Meta Flaunts 'Abuse' Of Atty-Client Privilege, Judge Told

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge ordered Meta on Tuesday to rereview privilege designations on 300 documents in social media addiction litigation, after plaintiffs' lawyers cited a "culture of privilege abuse" epitomized by Instagram swag hats embroidered with "a/c priv" — the shorthand used to log withheld documents.

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CVS Beats Malpractice Suit Over Pharmacy Mix-Up

By Y. Peter Kang

A California appeals court on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a suit accusing a CVS pharmacy of negligently giving the wrong prescription medication to a woman, which allegedly caused years of seizures, citing flawed expert testimony from plaintiff's expert.

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Uber, Lyft Asked To Explain Duty To Drivers In Ohio Injury Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

Uber, Lyft and a man who blames them for his injuries when one of their drivers rear-ended him have been asked by an Ohio federal judge to explain whether the companies are the legal proximate cause of his injuries.

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NJ Justices Take On Atty DQ In Injury Cases After J&J Ruling

By Rose Krebs

New Jersey's Supreme Court has agreed to review the disqualification of an attorney from representing plaintiffs in several cases over injuries at Sky Zone trampoline parks after a trial court ruled the attorney's retention of a former company safety official as an expert could prejudice proceedings.

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Bad Recordkeeping Kills City's Railroad Indemnity Defense

By Jonathan Capriel

A Missouri city must cover financial damages Norfolk Southern suffered when it settled lawsuits stemming from a train crash that killed one city worker and injured another, a federal judge ruled, slamming the city's shoddy recordkeeping and the unreliable testimony of its official.

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Ga. Justices Say Missed Deadline Warrants Atty's Suspension

By David Aaro

Georgia's highest state court imposed a six-month suspension on an attorney because of his handling of a personal injury case, finding Tuesday he violated state rules by not filing required written expert reports and failed to pay for sanctions in a timely manner.

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FDA Must Revisit MiMedx Wound Care Powder Classification

By Danielle Ferguson

A Georgia federal judge vacated the Food and Drug Administration's classification of biomedical company MiMedx's wound care treatment as a biological product, which carries heightened regulatory requirements, finding the agency's determination was arbitrary because it had classified similar products as devices.

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Law Firm Says Illinois Tollway Owes Limo-Crash Defense Fees

By Celeste Bott

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is being sued in Illinois state court by a Chicago law firm claiming the agency has failed to pay attorney fees for its defense in litigation over a catastrophic 2016 limousine crash.

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Panel Hints Hill Wallack May Face Revived Malpractice Suit

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey state appeals court panel on Tuesday appeared troubled by a trial judge's decision to toss a malpractice suit accusing Hill Wallack LLP of mishandling the defense of a family facing labor trafficking allegations, repeatedly asking counsel whether the lower court made the factual findings required before imposing the system's harshest sanction.

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Parents Say Amazon Sold Industrial Laser That Blinded Son

By Mike Curley

A pair of Idaho parents are suing Amazon.com Inc. and two Chinese companies in Washington state court, alleging they bought what was marketed as a safe laser pointer but which was actually an industrial-strength laser that left their son blind in one eye.

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Ga. Justices Mull Reviving Injury Firm Client Solicitation Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

Georgia's justices pressed a personal injury law firm Tuesday on whether an attorney's racketeering case accusing it of using confidential crash reports to land clients was rightly dismissed, hinting that the lower courts might have held the claims to too high a bar.

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Texas Appeals Court Undoes $3.5M Apartment Murder Verdict

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas appellate court on Tuesday dismissed a $3.5 million judgment and ordered a new trial in a suit accusing a Houston apartment complex of negligently causing a robbery victim's murder, saying the lower court should have let the jury consider the alleged murderers' culpability.

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Colo. Hospital Seeks To Toss Meta Pixel Patient Data Suit

By MJ Koo

A Colorado hospital system has asked a federal court to toss a proposed class action accusing it of illegally sharing patients' browsing data with Meta through a website tracking tool, arguing the patient who sued failed to show he was harmed and that the conduct does not violate federal wiretapping law.

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Ga. Justices Say UM Claims Can Settle Before Liability Claims

By Hope Patti

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the state's intermediate appellate court wrongly found that a man injured in a car crash was required to exhaust the at-fault driver's liability coverage before settling a claim for uninsured motorist coverage with his own insurer.

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Tyra Banks Says Netflix Misquoted Her Pact Like It Edited Doc

By Craig Clough

Tyra Banks has told a California federal court that Netflix and the producers of an "America's Next Top Model" docuseries used the same misleading tactic in their dismissal motion that they allegedly used onscreen: removing key material from the middle of statements to change their meaning.

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Flyer Says Justices Must Hear CrowdStrike Tech-Outage Suit

By Mike Curley

An airline passenger is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his proposed class action against CrowdStrike Inc. over expenses and injuries resulting from a 2024 tech outage, saying the justices need to resolve a widening circuit split on the scope of the Airline Deregulation Act.

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Reel Justice: 'The Furious' And Journalistic Evidence

Viewing "The Furious” from a litigator’s perspective highlights nuances that arise when gathering evidence from journalistic investigations, serving as a reminder to not only ask whether evidence is relevant, but also what legal framework governs the person or entity holding it, says Veronica Finkelstein at Widener-Delaware Law.

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Hims & Hers Suit Spotlights Health Data-Sharing Privacy Risks

Regulators' complaint against telehealth company Hims & Hers alleging deceptive practices serves as a reminder that the privacy principles developed under consumer protection laws and predating omnibus statutes remain in force, and sensitive data governance continues to be a crucial component of compliance, say attorneys at Venable.

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Seyfarth Says Data Breach Exposed Social Security Numbers

By Hailey Konnath

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has disclosed a recent data breach that exposed the names and Social Security numbers of at least 300 individuals, according to notices filed with the Texas and California attorneys general.

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Mich. Fed. Judge On 1-Year Leave Over Drunken Driving Case

By Jack Karp

U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington is taking a one-year paid leave of absence from the bench following his misdemeanor conviction for drunken driving, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan announced Tuesday.

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Womble Bond Can't Quit Dutch Client With TM Trial Looming

By Hayley Fowler

Womble Bond Dickinson can't withdraw from a trademark feud that's dragged on for more than five years between U.S. and Dutch software companies, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, saying the firm's exit at this late stage "would be completely disruptive."

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