For many claimants, the largest sex abuse case against a single organization in the history of the United States has reached an end.On Thursday, September 8, bankruptcy judge Laurie Selber Silverstein approved a Chapter 11 restructuring plan that allows the Boy Scouts of America to begin settling claims and resume its scouting opportunities.The scouting organization filed for bankruptcy after it was hit with a record-setting number of claims...
Personal injury claims or lawsuits may arise when one party suffers as a result of another party's intentional or negligent conduct. Common examples that may qualify for a personal injury claim include car accidents, workplace accidents, medical malpractice, and more. However, some personal injury cases are more severe than others; whenever an injury sustained due to another party's negligence results in long-term or permanent injuries, or...
As unemployment benefits designed specifically for the COVID pandemic began drawing to a close, workers who had yet to receive benefits due to a backlog in the system as well as those who remain unemployed quickly filed suit in multiple states including Ohio, Oklahoma, Indiana, Maryland, and Texas. The Biden administration responded by extending the deadline for pandemic unemployment benefits in some places to September 6th, 2021, although some...
Amazon and Microsoft are facing nearly identical lawsuits regarding allegations that these companies are unlawfully collecting biometric data to improve their technology’s facial recognition software. These are not the first nor are they expected to be the last of the big-tech privacy lawsuits cropping up in recent months.
Facial recognition uses artificial intelligence to identify users based on biometric data.
According to the order granting...
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and American Electric Power (AEP) are facing a spate of wrongful death lawsuits related to state-wide power outages during the historic winter storm of February 2021.
Power outages during this period left approximately four million Texans without power for some duration of time, with outdoor temperatures reaching -6 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts of the state and indoor temperatures dropping...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020, many more people have been staying at and working from home to abide by social distancing and quarantine guidelines. This has resulted in a year with far fewer drivers taking their cars out on the road than usual, a trend that is expected to continue as jobs continue to transition to remote settings and the pandemic wears on.
In response, some car insurance companies promised to adjust...
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) like Mirena, Skyla, Liletta, Paragard, and Kyleena have increased in popularity over the last several years. However, with the increase in popularity of these contraceptive devices has come an increased number of lawsuits regarding complications allegedly caused by these products. Bayer Pharmaceuticals’s Mirena IUD has faced recent lawsuits regarding pseudotumor cerebri, also referred to as “false brain tumors”,...
On Wednesday, December 9th, Facebook was slapped with a myriad of antitrust lawsuits, courtesy of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and more than 40 states.
The social media titan with more than 3 billion users across its platforms is facing allegations including anticompetitive conduct, harm to competition, and violation of federal trade law. If the allegations stick, the federal lawsuit may require Facebook to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp,...