
January 12, 2024 | Law.com
Tokyo Runway Incursion: 34-Year Aviation Lawyer Steven Marks on Causes, Legal Aftermath"A runway incursion should never happen, and there are so many backup systems that are supposed to prevent it, that it's really surprising in this environment and today's world that there could possibly have been such an accident," Podhurst Orseck's Steven Marks says.
By Mason Lawlor
5 minute read
January 11, 2024 | Law.com
Michigan Law Firm Sued in State Court for Alleged Default on $300K Executed NoteThis case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Mason Lawlor
1 minute read
January 09, 2024 | Daily Report Online
5-Year Litigation Against Metro Atlanta Pharmacy Headed for Trial After Interlocutory Appeal Denied"Sadly, litigation is often not a model of efficiency. But efficient or not, this case is headed for trial."
By Mason Lawlor
5 minute read