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$4.7M Broward Settlement: But Plaintiff Lawyers Say They Face New Hurdles

"The law used to guard the henhouse. Now the fox does," said attorney Fan Li of Kelley | Uustal.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tactics of Booming Auto-Lending Industry Raising Ire of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

A powerful U.S. regulator alleges the industry is rife with shenanigans, conduct it's trying to rein in by filing lawsuits.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New California Probe Sets Stage for Showdown Over Connected-Car Data

Cars "represent a private area in which people can enjoy a form of autonomy of decision, without encountering any external interferences. Today, as connected vehicles move into the mainstream, such a vision no longer corresponds to the reality," the European Data Protection Board said in a report.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Norfolk Southern, Swamped by Lawsuits, Hires Tesla Litigator as GC

The railroad operator is adding to its litigation firepower six months after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, sparked a deluge of lawsuits as well as scrutiny of its business practices and safety record.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Family Sues Hertz, Claiming They Were Sickened by Rental Car Heroin

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Recorder

Hyundai, Kia, Genesis Hit With Class Action Over Electric Vehicle Charging Times

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Autoliv Settles Ga. Seat Belt Product Liability Case for $56M, Half of Verdict Amount

"It took too long, but this is a great result for the Andrews family," James E. "Jim" Butler Jr., a partner with Butler Prather in Atlanta and the lead plaintiff attorney, said in a news release.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

How Plaintiff's Lawyers Went 'Beyond Sympathy' to Return $14M After a Child's Wrongful Death

"We'd gone through focus groups, and everyone's reaction was the same: 'This is horrible, but how do you put a dollar value on it?'" Plaintiffs' attorney Bruce Hagen said. "We tried to focus the trial on the human loss."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lewis Brisbois Litigator Joins Tesla's Crew of 'Hardcore Streetfighters'

Frank Brannen is going in-house for the first time, joining a litigation department that Elon Musk wants to be hyper-aggressive. "There will be blood," Musk said in a tweet last year.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Autonomous Vehicle Company Taps Ex-GE Lawyer as First GC

Sid Venkatesan will help six-year-old May Mobility, which has delivered more than 320,000 rides, scale up.
2 minute read

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