Challenges to Connecticut’s elimination of religious exemption for vaccinations in schools received another setback after the state Supreme Court dismissed alleged constitutional violations. Public Act No. 21-6 repealed nonmedical exemptions to immunization requirements in schools, which set off lawsuits claiming infringement on religious rights. While the act does not allow new…

A judicial watchdog organization has joined a push within the Empire State’s legal community for Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill that recommends a universal, e-filing program within state courts. The judicial accountability organization Scrutinize, joined by good government group Reinvent Albany, issued a letter of support asking Hochul…

Bank of America is facing a new $200 million lawsuit from Swiss bank UBS, claiming the financial institution has failed to meet its indemnification obligations in litigation over mortgages issued prior to the 2008 financial crisis. The complaint, filed in Manhattan state court on Wednesday, alleges Countrywide Financial— which was…

The American Civil Liberties Union and online industry groups have come out against widely popular legislation that would give the Federal Trade Commission greater authority to protect children’s privacy and regulate marketing toward them on the internet. With the Senate’s 91-3 vote Tuesday, the jointly proposed Children’s Online Privacy Protection…

After briefly weighing in to reinstate a former coal miner’s long-term disability benefits in March, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit released a detailed precedential opinion this week concluding that the worker’s termination of benefits was not based on substantial evidence or the correct job title. The court…

When managing partner Katharina Kolb opened the Munich office of U.S. law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein in 2020, she knew her business would differ significantly from her U.S. colleagues. The firm is well-known for representing plaintiffs in U.S. class action lawsuits but that’s hardly a profitable business model…