News by subject: LAW

Canadians value clean water and a sustainable environment. Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers strive to ensure that businesses and individuals comply with the laws and regulations that protect Canada's natural environment. On...

A new lawsuit claims negligent caregivers at Kids Kingdom, a faith-based daycare center through Encounter Church, caused a 4-month-old boy's skull fracture and brain bleed when they failed to follow Missouri childcare laws. The complaint states...

On July 19, 2023, a hearing panel of the Investment Dealer Division of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) accepted a settlement agreement, with sanctions, between Enforcement Staff and John Reyes. John Reyes admitted that he...

The recent victory in the appeal from the judgment and order of the Superior Court of Orange County, presided by Judge Robert J. Moss, is set to...

SECURE ENERGY Services Inc. ("SECURE" or the "Corporation") announced today that the Federal Court of Appeal ("FCA") dismissed SECURE's appeal of the March 3, 2023 decision of the Competition Tribunal ("Tribunal") regarding its merger with Tervita...

Legal-Bay, the Pre-Settlement Funding Company, reports that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, New York has just announced a $100 million settlement for sexual abuse plaintiffs. With approximately 400 claimants, settlements average out to...

A Hearing Panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization ("CIRO"), has issued its Reasons for Decision dated June 29, 2023 ("Reasons for Decision"), in connection with a settlement hearing held electronically by videoconference in Winnipeg,...

A Smith County jury has awarded $4.3 million to a worker injured when a Walmart shoplifter rammed him with his car upon fleeing the scene. Video available here. The trial lawyers of Martin Walker PC represented Scott Lacy in the lawsuit against...

A Hearing Panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization ("CIRO"), has issued its Reasons for Decision dated June 29, 2023 ("Reasons for Decision"), in connection with a settlement hearing held electronically by videoconference in Winnipeg,...

Today, Do No Harm and Dr. Marilyn Singleton joined Dr. Azadeh Khatibi in a lawsuit challenging California's mandatory implicit bias training for physicians to restore free speech in medical training. Azadeh Khatibi, et al. v. Kristina Lawson, et. al,...

Attorneys for Arias Sanguinetti filed a data breach class action on behalf of CalPERS members who had their data downloaded by an unauthorized third party after CalPERS provided that information to Pension Benefit Information, LLC and The Berwyn...

Late Friday a federal court in San Francisco allowed a case brought by HIV-positive "John Doe" plaintiffs against CVS to proceed, denying CVS's third motion to dismiss the case. The John Doe plaintiffs are represented by attorneys from the non-profit...

A Hearing Panel of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada, Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization ("CIRO"), has issued its Reasons for Decision dated June 29, 2023 ("Reasons for Decision"), in connection with a settlement hearing held...

A Hearing Panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization ("CIRO"), has issued its Reasons for Decision dated June 29, 2023 ("Reasons for Decision"), in connection with a settlement hearing held electronically by videoconference in Toronto,...

Today, Martin's Point Health Care announced that it has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve an investigation related to Martin's Point's Risk Adjustment practices for the payment years 2016-2019. The claims...

On July 6, 2023, Dr. Sheela Athreya, through her attorneys at Wiley Walsh, Wiley Wheeler, and Rob Wiley, P.C. filed suit against Texas A&M University for sex discrimination and retaliation at the Texas A&M Qatar campus or TAMUQ....

Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay First Nation) (KZA) has publicly affirmed its resolve to protect its treaty rights against unconstitutional mining claim registration. In recent weeks, there has been a rush of new mining claim registration in...

The Northern California labor law attorneys, at Zakay Law Group, APLC and JCL Law Firm, APC, filed a class action complaint against Sea West Services LLC (hereinafter, "Sea West Services") for allegedly failing to provide employees with timely,...

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In March 2022, North Texas parents Rick and Jessica Henderson were shocked to discover the school they trusted to protect their toddler had let them down. When Rick went to pick up their 2-year-old son from Pinnacle Montessori of Melissa, he found...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTWESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK   JOSEPH NOTO, GARDEN STATE TIRE CORP., and STEPHENS JOHNSON, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,     Civil Action No. 19-cv-01285-JLS-MJR Plaintiff, v. 22ND CENTURY...

A Florida judge orders a kratom distributor to pay more than $11-million dollars in a wrongful death lawsuit...

The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, alongside AARP and the Nevada Land Title Association (NLTA) applaud the Nevada legislature for passing Senate Bill (SB) 355, which...

Legal-Bay, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, announced today that they are now adding mesothelioma victims to their list of Johnson & Johnson talc plaintiffs. The pharmaceutical company just lost their most recent court case, resulting in a...

The B.C. Government is prosecuting Club1177 (a small business). The business received a ticket for dancing 2 years ago during government restrictions in relation to the coronavirus. The Court is proceeding to trial without a lawyer present. An...

