NEXT

Riley Brennan

Riley Brennan

Connect with this author

July 27, 2023 | Law.com

Activision Blizzard Seeks Declaratory Judgment After Online Personality Threatens Infringement Suit Over TikTok Audio

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

July 26, 2023 | Law.com

Abortion-Based Religious Exemption Claim Over COVID-19 Vaccine Survives Motion to Dismiss, Virginia Federal Judge Rules

In a July 19 opinion, U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff for the District of Virginia dismissed former Inova Health Care Services employees' Title VII religious-discrimination claims, except for one employee's abortion-based religious exemption, finding he had properly linked his belief to his religion and its relation to the vaccine.

By Riley Brennan

7 minute read

July 25, 2023 | Law.com

'White-Men-Need-Not-Apply Program': Compass Group Accused of Wrongly Terminating Employee Over Disputed Diversity Policy

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

July 25, 2023 | Law.com

Ohio Court Upholds Defendant's Criminal Conviction, Despite Prosecutor's 'Golden Rule' Arguments

"When we view the improper statements in the context of the entire opening and closing arguments, 'the statement[s] in no way permeated the state's argument so as to deny [Shelton] a fair trial,'" Judge Ginger Bock wrote on behalf of the appellate court, citing its 2020 opinion in State v. Hayes. "We overrule the first assignment of error."

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

July 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Allows Claims to Proceed Against Woodward Gymnastics Camp Over Alleged Sexual Assault by Coach

S.S. alleged that Singer initiated an inappropriate relationship with her while she was a junior counselor at the camp in 2016.

By Riley Brennan

7 minute read

July 25, 2023 | Law.com

3rd Circ. Affirms Decision to Bar DA From Prosecuting Grandmother for Sharing Child-Abuse Documents on Facebook

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision barring the York County District Attorney's Office from prosecuting a grandmother for sharing on social media any child-abuse documents relating to her grandson and his death.

By Riley Brennan

8 minute read

July 25, 2023 | Law.com

Judge Dismisses Former Professor's COVID-19 Vaccination Suit Against University of Scranton

A Pennsylvania judge has sided with the University of Scranton, dismissing a former professor's suit against the institution after it fired him for refusing to disclose his COVID-19 vaccination status.

By Riley Brennan

8 minute read

July 24, 2023 | Law.com

Citing Overly Broad Reading of NDA, Sixth Circ. Sides With Prudential in Trade Secrets Case

The court determined Novus Group had failed to prove a confidential relationship existed between itself and Prudential, sinking its trade secrets misappropriation claim.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Law.com

Judge OKs Boatyard Selling Man's Boat, Concludes Sale Was Pursuant to Abandoned Boat Statute

"This is a relatively simple case involving a statutory procedure to obtain title to a motorboat," wrote U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr., of the Eastern District of Virginia. "Nonetheless, plaintiff's counsel has conducted the litigation as though the parties had billions of dollars at stake."

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Law.com

Supply-Chain Tech Company Hit With Gender Bias Lawsuit Alleging It Reassigned Accounts to Younger, Less Qualified Female Employees

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read