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Amazon.com Hit With Privacy Class Action, Alleging Violation of Genetic Information Privacy Act

This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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Law.com

Family of Deceased Michigan Man Files Suit Against Dunham's Sports for Allegedly Selling Shotgun to 'Straw Purchaser' on Behalf of Convicted Felon

"The facts are clear that, in this case, Dunham's Sports did not perform its duty and should not have facilitated an obvious straw purchase which ended in a very preventable tragedy," Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Chief Legal Officer Douglas Letter said in a statement provided to Law.com.
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Daily Business Review

Stinson Expands Into Southeast With New Tampa Office

"People from Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kansas City and from the middle of the country, they move to the west coast of Florida when they come to Florida," said Marc Weintraub, a partner at the Am Law 200 firm. "It's the right place to be for the connectivity that Stinson has with its Midwestern client base."
3 minute read

Law.com

Transgender Inmate Settles $495K Lawsuit With State Prison Over Discriminatory Policies

"Robins Kaplan is so pleased to have been able to partner with Gender Justice and obtain this result for Ms. Lusk," said her attorney, Rebecca Bact of Robins Kaplan. "The settlement not only ensures that she is treated with dignity, but does the same for other trans and gender nonconforming individuals within the Minnesota DOC."
3 minute read

Law.com

8th Circuit Affirms Denial of Coverage for Complication Resulting From Bariatric Surgery, a 'Non-Covered Expense'

"Because Shafer's plan specifically excludes coverage of treatment for complications of weight-reduction surgery, neither Iowa law nor the ACA require that his treatment be covered," Judge Raymond W. Gruender wrote on behalf of the court.
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National Law Journal

Edelson Pushes Rapid Growth Strategy With Office Openings in Michigan and Idaho

The Chicago-headquartered plaintiffs firm has added 26 new team members over the last year while emphasizing its commitment to DE&I. The firm is also trying to leverage AI as an internal and external collaboration tool.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Transportation Talent Totsky Finds New Legal Turf

Lawnmower-maker Toro hopes to draw on Joanna Totsky's years of overseas work for Ford as it further develops its own international ambitions.
2 minute read

Law.com

Constitutionality of Idaho Law Banning Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth Challenged in Federal Court

"It violates the right to equal protection of transgender adolescents by singling out for prohibition only medical treatments that affirm a patient's gender if inconsistent with that patient's 'biological sex'—thus prohibiting those treatments only for transgender minors," stated the complaint. "The law is subject to heightened scrutiny because it classifies based on sex and because classifications based on transgender status are at least quasi-suspect."
4 minute read

Law.com

Founding Member of Chicago Firm of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman Installed as Illinois State Bar President

Kasserman, who was installed at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Chicago, became the 147th president of the state bar association.
4 minute read

Law.com

Arizona Appeals Court Takes on First-Impression Issue of Compelled Mental-Health Exams

"This case presents an issue of first impression," said Gass. "Arizona's appellate courts have accepted special action jurisdiction in cases involving motions to compel mental-health examinations but have not addressed whether non-expert witness testimony opens the door to a court-ordered examination for rebuttal purposes."
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