Unless the Supreme Court decides to weigh in on this long-running SLAPP lawsuit (highly unlikely — and unlikely to be appealed to that level), it looks like it’s finally the end of the line for Dr. Edward Tobinick and his quest to silence a critic of his questionable medical practices. Quick recap: Dr. Tobinick claimed he could treat Alzheimer’s, strokes, and other neurological maladies by …
One of the most successful litigation funding companies in the world has widened its U.S. reach, establishing a base of operations in Texas. On Feb. 21, Bentham IMF announced attorney Eric Chenoweth, a commercial and intellectual property litigator formerly of Yetter Coleman, will head the Australian-based company’s new Houston office. “I believe there are many funding opportunities …
Over 770,00 Hoosiers impacted by Yahoo’s latest massive data breach may be able to take part in a class-action lawsuit against the company. The Indiana Attorney General’s office sent Yahoo a written letter asking for more information about the breach. The company responded, saying Indiana residents impacted by the data breach received notice by email.
A man from Syria who says he was tortured in his home country after converting to Christianity has no legal recourse against an Oklahoma church that published his name and baptism online, the state’s highest court ruled on Wednesday. The former Muslim, identified in the lawsuit only as “John Doe,” says that after his baptism in 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Tulsa he returned …
Broken treaties aren’t exactly breaking news for Oklahoma’s native people. So why is the Cherokee Nation launching a new legal battle now? There are about 200 years worth of reasons and an unknown sum of money tribal leaders say the feds owe them.
A federal lawsuit is accusing three of the biggest drug manufacturers of insulin of conspiring together to raise their prices, but the pharmaceutical companies deny the allegations. The lawsuit, filed on in January in a federal court in Massachusetts, said Sanofi SA, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly & Co simultaneously hiked the price of the drug. Investment research firm SSR Health analyzed list …
A Minnesota judge will let some farmers seek punitive damages against the Syngenta seed company for selling genetically modified corn seeds before China approved imports of crops grown from them. In an order unsealed Tuesday, Hennepin County District Judge Thomas Sipkins wrote that there’s evidence Syngenta knew the risks of commercializing Viptera and Duracade corn containing a trait that …
The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, introduced in the U.S. House and approved by the Judiciary Committee last week, proposes far-reaching changes to the rules governing multidistrict litigations (MDLs), removals and class actions. Sponsored by the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va), the bill’s stated purpose is to …
Four of the 81 people whose names were added without their knowledge to a list of people requiring a police escort in City Hall filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday afternoon against the city. The court action came only hours after city officials declined to release the criteria for putting people on the list, citing a state law allowing confidentiality of security measures in government buildings. The plaintiffs named in the lawsuit are Elaine Blanchard, who officiated one of the first same-sex weddings in Memphis after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling; Mid-South Peace and Justice Executive Director Bradley Watkins and coordinator Paul Garner; and activist Keedran “TNT” Franklin. The lawsuit — which you can read in its entirety here — seeks …
When you go to the movies, you assume when you buy candy you’re box is filled up, but new class-action lawsuits filed against big-name candy brands claim the boxes are under-filled. So how much candy is actually in there? TODAY national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen cut open those boxes to see just how much candy you’re actually getting at the movies.