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Lawyers can snag $21 million from Zoom privacy settlement
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers are asking for more than $21 million for scoring a settlement that refunds Zoom customers up to 15% of the money they paid for their subscriptions while the company had alleged privacy concerns.
Attorneys leading federal Roundup cases keep pursuit of 8% from every state court case
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs lawyers who made such a bold fees demand that it caused a federal judge to openly plead for clearer rules are now asking an appeals court to OK their request anyway.
San Jose fights $5M lawsuit from man who ignored police commands, ran over pedestrian and was shot 14 times
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A police department sued for $5 million after shooting a man who ran over a pedestrian while trying to escape authorities is asking a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit.
80 companies showed up to an asbestos deposition; Calif. court declares 14-hour limit on questions
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – No matter how many defendants an asbestos plaintiff names, he or she can’t be subjected to more than 14 hours of deposition time.
The California Supreme Court doesn't mind if you sleep in on your 18th birthday
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Don't waste your 18th birthday worrying about your future lawsuit, the California Supreme Court has told the state’s teens.
Hefty fights lawsuit that complains recycling bags aren't recyclable
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The maker of Hefty recycling bags says it doesn’t mislead customers after being sued by one of them who thinks that term should indicate the bags are recyclable.
Facing tax charges, serial lawsuit filer is called out by federal judge for trying to inflate damages
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has rejected a serial plaintiff’s effort to increase damages in a lawsuit brought under a civil rights law, noticing that the quadriplegic man visited the same business multiple times despite claiming it wasn’t handicap-accessible.
California says it can't be dragged to Iowa court in case over pig confinement
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – California officials are focusing on jurisdictional arguments as they fight a lawsuit from hog farms that challenges the state’s animal confinement law.
Millions headed to lawyers who sued Monsanto for not putting cancer warning on Roundup
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers are asking for up to $11 million from a proposed class action settlement in their case that doesn’t allege anyone has been hurt by Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup, but that the company should have put a could-cause-cancer warning on it.
California county tries to get lawsuit over shooting death of mentally ill woman thrown out of court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – San Mateo County has filed its response to the lawsuit brought after its sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a mentally ill woman wandering the streets with a shotgun and a bottle of wine.
Class action lawyers in Ecover case have ammo for their other lawsuits
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California class action lawyers are using a recent federal decision in their favor to attempt to boost their other cases.
Twitter takes fight over Trump ban to Ninth Circuit court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Twitter is appealing a recent federal court decision that said it was too quick to sue the Texas attorney general over his reaction to President Donald Trump being banned from the social media platform.
Twitter loses lawsuit after Texas AG makes inquiry into Trump ban, content censorship
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Twitter was too quick to sue the Texas attorney general over his reaction to President Donald Trump being banned from the social media platform.
S.C. Johnson will have to fight class action lawsuit over Ecover ingredients
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Reasonable consumers expecting 100% natural products could have been misled by S.C. Johnson & Son when it claimed its Ecover cleaning line is made with plant-based ingredients.
San Francisco judge allows Clean Water Act claim in fight over Cannery MGP
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A San Francisco man who wants Pacific Gas & Electric Company to clean up a portion of the city’s waterfront will be able to make a key part of his case.
Lawsuit filed over chemicals seeping into macaroni and cheese
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers are targeting General Mills with a lawsuit that claims macaroni and cheese contains phthalates.
Texas AG wants Twitter's lawsuit against him thrown out of court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting back against Twitter after it sued him for alleged retaliation for its decision to ban former President Donald Trump from its platform.
Lawyers say OGX shampoos can cause hair loss, scalp irritation
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Shampoo made by Johnson & Johnson contains ingredients that cause hair loss and/or scalp irritation, a class action lawsuit says.
Tootsie Roll asks for dismissal of class action over empty space in movie theater candy
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Now that it has been established a lawsuit over the empty space in movie theater candy should be heard in federal court, Tootsie Roll Industries is asking a judge to toss the case.The company on March 10 filed its motion to dismiss the lawsuit with the U.S.
Walmart wants federal judge to toss Greenpeace's lawsuit over recyclable products
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Greenpeace’s lawsuit against it over whether its recyclable products actually benefit the environment fails on at least three fronts, Walmart is arguing.