Riley Brennan

September 18, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

September 17, 2024 | Law.com

"Protected activity only needs to implicate 'a reasonable belief' that 'a violation is likely to happen,'" U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley for the District of Massachusetts said. "Given his background and the factual circumstances, Wirth had enough information to sufficiently plead that he reasonably believed a violation of SOX was likely to happen."

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

September 17, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Here, although KRG contends that plaintiffs' rates are unjustified because this case has been simple, the case's history contradicts their position. This case was not simple—it had been pending for three years before trial and involved both FLSA and class certification," U.S. District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand of the Western District of Pennsylvania said.

By Riley Brennan

3 minute read

September 17, 2024 | Law.com

"Petitioners in this case filed their arbitration demands before the AAA. Kohl's refused to register its arbitration agreement and pay the requisite fees. In accordance with its rules the AAA declined to administer the cases. Pursuant to Rule 12 of the AAA's Consumer Arbitration Rules, petitioners are free to pursue their substantive claims in court," said U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

September 13, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

The complaints were first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts.

By Riley Brennan

3 minute read

September 13, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert determined a terms of service agreement and the driver guidebook promise was a binding contract between Lyft and one of its drivers, Khalid Ahtasham.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

September 13, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"In short, Mr. McGuire is right. The prior policy's exclusion didn't exclude UM/UIM coverage for an unlicensed driver. And the one product policy clearly does," wrote U.S. District Judge Nicholas Ranjan of the Western District of Pennsylvania.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

September 12, 2024 | Law.com

"Loyola has shown deliberate indifference to known acts of sexual assault and harassment for at least the past decade," the complaint said.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

September 10, 2024 | The Recorder

"Castillo alleges that the dangerous chemicals present in the Grape Sports Drink compromised its safety and fitness for consumption The FAC states that PFAS found in Defendant's product are 'poisonous or deleterious' and 'indisputably linked to negative health consequences.' Further, the PFOA and PFOS found in the product exceed the EPA's recommended limit for drinking water. These allegations are sufficient at this stage," wrote U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

September 10, 2024 | Law.com

"Given how 'vast' the social media universe is on the Internet, and how access to, and the ability to search for, social media posts may vary from platform to platform and even from post to post, that determination requires consideration of the totality of the circumstances regarding the social media posting, including the extent of its distribution, and the accessibility and searchability of the posting," Chief Justice Scott L. Kafker said.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read