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Monday, March 18, 2024

Attorney Complaints

CA appeals court ruling could allow biz to be sued for not selling 'better' products, company warns

By Michael Carroll |
Pharmaceutical companies and business advocates say the decision could have a devastating impact on innovation, unless the California Supreme Court steps in
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Realtors to pay $418M to end home seller commission class action; Big changes coming to home sale process

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Lawyers who brought the lawsuits could be in for a big payday, as well, potentially claiming $140 million from the deal, plus $69 million from earlier settlements with large real estate brokerages facing similar claims of alleged collusion to boost real estate agent commissions
Campaigns & Elections

Disability rights advocates say California must allow voters with 'print disabilities' to vote electronically from home

By Jonathan Bilyk |
State Court

Disney accused of underpaying Southern California hotel workers in class-action lawsuit

By Michael Carroll |
Southern California hotel maintenance workers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Florida-based Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, alleging Disney violated the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and evaded the minimum pay rate.
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Car insurance costs soared over last year, hurting low-income Californians

By A. I. Benavidez |
The most recent summary of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals a significant increase in car insurance costs over the past year, exceeding overall inflation rates. This rise in car insurance prices is disproportionately affecting low-income drivers in California.
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Lawyers running anti-drug commercials should be held accountable for their claims. If they can’t substantiate those claims, they should be forced to compensate the companies whose sales they’ve depressed and the drug users whose health they’ve impaired.
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Reveal CEO: 'Streams is the next chapter in rich visualization'

Reveal, the provider of the eDiscovery platform, has introduced Streams, a "macro-visualization engine [which] maps massive amounts of data from traditional and alternative data sources to immediately uncover patterns saving time and resources, while exponentially amplifying insights," according to a press release.

Legal global processing outsourcing market is forecasted to grow to 61 billion

ResearchAndMarkets.com is now offering the full "Legal Process Outsourcing Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2022-2027" report, which overviews Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) markets and trends.
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Lawsuits

Class action says kratom maker MIT45 allegedly hasn't been honest about the addictive nature of their products

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit alleges MIT45 violated California laws by allegedly not disclosing to customers how addictive their products may actually be.
Lawsuits

Class action accuses Houser LLP over data breach

By Southern California Record |
Law firm Houser LLP is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect individuals' personal data during a data breach.
Lawsuits

DoD sued by animal care training vocational school over decision to cut off tuition assistance for military spouses

By Southern California Record |
Animal Behavior College said the Department of Defense wrongly classified its programs as "continuing education," cutting off tuition assistance for thousands of military spouses who use ABC animal care and services training to start or advance new careers.
State Court

Court rules against booted USC football player in his fight against disciplinary process

By John O'Brien |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - It's more bad news from California courts for a University of Southern California player kicked off the team who claimed the disciplinary process to hear intimate violence charges against him was unfair.
Lawsuits

Class action lawsuit accuses Kohl's of misleading customers about thread counts on bedsheets

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit claims Kohl's advertises thread counts of 600 or more in its 100% cotton bedsheets, but such thread counts are allegedly actually impossible and don't make for better bedsheets
Federal Court

Wrongful death case against Riverside County trimmed but moving forward

By John O'Brien |
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California federal judge has allowed three of nine claims to move forward in a lawsuit alleging prison staff in Riverside County helped cause the murder of an inmate.
Lawsuits

Class action aimed at Welch Foods over ascorbic acid in grape juice

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit claims the label asserts Welch's light grape juice beverage asserts the beverage is preservative free.
Lawsuits

Walgreens accused in class action of allegedly improperly recording phone calls to customer service center

By Southern California Record |
The class action alleges the recordings were made without consent, allegedly violating California's privacy law.
Lawsuits

Investor class action says Ventyx owes for allegedly misleading about effectiveness of psoriasis medication

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit asserts the company used allegedly misleading assertions about its product, known as VTX958, to help boost its initial stock offering in 2021.

Class action says kratom maker MIT45 allegedly hasn't been honest about the addictive nature of their products

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit alleges MIT45 violated California laws by allegedly not disclosing to customers how addictive their products may actually be.

Class action accuses Houser LLP over data breach

By Southern California Record |
Law firm Houser LLP is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect individuals' personal data during a data breach.

DoD sued by animal care training vocational school over decision to cut off tuition assistance for military spouses

By Southern California Record |
Animal Behavior College said the Department of Defense wrongly classified its programs as "continuing education," cutting off tuition assistance for thousands of military spouses who use ABC animal care and services training to start or advance new careers.

