The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Johnson & Johnson to overturn a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claimed the company’s talc product caused ovarian cancer. The ruling leaves intact a Missouri court decision to award the women the sizeable sum after a jury found that the company’s talc products contain…
Supreme Court Rejects Johnson & Johnson Bid to Toss $2 Billion Talc Verdict
Biden Administration Sides With Florida in Seeking to Dismiss Canadian Drug Import Lawsuit
The Biden administration has filed a motion in federal court seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a pharmaceutical lobby group against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that aims to block prescription drug imports from Canada. With the motion to dismiss, the Biden administration is essentially siding with Florida and New Mexico, the…
Judge Puts DA Union’s Case Against Gascon on Hold Pending Appeal
May 25, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—A judge who in February ruled mostly in favor of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County in a petition brought against District Attorney George Gascon over a series of new directives he handed down after taking office last December put the case on hold May 25 while the county’s top…
Fullerton Settles Lawsuit with Bloggers Who Accessed Private Documents
May 13, 2021
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The City of Fullerton ended a longstanding lawsuit May 12 against a local blog and two of its contributors. The case dates back to 2019 when Joshua Ferguson and David Curlee of Friends for Fullerton’s Future blog reportedly posted confidential documents that showed the city engaging in questionable conduct. In response, the city issued a cease-and-desist letter to have the documents taken…
Anaheim Considers Hourly Wage Increase for Some Workers
May 11, 2021
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Anaheim, Calif. is the latest Orange County city to consider hazard pay—also known as “hero pay”—for certain employees. City council will discuss during its May 11 meeting the possibility of a temporary pay hike of $3 to $5 per hour for grocery, retail, and drug store workers. “While we celebrate [our essential workers] and thank them, what they really need is support in their wages,” Councilmember Jose Moreno,…
Arizona Citizens File Lawsuit Against State Officials, Allege Past Elections Did Not Comply With State Law
A group of 20 Arizona citizens filed a writ of Quo Warranto to the state Supreme Court on May 6 against a number of Arizona state officials, alleging that state elections from 2018 through 2020 were not in compliance with state election laws. They are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to order the named state…
Second Plaintiff Joins Federal Lawsuit Challenging COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
The first federal lawsuit challenging employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccines has added a second plaintiff who claims that he was let go after refusing the county’s vaccine mandate. Anthony Zoccoli, a former employee of the Doña Ana County Detention Center in New Mexico, claimed he was fired from his job because he refused to receive the “experimental…
UK Court to Reconsider $6.9 Billion Brazil Dam Lawsuit Against BHP
LONDON—London’s Court of Appeal will hear a request to revive a 5 billion pound ($6.95 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining group BHP over a 2015 dam failure in Brazil, a court order showed. Judge Nicholas Underhill has agreed to an oral hearing that could help to overturn a previous Court of Appeal decision which denied…
County Says Vanessa Bryant Lacks Basis to Sue Deputies Over Crash Photos
May 3, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County attorneys contend Vanessa Bryant has no legal basis to sue four sheriff’s deputies alleged to have shared unauthorized photos taken at the site of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, L.A. Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others, according to court papers obtained May 3. Bryant alleged in…
Jailed Woman Whose Baby Died at Birth Reaches Settlement
April 28, 2021
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SANTA ANA—Orange County supervisors April 28 agreed to a proposed $1.5 million settlement with a woman who gave birth to a baby who died while the mother was in custody in Orange County Jail. The board voted unanimously in closed session to approve the settlement in the lawsuit filed by Ciera Stoetling, who was jailed…
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