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New Jersey Law Journal

Her Employer Fired a Domestic Violence Victim—and Her Day Got Worse in Court

The plaintiff "failed to satisfy her burden to identify a clear, specific expression of public policy prohibiting the discharge of a short-term employee taking time off to attend hearings related to a domestic violence incident," the Appellate Division wrote.
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Daily Business Review

11th Circuit: Breach-of-Contract Suit Against Packer's Supplier Not Preempted by Federal Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled in a dispute between Florida poultry producers that a class action alleging violations of the state's fraud statute is not federally preempted.
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Law.com

Longtime St. Louis Restaurant Owner Files Lawsuit Against Insurer's Alleged Abuse of Denied Claim

"They're a billion-dollar operation; I'm a small business," Charlie Gitto Jr., owner of the Missouri restaurant dubbed Charlie Gitto's From the Hill, told Law.com. "The average guy, they get out-lawyered and financially humiliated. I'm just thankful that Jim [Monafo] and Husch Blackwell came to rescue me, otherwise we're throwing popcorn against a brick wall."
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The Recorder

Peet's Coffee Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Speech Restrictions in Online Terms of Use

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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Texas Lawyer

Ex Parte Communication Does Not Necessarily Terminate a Settlement

Had the trial court decided Tran violated the professional ethics rule and sanctions were warranted, "the Mai parties still would not have raised a question of material fact as to whether the settlement agreement remains enforceable," Chief Justice Tracy Christopher wrote.
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Law.com

'Boneless' May Be Off the Menu: State Supreme Court Weighs Restaurant, Supplier Liability for Bone in Boneless Wing

"This is the exact same product that is product and sold across Ohio under a variety of names. It's a chicken tender, it's a chicken finger, it's a chicken strip ... Common sense has to come in here and that's part of the reasonable expectation test," Byrnes said on behalf of Wayne Farms and GFS.
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New York Law Journal

Madison Square Garden 'Lawyer Ban' Remains Intact as Lawsuits Dwindle

"I was like Moses; I carried them to the promised land even if I didn't go in," said Larry Hutcher, whose firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron was the first to sue over the ban. They have since dropped the suit.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Beyond Meat Faces Shareholder Suit Over Ability to Produce Product at Scale

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

Las Vegas Woman Sues McDonald's After Choking on 'Foreign Object' in Quarter Pounder With Cheese

The suit was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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Law.com

Judge OKs Personal Injury Suit Over Burger King's 'Impossible Whopper' Allegedly Embedded With Glass

"IFI takes issue with the fact that Howard pleads that either IFI or Nashville Quality, LLC were responsible for the accident or sabotage that resulted in glass in her food. IFI argues that '[b]ecause the allegations concede it is just as probable that the damages were caused by someone other than IFI and further fails to identify what IFI did or failed to do to cause the damages, the Complaint fails to state a plausible claim for relief.' ... This is wrong," District Judge Thomas T. Cullen for the Western District of Virginia wrote. "IFI conflates Howard's burden of proof with the pleading requirements.
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