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Will the Papadopoulos ruling result in a blizzard of new lawsuits in Massachusetts?

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State lawmakers in New York and Washington recently passed measures restricting the use of so - called non-disclosure agreements for sexual harassment claims after the attorneys general of all 50 states urged legislative action in February to ensure that victims can bring lawsuits before judges rather than being forced into arbitration.

The tragedy of the recent Subway kerfuffle, in which a photo of an Australian diner's shorter - than - promised sandwich sparked a class - action lawsuit in New Jersey, is that it could besmirch the good name of sandwich merchants everywhere.

The drug at the heart of four lawsuits in New Jersey is insulin — «a century - old medicine that for most of its history cost $ 15 or less,» write Barrett and Langreth, but «whose list price has risen more than 270 percent over the past decade.»

His fees are projected to double to $ 1 million, he said, in light of a sweeping new lawsuit filed last week by the Democratic National Committee.

«If Apple thinks the lawsuit is a waste of resources it could simply end the matter by complying with existing law and filing a new proxy that unbundles the proposed changes to the charter so that shareholders can express their views on each matter separately,» a Greenlight spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday.

You are hereby notified that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Tesla filed a lawsuit in January against Sterling Anderson, its former director of Autopilot, as well as Chris Urmson, the previous director of the Google self - driving project, and their startup Aurora Innovation — a new venture the men launched with Drew Bagnell, the former head of the autonomy and perception team at Uber's Advanced Technology Center in Pittsburgh.

In response to the lawsuit, the Weinstein Company's board of directors called many of the allegations leveled against them «inaccurate,» and said that «any suggestion that the Company or its Board somehow impeded or discouraged the buyer's access to the New York Attorney General is untrue.»

A pending class action lawsuit over player wages has shed new light on the finances of teams in the Ontario and Western Hockey Leagues

Lawyers for Ailes and Carlson appeared in court in New Jersey as a federal judge sought to plot the course of the lawsuit in the wake of «rapid fire» motions from the parties, include Carlson's motion to block Ailes» attorneys» request for arbitration.

The commission filed a lawsuit accusing him of scamming consumers in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand by tricking them into free or cheap trials, only to bill them egregiously.

As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.

Dig Deeper: How to Write a Social Media Policy How to Avoid a Social Media Lawsuit: Most Common Laws Broken by Businesses in Social Media «It's very difficult to navigate legalities in social media,» says Michael Germano, founder of Carrot Creative, a Brooklyn - based new media advertising agency.

The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

Jonathan Chaplin, New Street Research, and Tom Eagan, Telsey Advisory Group, discusses the Department of Justice's lawsuit to stop the AT&T - Time Warner merger and how it could impact other mergers in the media space.

It is suing its rival in a third lawsuit, this one also in a New York federal court, accusing it of infringing on one of its patents.

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al - Falih has said it would be a risk to list in New York because of liabilities and litigation, including the climate change lawsuits against other oil companies by New York City.

Thiel has admitted he funded the lawsuit over the tape as part of what The New York Times referred to as a «secret war» on Gawker, which in 2007 ran a post stating Thiel was gay.

In a statement, furnished to tech news site Geekwire, which broke the news of the lawsuit last week, Amazon said it works to resolve such cases in a way that protects the company and enables employees to take new jobIn a statement, furnished to tech news site Geekwire, which broke the news of the lawsuit last week, Amazon said it works to resolve such cases in a way that protects the company and enables employees to take new jobin a way that protects the company and enables employees to take new jobs.

«The allegations of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are unfounded, and the timing of this lawsuit — midnight action filed on the eve of a new administration reflects their political motivations,» it said in a statement.

As for Schneiderman, at the end of the five - day period he will likely file a lawsuit against the two companies that would demand they be barred from doing business in New York, and would require them to pay state fines and potentially pay back restitutions to New York customers as well.

Daniels» defamation lawsuit against Trump was filed in the Southern District of New York, which is also where Cohen's criminal case is being pursued.

The lawsuit, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argued the platform «knowingly provided material support and resources to Hamas... facilitat (ing) this terrorist group's ability to communicate, recruit members, plan and carry out attacks, and strike fear in its enemies.»

The burrito chain failed to disclose that its «quality controls were inadequate to safeguard consumer and employee health,» according to a civil lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Billionaire Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel has acknowledged that he secretly financed Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media in an effort to put the news website out of business, according to The New York Times.

The face - to - face meeting between Moynihan and Holder is being pushed as the bank faces the possibility of a lawsuit from the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey against Merrill Lynch's actions leading up to the mortgage crisis.

With that in mind, the Huawei lawsuits could be the «opening salvo» of a new round of smartphone litigation, Brian Ferguson, co-chair of the patent litigation practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, says.

