A federal judge in Oregon denied motions to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that agribusiness and industrial defendants contributed to nitrate contamination of drinking water in Oregon’s Lower Umatilla Basin...
A federal judge in Oregon denied motions to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that agribusiness and industrial defendants contributed to nitrate contamination of drinking water in Oregon’s Lower Umatilla Basin, holding that plaintiffs plausibly...
The estate of Samya Stumo has secured a verdict against Boeing in the consolidated litigation.
A federal magistrate judge ordered Third Party HireRight, LLC to produce consumer reports and background checks for four Uber drivers passenger sexual assault multidistrict litigation.
A federal judge in Chicago allowed a pediatric epidemiologist to testify in a bellwether trial alleging Mead Johnson’s formula caused necrotizing enterocolitis in a premature infant, ruling the expert’s opinion fits the case facts.
A federal judge in New Jersey dismissed with prejudice unjust enrichment claims brought by Albany County pricing multidistrict litigation, while denying a motion for reconsideration filed by self-funded payors.
A federal magistrate judge drew a clear proportionality line in the MOVEit data-breach MDL, rejecting plaintiffs' bid to probe the internal security practices of companies that never touched the breached software.
A federal judge held that Keller Postman LLC and co-founding partner Ashley Keller willfully violated the acetaminophen MDL's protective and coordination orders by deploying confidential Kenvue documents in Texas state court proceedings after being...
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred Old Forge School District v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al to the Northern District of California, expanding the sprawling social media addiction MDL to 343 cases.
A Delaware federal court denied plaintiffs' motion to exclude a defense reproductive-medicine expert in consolidated litigation alleging that occupational exposure to the pesticide DBCP caused male infertility, while reserving relevance and Rule 403...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of California granted a preliminary injunction halting Nexstar Media Group's acquisition of TEGNA Inc., finding that plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the deal violates Section 7 of...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Pabst Brewing Company can be held liable under the state's safe-place statute for asbestos exposure that caused a steamfitter employed by an independent contractor to develop fatal mesothelioma, upholding a...
A federal judge in the Northern District of Ohio held that a man's death following a prone-restraint encounter with officers from two Ohio police departments gives rise to plausible Monell claims against both municipalities, even though the plaintiff...
A federal judge in Nashville allowed an Eighth Amendment deliberate-indifference claim to proceed against a CoreCivic physician who never sent a badly injured inmate for a hospital-directed eye clinic follow-up, while dismissing broader claims against the...
A Central District of Illinois judge dismissed but allowed replead of constitutional claims against a county sheriff and a private jail healthcare contractor after a detainee died of cardiac arrest following two days of untreated opioid withdrawal.
A federal magistrate judge held that a jail physician's failure to train or supervise nurses who missed a fatal seizure emergency did not violate clearly established law, shielding him from a civil-rights lawsuit.
A federal judge in Connecticut issued a split summary judgment ruling in the massive generic-drug antitrust MDL, holding that Amneal Pharmaceuticals must face trial over an alleged Phenytoin price-fixing conspiracy while granting it summary judgment on the...
Albertsons has reached an agreement in principle with a coalition of state attorneys general to pay up to $773,787,782.93 to eligible state and local governments to resolve claims over its alleged role in the opioid epidemic, California Attorney General Rob...
Judge Kathryn H. Vratil of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas overruled Harcros Chemicals Inc.’s motion to dismiss in a systemic class action alleging that carcinogenic ethylene oxide emissions from a Kansas City, Kansas, facility injured a...
The federal multidistrict litigation panel has ordered the transfer of seven municipal and state water-contamination actions — including suits by the City of Fresno, four Alabama public water providers, and the State of Maine — into the AFFF...