Monthly Archives: November, 2020

Portland, Maine Voters Ban The Use Of Facial Recognition By Public Officials, City Departments

Voters in Portland, Maine, passed a referendum to ban Portland public officials and city agencies from using facial recognition technology on members of the...

USA and Alabama File CWA Complaint Against Wood-Based Panel Manufacturer

On Monday in the Northern District of Alabama, the United States and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) filed suit against Kronospan, LLC...

California Proposition to Strengthen Consumer Data Privacy Likely to Become Law

According to election returns, California voters have expressed their desire for even more robust data privacy protections. At the time of publication, the measure...

Federal Circuit Decides Patent Venue Question

On Thursday, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion resolving the question of where venue is proper for patent infringement claims brought pursuant to the...

Nutrien Asks Texas Supreme Court to Rule in Weevil-Cide Death Lawsuit

Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc., formerly known as Crop Production Services Inc., filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Texas last week asking them...

Environmental Lawsuit Filed Against Chemical and Materials Company

On Monday, the United States of America, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia filed a complaint in the Northern District of West Virginia against Koppers Inc.,...

Peer Review Privilege Not Applicable To Medicare Billing Fraud Cases, Holds Mass. Court

On November 3, in the District of Massachusetts, Judge Judith Gail Dein proclaimed that federal law does not recognize “peer review privilege” within...

JBS and Direct Purchasers Reach Settlement in Pork Antitrust Suit

Meat processor JBS has reached a settlement with the direct purchaser group of plaintiffs, including wholesalers, in a pork antitrust lawsuit, according to a...