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New York Workers’ Compensation Ruling Roundup – September 2024
Matter v. Google 3rd Dept. 9/26/24 CV-23-0719 – In this case, the Claimant was a Google executive who got lost looking for a bus after a work happy hour event in Manhattan when two motorized bicycles hit him crossing a street. The Law Judge at the trial found the claim not compensable. The Board Panel…
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What Patients and Families Should Know About the Suboxone Multidistrict Litigation (MDL)
Hundreds of federal Suboxone lawsuits filed across the country against Indivior, Inc. have been consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) instead of having a Suboxone class action lawsuit. This MDL is in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and is moving forward at pace, and the judge presiding over the Suboxone…
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Court Finds Target “Clean”- Washing Complaint Will Move Forward
Last week, a federal court in the District of Minnesota struck down Target’s motion to dismiss a class action complaint against the company for its “Target Clean” line of beauty products, because the Court said it could not declare as a matter of law that the Target Clean program is incapable of deceiving a reasonable…
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Brown Integrated Logistics Provides Notice of November 2023 Data Breach
On September 23, 2024, Brown Integrated Logistics, Inc. (“BIL”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Montana after discovering that an unauthorized actor was able to access the company’s computer network. In this notice, BIL explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access sensitive information belonging…
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Live Updates: Iran Launches About 180 Ballistic Missiles at Israel
Many of the missiles were intercepted with the help of the United States, but some fell in central and southern Israel, the Israeli military said. Israel vowed to retaliate.
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Lebanon’s Government, Crippled by Years of Crises, Is Ill-Prepared for Escalation
Already crippled by years of economic decline, political paralysis and other crises, Lebanon has little but its own citizens’ grit to survive the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
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Assange, in First Speech Since Release, Says He Was Jailed for Journalism
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, said in public remarks in Strasbourg, France, that his imprisonment had set a dangerous precedent.
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Mexico’s First Female President, Claudia Sheinbaum, Takes Office
A climate scientist and former mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum was inaugurated on Tuesday as the first woman to lead the country.
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A New Fine-Dining Restaurant in London, Staffed by Ex-Homeless People
In London’s upmarket Primrose Hill, a Michelin-starred chef is employing people on the edge of homelessness as chefs, wait staff and cocktail makers.
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At 75, Charles Atlas Has a Retrospective and a Rebrand
“About Time,” a retrospective opening in Boston, comes at a time of radical change for a pioneer of media dance.