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On Wednesday, a lawyer representing a Missouri mother urged jurors to hold Abbott, Reckitt’s Mead Johnson unit, and St. Louis Children’s Hospital accountable for the severe intestinal illness her prematurely born son developed after being fed the companies’ formulas. Tim Cronin, the attorney for Elizabeth Whitfield and her son Kaine, told jurors in a St.…
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The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new nine-month term on Monday, with several major cases already on the docket, including those involving guns, transgender rights, and online pornography. The court may also face legal disputes stemming from the Nov. 5 presidential election. With a 6-3 conservative majority, the court continues to shift U.S. law rightward…
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Visa faces a new lawsuit from U.S. merchants over its payments network, intensifying the legal challenges for the payment card giant. Last week, the U.S. Justice Department filed a major antitrust lawsuit against the company. On Tuesday, All Wrapped Up Signs and Graphix, an advertising and marketing company, filed a proposed class action in federal…
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Verizon has persuaded a federal judge in Texas to overturn an $847 million patent verdict and grant a new trial on allegations that the telecom giant infringed patents related to wireless communications technology. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap ruled that the jury’s decision in favor of patent owner General Access Solutions (GAS) was…
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On Tuesday, Walmart faced accusations of firing an employee at an Ohio store because she was pregnant, a move that a nonprofit group claims may reflect a broader pattern of discrimination by the largest private employer in the U.S. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…
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Ten lawyers from U.S. national law firms Constantine Cannon and Robins Kaplan have joined forces to create a new firm focused on antitrust matters, as lawsuits over competition and consumer protection increase. They have named the new firm Shinder Cantor Lerner, led by attorneys Jeffrey Shinder, Matthew Cantor, and Kellie Lerner, with offices in Washington,…
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California’s Attorney General, Rob Bonta, sued Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka on Monday, accusing the Catholic hospital of refusing to provide an emergency abortion to a woman in February, despite her water breaking prematurely, which put her at risk of life-threatening infection and hemorrhage. Bonta charged the hospital with discriminating against pregnant patients and…
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Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump by allegedly positioning himself with a rifle outside one of Trump’s Florida golf courses on Sept. 15, pleaded not guilty on Monday to five federal charges. During a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, Routh, 58, entered the plea, which includes the charge…
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sued the Georgia Election Board on Monday to block its plan to mandate a hand count of ballots in the upcoming Nov. 5 election. The DNC argued that this move could delay the reporting of results and create chaos. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s allies on the Election Board approved…
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Amazon.com announced on Friday that it will ask a U.S. appeals court to prevent the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from making a ruling on whether the company must negotiate with a union at a New York City warehouse, while Amazon continues to challenge the NLRB’s structure. In a notice of appeal filed in San…
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