The Official Committee of Talc Claimants (the "Committee"), which has been tirelessly pursuing justice for its constituency of talc victims' injury by Johnson & Johnson's ("J&J's") talc products, is pleased with the court's decision to dismiss the...

An antitrust case brought by a nationwide class of independent (non-bank) ATM Operators can move forward against Visa and Mastercard after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the August 2021 decision by a district court certifying...

On July 26, 2023, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at the Regional Reception Centre, a multi-level security federal institution. The contraband and unauthorized items seized included...

Proposed Settlement and Certification of Classes in Lawsuit Involving the Drugs Xyrem and Xywav A class action lawsuit is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the "Court"). Plaintiffs in the lawsuit...

The Moving Parties, Troy Richard James Hogg, Arbitrade Exchange Inc., Gables Holding Inc. and T.J.L. Property Management withdraw the Motion dated May 26, 2023, in the above-named matter. A copy of the Notice of Withdrawal dated July 28, 2023 is...

A 34-year-old man is charged with terrorism-related offences following an investigation led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Federal Policing Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET).  The Greater Toronto Area, INSET -...

The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA"), now Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization ("CIRO"), commenced a disciplinary proceeding in respect of Ramanbhai Patel (the "Respondent") by Notice of Hearing dated March 1, 2023 ("Notice...

The Los Angeles labor law attorneys, at Zakay Law Group, APLC and JCL Law Firm, APC, filed a class action complaint against APS Singh LLC and Satvinder Sraon, Inc. which do business as The Habit Burger Grill (hereinafter, collectively, "The Habit...

CPT Group, Inc., announces a proposed Settlement in a class action lawsuit called Williamson v. Curaleaf, Inc.,  Case No. 3:22-cv-00782-IM, United States District Court for the District of Oregon (the "Settlement")....

A class action lawsuit was filed in Illinois federal court by Bradley/Grombacher LLP, alleging that children's clothing store, The Children's Place, sold schools uniforms which contain PFAS or "forever chemicals" which are known to be harmful to...

The district court in Seville has today announced its decision in the financial dispute between the Junta de Andalucia and Boliden. The court has found that Boliden is not liable for the claim of roughly EUR 89 million that the Junta de Andalucia...

Today Autoliv of Japan paid $56 million to settle the Andrews v. Autoliv case which resulted in a $127 million bench verdict on January 3, 2022.1 The case was tried before Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia in October 2021. The...

Elgon, Inc.("Elgon") is notifying individuals of an event that may affect the privacy of some personal information. On July 22, 2023, Elgon began mailing written notices to potentially impacted individuals for whom it has contact information. Elgon...

Johnson//Becker, PLLC is a nationwide product liability law firm with extensive experience representing clients injured by defective products. The firm has represented over 700 individuals injured by exploding pressure cookers....

The Los Angeles employment law attorneys, at Zakay Law Group, APLC and JCL Law Firm, APC, filed a class action complaint against Stoneledge Furniture LLC, which does business as Ashley HomeStore (hereinafter, "Ashley HomeStore") alleging failure to...

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to keeping undeclared and prohibited firearms from entering the country and keeping our communities safe....

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has initiated enforcement action against 1813404 Ontario Corp. o/a CSI Mortgages (CSI Mortgages) and its principal broker, Hansel Patrick (Patrick)....

Burress Injury Law is pleased to announce that it has secured more than $415,000 on behalf of two clients who sustained injuries in a rear-end collision (case number: 002-01460-2022 in Collin County Circuit Court). According to the suit, the clients,...

On July 20, Judge Nadine Nieto of the 285th District Court signed and entered final judgment on a $325,000,000 sexual assault jury verdict. It is the largest sexual assault verdict in Texas history and the largest in a case against solely the...

On June 6, 2023, the Ontario Superior Court, sitting as a Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) court released its decision in a youth matter. The court found that the young person had committed terrorist activity motivated by the incel (involuntary...

Construction crane-catastrophe attorney David L. Kwass, of Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, says today's ferocious tower crane fire and partial collapse 47 stories above 550 Tenth Avenue, Manhattan, "has all the markings ? including the engine fire...

Approximately 2,630,717 consumers are being notified that their Social Security numbers were compromised when a vulnerability in software used by one of TIAA's vendors allowed hackers to access their confidential data. The data breach lawyers at...

The Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division, on July 5, 2023, heard arguments and ruled on a variety of competing...

Johnson//Becker, PLLC is a nationwide product liability law firm with considerable experience representing clients injured by defective products. The firm has represented over 700 individuals burned by exploding pressure cookers....

A settlement hearing in the matter of Roxanne Marie Carter (the "Respondent") was held electronically by videoconference on June 27, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario before a three-member Hearing Panel of the Ontario District Hearing Committee of the...