The nursing home and assisted living industry has absorbed the tip of the deadly coronavirus’s spear. The unfortunate poster child is the Life Care Center in Kirkland, WA. As of March 18, 2020 81 of their 120 residents have tested…

On March 23, 2020, a former nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital filed a wrongful termination suit against her employer. The plaintiff, Lauri Mazurkiewicz, claims her termination was retribution for warning coworkers that the masks provided by the hospital were insufficient…

This post was updated on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly impacted how business is now functioning. As offices close their doors and employees turn to remote work, the legal system has also been forced to make…

On March 9, 2020, a couple quarantined on the Grand Princess cruise ship, sued Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. after docking in Oakland, CA. This case marks the first negligence lawsuit filed in direct response to the rising coronavirus epidemic gripping…

Wells Fargo & Co., the fourth-largest bank in the United States, has agreed to pay $3 billion to settle civil lawsuits and resolve criminal prosecutions over its fake customer accounts scandal. In 2016, it was revealed that for over a…

The Apple iPhone has inarguably changed the telecommunications landscape. With over 100 million iPhone users in the United States, Apple, which has sold more than 1.5 billion iPhones since 2009, accounts for approximately 45% of all smartphone users. Part of…

On February 28, 2020, a proposed class-action suit was filed in California federal court against facial recognition company, Clearview AI. This marks the fourth lawsuit filed this year against the company. Clearview AI’s biometric technology provides image matches of uploaded…

On February 22, 2020, a vote by the National Association of Attorneys General revealed 35 states and territories are now in favor of a proposed nearly $50 billion settlement offer from opioid manufacturers. With bipartisan support representing nearly 70% of…

On February 13, 2020, following months of mediation efforts, a class action suit of Equifax shareholders entered an agreement in principle to settle—a long-awaited resolution following the infamous data breach from 2017. According to the terms of the settlement, Equifax…

In recent years, there have been a large number of mass tort lawsuits involving Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters. An IVC filter is a vascular device placed in the inferior vena cava vein which prevents blood clots from moving into…