The company filed a new lawsuit Friday in King County, Wash., Superior Court, against seven owners of websites such as amazonverifiedreviews.com, paidbookreviews.org, and amazonreviewsstar.com, alleging the sites are creating false product reviews and misleading Amazon's customers with flattering, «inauthentic» reviews.

The heirs of Anna Short Harrington — the second - ever woman to serve as the face of the Aunt Jemima breakfast brand — are alleging 60 years of unpaid royalties in a brand new lawsuit.

The New York Times has detailed claims of sexual harassment about several major figures in Hollywood and media since the former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit against Roger Ailes, the CEO of Fox News, last year.

NEW YORK, April 16 - A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks in Israel on Monday urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook Inc, saying Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony undermined the social media company's argument that it bore no responsibility for content on its platforms.

As the New York Times reported in late August, it may be easier for Apple to go after phone makers in lawsuits, because damages can be determined by the number of phones a company sold that were made using infringed patents.

Drug companies including Purdue Pharma LP and Johnson & Johnson have been fighting lawsuits by two California counties, the city of Chicago, four counties in New York and the state of Mississippi over their opioid marketing practices.

Here's some of what's going on in the health care world as we head into Easter weekend: payers are pushing back against PTC Therapeutcics» controversial Duchenne muscular dystropy drug; insurers are cautiously lauding new rules for Obamacare's marketplaces; a fascinating lawsuit in Arkansas explores the ethics of drug making; and a new test for Zika virus can produce results within an hour.

But the revelation this week that Mr. Thiel was covertly backing Mr. Bollea's case as well as others has raised a series of new questions about the First Amendment as well as about the role of big money in the court system — specifically the emerging field of litigation finance, in which third parties like hedge funds and investment firms pay for other people's lawsuits.

ATLANTA — Visa and MasterCard are using security measures prone to fraud, putting retailers and customers at risk of hacking attacks by cyber thieves, The Home Depot Inc. says in a new federal lawsuit.

We have a robust process, including the use of an independent consultant, for selecting investment options to include on the platform and we are in full compliance with the duties we owe to our retirement plan participants,» New York Life said in an emailed statement about the lawsuit.

We'll get to that in a minute, though, because also on stage was David Carroll, the associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York who filed a lawsuit against Cambridge to find out what data the company has about him.

Allegations of excessive index fund fees in retirement plans are at the heart of a new proposed class action lawsuit brought by New York Life Insurance Co. employees against the companew proposed class action lawsuit brought by New York Life Insurance Co. employees against the compaNew York Life Insurance Co. employees against the company.

Hamburger says these lawsuits mark «the beginning of a trend» that starts with suits against large plan sponsors and large financial services firms — which, in the case of New York Life and Morgan Stanley, are one and the same — then spreads to smaller sponsors and smaller financial firms.

The Bank of America talks are being driven by a lawsuit that the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey is drafting against Merrill, sources said.

Additionally, he thinks the U.S. Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule will widen the number of defendants who are named in these lawsuits.

The new lawsuit against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was assigned to the same judge who ruled for the challengers earlier, U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen, who sits in the federal courthouse in the Texas border town of Brownsville.

We are confident that our membership in the LOT Network has already protected us from frivolous lawsuits, and we look forward to it being even more powerful and protective as hundreds of new like - minded companies join.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- When two former interns at the New Yorker and W Magazine sued parent company Conde Nast Publications on Thursday, legal experts said it could be the first in a wave of lawsuits challenging companies who pay little or nothing for student labNEW YORK (Reuters)- When two former interns at the New Yorker and W Magazine sued parent company Conde Nast Publications on Thursday, legal experts said it could be the first in a wave of lawsuits challenging companies who pay little or nothing for student labNew Yorker and W Magazine sued parent company Conde Nast Publications on Thursday, legal experts said it could be the first in a wave of lawsuits challenging companies who pay little or nothing for student labor.

A New York City advocacy group for low - income and minority residents filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank last fall for what it says are illegal and exploitative tactics that have cost the two named plaintiffs thousands of dollars in penalty fees it contends they shouldn't have had to pay.

Even if the Trans Mountain proposal gets bogged down — by a antagonistic new provincial government, or by the 19 lawsuits it faces, or by the massive civil disobedience opponents promise — if Kinder Morgan can entice enough investors to hand over $ 1.75 billion in an initial public offering, the company will walk away with hundreds of millions even if the proposal dies and investors lose their shirt.

But its dealings with scandal - hit sovereign fund 1MDB, spelled out in new lawsuits, cast doubt on the depth of Goldman's changes.

Two additional stockholder derivative lawsuits, Pifko v. Babbio, et al., filed on September 19, 2006, and Gross v. Babbio, et al., filed on November 21, 2006, were filed in Chancery Court, County of New Castle, Delaware; both seek to recover damages for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and to obtain an order instructing the defendants to refrain from further breaches of fiduciary duty and to implement corrective measures that will prevent future occurrences of the alleged breaches of fiduciary duty.