A $4.9 million settlement has been reached for a man seriously injured in a 2019 accident on the New Jersey Turnpike when his vehicle struck metal debris in the roadway which had broken loose from a National Water Main Cleaning truck. Carlos Matias, a 52-year-old Dover resident, was traveling southbound…

Law Firm Brings Action Under Novel Police Accountability Act | Connecticut Law Tribune Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2024/08/16/law-firm-brings-action-under-novel-police-accountability-act/ Photo: Jteivans/Adobe Stock NEWS “Mike was surrendering to the police when he was shot,” Bowman clamed. “He pleaded for his life to the officer and yet Officer Teeter still chose to shoot him…

CenterPoint Energy Inc. and its Houston subsidiary approached the Texas Supreme Court this week to request stays on several class action petitions related to hurricane-related power outages. CenterPoint amassed a large team of law firms, comprising at least 13 attorneys from the Houston offices of Vinson & Elkins, Susman Godfrey,…

Plaintiffs attorneys and at least one car manufacturer have negotiated an end-of-session legislative deal to amend California’s  “lemon law,” the 42-year-old statute that requires automakers to refund the cost of or replace defective vehicles, sources familiar with the discussions said Friday. Those involved in the talks declined to disclose specifics…

The majority of CPRA amendments took effect on Jan. 1, 2023, and introduced new data minimization obligations into the CCPA. As a result, the CCPA now requires a business’ collection, use, retention, and sharing of a California resident’s personal information to be “reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve the purposes for…

The New York Office of Court Administration is a defendant in a claim that alleges security for a Hudson Valley courthouse negligently gave a court user’s cellphone to the wrong person, allowing for sexually intimate photos and videos on which they were stored to be published on social media. On…