State attorneys general are ramping up financial pressure in the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment and its wholly owned subsidiary Ticketmaster by seeking triple the amount of monetary damages if the court rules against the defendants.  “Live Nation and Ticketmaster have abused the market to overcharge…

A Milford, Connecticut, jury has awarded a plaintiff $308,208 in a slip-and-fall case due to an icy driveway. The seven-year dispute hinged on determining who was responsible for clearing the ice. Niomie Porretti first filed the lawsuit in January 2017, and alleged the ice underneath the snow should have been…

Members of Congress are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reverse a federal judge’s decision striking down an anti-pregnancy-discrimination law passed under a proxy voting system used during the COVID-19 lockdowns, arguing that the ruling could threaten pandemic-era statutes. U.S. District Judge James Hendrix, of the…

American Airlines was hit with a lawsuit on Aug. 19 in New Jersey federal court. The suit was brought by Andris Law on behalf of Chaya Schwarcz, who contends that she was sexually assaulted by an adjacent passenger while on a nonstop flight from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Newark…

Chris Hohn, who moved into the chair role at Thompson Coburn on Wednesday, is viewing growth from all angles as he focuses on his management priorities and how to best implement the firm’s strategic plan. Hohn, a litigation partner based in St. Louis, spent much of the last year working…

Attorneys for investors who alleged that they were sold unregistered securities on the Binance platform have obtained the first tranche of settlements of litigation in a federal district court in Miami, from NBA star Jimmy Butler and cryptocurrency influencer Ben Armstrong, who were accused of promoting the digital asset platform.…