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A federal appeals court has revived a proposed data breach lawsuit against health plan administrator AmeriBen after two customers alleged that their private health information was disclosed without authorization. On October 9, 2026, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the alleged disclosure was enough to establish an injury for purposes of suing in federal court, even…
A federal judge has dismissed the Town of Wappinger, New York’s lawsuit accusing Verizon, AT&T, Frontier-affiliated companies and other telecommunications companies of leaving lead-sheathed telephone cables that allegedly contaminate the environment. On September 30, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the town had not adequately alleged a…
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. is asking a Washington court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit over the May 26, 2026 chemical tank failure at its Longview pulp and paper mill, which killed 11 workers. The company argues that Washington’s workers’ compensation law is the exclusive remedy and shields it from the widow’s civil claim. The…
A Pennsylvania tourist who says she suffered serious injuries after falling on the stairs inside Salem’s historic Witch House is suing the City of Salem. She alleges the city failed to address safety problems with the centuries-old staircase. The lawsuit, reported by Law360 on October 9, 2026, raises a question that matters to visitors and…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has withdrawn the death warrant for William Lee Thompson, a 74-year-old death-row prisoner who was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. It is the first time DeSantis has withdrawn a death warrant since taking office, according to the Associated Press. The governor…
New York has secured a settlement requiring former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky to pay up to $35 million under specified conditions and permanently barring him from the securities, commodities and cryptocurrency activities covered by the court order. The agreement was filed on October 8, 2026, in New York County Supreme Court, and announced by…
Uber Technologies Inc. has settled the third federal bellwether case in the multidistrict litigation over alleged sexual assaults by Uber drivers. The settlement was announced on October 2, 2026, less than 48 hours after a jury was selected and before opening statements, which were scheduled for October 5. The terms are confidential. This was one…
Plum Organics has agreed to keep testing its baby food for heavy metals and to keep publishing the results, following an investigation by the Texas Attorney General. The agreement, called an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance, was filed in Collin County, Texas, and announced by Attorney General Ken Paxton on September 29, 2026. Plum does not…
A newly filed class action in Seattle accuses Expedia Group Inc. of using restrictive hotel contracts, pricing rules and search-ranking tools to keep hotel room prices artificially high. The plaintiffs say the effect reached travelers across the whole market, including people who booked directly with a hotel or through a rival site such as Booking.com…