By Alaina Lancaster | February 19, 2020
In a departure from prior case law, California's Second District Court of Appeal ruled that baseball organizations have a higher duty of care to spectators after a 12-year-old was hit in the face by a foul ball.
By Alaina Lancaster | February 19, 2020
In a departure from prior case law, California's Second District Court of Appeal ruled that baseball organizations have a higher duty of care to spectators after a 12-year-old was hit in the face by a foul ball.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 19, 2020
In a Tuesday order, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann Jones appointed a 20-lawyer team in the California state court lawsuits against San Francisco's Juul Labs. They included Los Angeles-area attorneys Paul Kiesel and Mark Robinson as co-leads for individuals, and John Fiske and Rahul Ravipudi for pubic entities, such as school districts.
By Ross Todd | February 18, 2020
Plaintiffs can pursue an injunction based on statutory claims brought under several states' laws, but Judge Jeffrey White denied class certification on common law claims, which carried potential damages.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 18, 2020
Boeing goes to court on Wednesday to fight a subpoena to depose one of its executives in lawsuits brought over last year's Ethiopian Airlines crash involving its grounded 737 Max 8 aircraft. Plaintiffs' lawyers want to know why Boeing produced certain discovery materials to Congress but not to them.
By Angela Morris | February 18, 2020
The cases so far, which have been trickling in since late January and may not be the last, include plaintiffs who are online sports betters, a Houston Astros season-ticket holder and a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 14, 2020
In his Jan. 13 order approving the $1.4 billion class action settlement with Equifax, U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash lashed out at "professional objectors" in the case. "The court got bamboozled," one of the objectors wrote this week.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 14, 2020
A Tampa attorney and others who filed objections came in for criticism by the judge who approved the Equifax settlement.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | February 14, 2020
"Flagship's most recent press release reported that its portfolio of managed receivables has grown to $2.9 billion, so class members may reasonably be left wondering why a company with almost $3 billion in assets can only afford a $4 million settlement," the judge wrote.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Angela Turturro | February 14, 2020
After the Second Circuit's decision in 'Melito' (involving multiple text messages), the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision on standing under the TCPA in a case involving a single text message. In that case, 'Salcedo v. Hanna', the Eleventh Circuit ruled that a single text message did not afford standing to the plaintiff. In her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis discusses the decision, concluding that at least one thing is clear: The issue of standing in text-related TCPA cases remains in flux.
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