Clik here to view.
Accused Anonymous Members' Subpoenas On EBay, PayPal In Cyberattack Case...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Subpoenas served on PayPal Inc. and eBay Inc. by two purported members of the "hacktivist" group "Anonymous" in a criminal lawsuit over a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Federal Judge Says Nonwritten Agreements No Basis For Suit Against FDIC
JACKSON, Miss. - A federal judge in Mississippi on March 18 dismissed a property investment firm's suit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as the receiver for a failed bank, finding that the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Panel Dismisses Insolvent Insurer's Shareholder's RICO Suit Against Agencies
NEW YORK - The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 18 affirmed the dismissal of a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, 18 U.S. Code Section 1961, et seq., lawsuit filed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Federal Circuit: Marking Evidence Relevant In Breach Of Contract Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Although declining the opportunity to adopt the doctrine of "marking estoppel," the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with a plaintiff March 15 that a defendant's decision...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Motion To Amend Complaint Stricken In Suit By Sailors For $1 Billion From TEPCO
SAN DIEGO - A motion filed March 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to amend the complaint of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan crew members who allege radiation exposure...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Federal Judge: Notice Of Appeal Not Timely Filed; Therefore, Leave Denied
MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge in Minnesota on March 18 denied a debtor leave to appeal a bankruptcy court's dismissal of his lawsuit against his former wife and her parents alleging willful violation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Judge Finds Policy Excluded Mold Damage In Townhouse Development
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota federal judge on March 18 granted summary judgment for an insurer, finding that a policy issued to the builder of a townhouse complex that contained numerous construction...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Causation Expert Excluded, Summary Judgment Granted In Ecuador Herbicide...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. contractors accused of exposing thousands of Ecuadorans to the herbicide glyphosate during coca and heroin poppy eradication spraying in Colombia were granted a no-evidence...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hexavalent Chromium Exposure Damages Trial Continued In California Federal Court
SANTA ANA, Calif. - The damages trial scheduled for February in the Merced County, Calif., hexavalent chromium flood damage mass tort case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unanimous 8th Circuit Panel Reverses Voluntary Dismissal In Aluminum Exposure...
ST. LOUIS - A unanimous Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 6 reversed an order from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri allowing a machinist who alleges that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DuPont Seeks Southern Ohio For National Consolidation Of C8 Personal Injury...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - DuPont argues in a March 7 reply to interested party responses filed in the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Defense Counsel Ordered To Produce Documents Sought By Chevron In Lago Agrio...
NEW YORK - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York judge presiding over the lawsuit filed by Chevron Corp. to prevent the enforcement of an $18.2 billion personal injury and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ecuadorans Ask Court To Lift Protective Order, Allow Discovery Of Third Parties
NEW YORK - Two defendants in the lawsuit filed by Chevron Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to prevent the enforcement of an $18 billion judgment entered against it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nicaraguans Ask 2nd Circuit For Mandamus Relief, Removal Of New York Federal...
NEW YORK - Two of the defendants named by Chevron Corp. in a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York lawsuit to prevent enforcement of an $18 billion personal injury and property...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Washington Supreme Court Affirms Judgment For Utility Accused Of EMF Trespassing
OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington Supreme Court unanimously affirmed summary judgment for an electricity utility and city in an electromagnetic field trespassing nuisance lawsuit March 7 because the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Butter Flavoring Makers Denied Summary Judgment In Suit Filed By Popcorn...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Three artificial-flavoring manufacturers accused of exposing a consumer diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans to diacetyl in microwave popcorn were denied summary judgment on March...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Permanent Nuisance Claim Survives In Kentucky Action Against Hog Factory Farms
PADUCAH, Ky. - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky judge presiding over a certified class action for damages against the owners of confined hog feeding barns in Marshall...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joint Case Statement Filed In Litigation Alleging Injuries From U.S. Weapons...
OAKLAND, Calif. - The United States and the plaintiffs representing some 100,000 veterans of Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency experiments that exposed the veterans to biological...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Utility Group Asks 3rd Circuit To Admit Brief Supporting Stack Ash Suit...
PHILADELPHIA - An electric utility trade group on March 6 in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals moved for leave to file an amicus curiae brief in support of an electric utility that was granted a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strict Liability Claim Survives Defense Motion To Dismiss In Ohio Fracking...
CLEVELAND - In nearly identical orders entered March 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, natural gas extraction companies accused of contaminating the real property and...
View Article