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.…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the law firm Jones Day must face a lawsuit alleging that its parental leave policy discriminates against fathers. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington denied the firm’s motion to dismiss claims brought by Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff, a married couple and former associates at Jones Day,…
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…
District Judge Reed O’Connor announced on Friday that he will hold a hearing on October 11 to consider objections raised by the families of victims from the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes regarding the planemaker’s agreement to plead guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy. Boeing finalized an agreement on July 24 to plead guilty to conspiring…