California utility agrees to pay federal government $80 million to resolve wildfire litigation

By Michael Carroll |
Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to the federal government to compensate for firefighting costs and property damage resulting from a 2017 fire that charred more than 100,000 acres of National Forest lands in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

PAGA lawsuit accuses Katmai Technical Services of alleged violations of CA labor law

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit against the Native-owned government services firm was filed under California's Private Attorneys General Act

Realtors to pay $418M to end home seller commission class action; Big changes coming to home sale process

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Lawyers who brought the lawsuits could be in for a big payday, as well, potentially claiming $140 million from the deal, plus $69 million from earlier settlements with large real estate brokerages facing similar claims of alleged collusion to boost real estate agent commissions

Car insurance costs soared over last year, hurting low-income Californians

By A. I. Benavidez |
The most recent summary of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals a significant increase in car insurance costs over the past year, exceeding overall inflation rates. This rise in car insurance prices is disproportionately affecting low-income drivers in California.

Lawsuits cost U.S. consumers $500 billion per year, hurting low-income Americans most

By R. B. Pepalis |
David Williams, president of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA), recently addressed the economic implications of mass tort litigation on Federal Newswire’s Business of America podcast. He argued that excessive lawsuits are a financial burden to taxpayers, with a significant portion of the funds being allocated to legal fees.

Low-income drivers hurt by rising car insurance costs

By A. I. Benavidez |
In 2023, vehicle owners experienced a surge in their expenses due to escalating insurance costs. This price hike has been particularly burdensome for low-income drivers who are already grappling with the cost of basic necessities.

AdvaMed CEO: Plaintiff attorneys ‘use misleading advertisements’ to generate business, make money at consumers’ expense

By A. A. Sanchez |
Scott Whitaker, the President and CEO of AdvaMed, a medical trade association, has voiced concerns about the impact of misleading advertisements on patients' health. In a commentary piece, he stated that trial attorneys are luring plaintiffs to join lawsuits through deceptive ads. Reports have found that this excessive litigation is imposing financial burdens on consumers, particularly affecting low-income Californians.

Seyfarth Shaw entitled to $80K from 'difficult' professor who sued it

By Daniel Fisher |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) A linguistics professor colleagues described as “difficult for virtually everyone to work with” must pay some $80,000 in fees to Seyfarth Shaw over a lawsuit she filed, then voluntarily dismissed, accusing the employment law firm of submitting a biased and defamatory report on discrimination claims she initiated.

Disability rights advocates say California must allow voters with 'print disabilities' to vote electronically from home

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A group of California voters who are blind or otherwise have "print disabilities" have joined with disability rights advocate organizations to sue the state of California, claiming California's vote-by-mail program discriminates against them because they must print and mail their completed ballots

With California drafting cyberrisk rules, companies prepare for potential regulatory actions, lawsuits

By Sarah Downey |
As California regulators set new parameters on cybersecurity rules, it’s raising questions about how business should adapt for implementation.

Longtime Avon exec hadn't been there long enough to testify about asbestos in talcum powder

By John O'Brien |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The testimony of an Avon executive can't be used to defeat a lawsuit that alleges exposure to asbestos from the company's talcum powder, a California appeals court has found.

$5.5 million California asbestos verdict reversed; Wrong state's laws were used

By Daniel Fisher |
A California appeals court reversed a $5.5 million verdict awarded to the family of a pipefitter who died of mesothelioma, saying the trial judge improperly instructed jurors to apply California’s standard of proof in asbestos cases when they should have used the stricter Michigan standard.

Court rules against booted USC football player in his fight against disciplinary process

By John O'Brien |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - It's more bad news from California courts for a University of Southern California player kicked off the team who claimed the disciplinary process to hear intimate violence charges against him was unfair.

Wrongful death case against Riverside County trimmed but moving forward

By John O'Brien |
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California federal judge has allowed three of nine claims to move forward in a lawsuit alleging prison staff in Riverside County helped cause the murder of an inmate.

Rampant PAGA, Prop 65 lawsuits land California courts high on list of worst U.S. 'Judicial Hellholes'

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The report issued by the American Tort Reform Association says California ranks third on the annual list, thanks to its continued status as lawyers' 'laboratory' for innovative ways to increase businesses' lawsuit risk

AB 2098 would de-license doctors for hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin 'COVID misinformation'

By Juliette Fairley |
Among the 20 California lawmakers who voted against AB 2098 were Republicans and one Democrat