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Citigroup's errors, fine lead to securities class action
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Bernstein Litowitz and the Florida firm Klausner Kaufman have filed a securities class action against Citigroup in New York federal court.
Folgers moves to dismiss class action over how many cups are in a can
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – One of the lawsuits alleging Folgers lies about how many cups of coffee are in a can is “demonstrably wrong,” attorneys for the company are claiming.
CNN asks federal judge to toss Dershowitz's defamation lawsuit
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – CNN has asked a federal judge to throw out the $300 million defamation lawsuit of attorney Alan Dershowitz, who says the channel misrepresented his statements during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Fla. appeals court makes new trial tougher for fired surgeon who threatened to turn whistleblower
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – What was once a $2.85 million verdict for the member of a heart-lung transplant surgery team at Florida Hospital is in jeopardy, as an appeals court has ordered a new trial under a more stringent liability standard.
Court: Plaintiff wrongfully called a liar and fraud by defense attorney
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – Counsel for a defendant blamed for a man’s alleged 10-foot fall claimed he had not called the fire department – a mistake that will grant the plaintiff a new trial.
Jury's $16M punitive damages award in smoker's trial was out of proportion, court rules
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – A trial judge will either reduce a $16 million punitive damages award or order a new trial on the issue as a result of a Florida appellate court ruling in a tobacco case.
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Prospective jurors said cigarettes should be outlawed but were dismissed too soon from smoker's trial, court rules
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – The judge handling a tobacco trial in Florida was wrong to let eight possible jurors go when trying to get the jury pool down to 100 – the maximum capacity of the courtroom.
Ear plug MDL judge will decide if 3M can interview lieutenant colonel
SAN ANTONIO (Legal Newsline) – A Florida federal judge handling ear plug litigation will be tasked with deciding if a Department of Defense employee must answer 3M’s questions.
Lawsuit: Thyroid medicine unpredictable
OCALA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – Thyroid medicine sold by Acella Pharmaceuticals is either too strong or too weak, a class action lawsuit says.
GOP operative hired by Kanye West sues CNN for defamation
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – CNN is accused of defamation for reporting that a GOP operative hired to further the Presidential campaign of rapper Kanye West had pleaded guilty to voter registration fraud.
Court puts brakes on punitive damages issue in employment discrimination lawsuit
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – Before a pharmaceutical company needs to show how much it’s worth, a former employee must first prove her claim for punitive damages is justified.
Feds fight 3M's request to interview lieutenant colonel about military's role in design of earplugs
SAN ANTONIO (Legal Newsline) – The federal government doesn’t want 3M to be able to question a Department of Defense employee as the company defends itself from thousands of lawsuits alleging the ear plugs it supplied to the military were defective.
Stockholders hit Royal Caribbean with COVID-related class action
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – A Florida city is suing Royal Caribbean Cruises, claiming its investment in the company has turned sour.
NYC claims ventilator salesmen scammed it out of $4M in early days of coronavirus
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – New York City is going to court to complain that companies claiming to be selling ventilators have kept more than $4 million and not delivered a single product.
Law firms unite to sue over cancer concerns with generic diabetes medicine
NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – The maker of a generic version of a recently recalled diabetes medicine faces a class action lawsuit.
Lawyers get nothing in troubled class action vs. Navient; Never mentioned agreement with nonprofit
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs lawyers won’t recover anything after a federal judge decided to throw their $500,000 in requested fees into a separate fund created by a criticized class action settlement that she otherwise approved.
Mass tort lawyers invite plaintiff-finding company to conference during court dispute with 3M
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) – A group that directs potential clients to mass tort lawyers – and is fighting to keep the information between them secret – will be on hand when those lawyers meet to discuss their strategies.
Lawsuit filed for investors of Intel who suffered stock price drop
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The securities class action firm Bernstein Litowitz has set its sights on Intel, filing a lawsuit on Sept. 16 on behalf of a Hallandale Beach, Fla., public pension fund.
Bloomberg under fire for raising money to pay off felons' fines so they can vote
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – The election of 2020 could create more problems for former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who raised $16 million to pay off debts for felons in Florida so that they can vote.
Plaintiffs lawyers want their say in whether website gives up clients' info
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers leading the thousands of lawsuits against 3M over the ear plugs it sold to the U.S. military want to get involved in the company’s effort to figure out where all those clients came from.