Mike LaSusa

  • Fiat Chrysler on Friday lost a bid to decertify a class of drivers suing the company over alleged clutch defects in 2013-2015 Dodge Dart cars when a California federal judge ruled that the automaker’s concerns could be addressed later in the class action process… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • In a decision playfully referencing Marilyn Monroe and James Bond, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled Friday that the Carnegie Institution can go forward with two lawsuits accusing diamond companies of infringing a pair of patents covering technology for creating the precious stones in a laboratory… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A divided Tenth Circuit panel on Thursday shot down a challenge to the Trump administration’s restrictions on firearm bump stocks, saying the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had likely acted within its authority when it issued a rule banning the devices… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A handful of Pennsylvania counties, elected officials and businesses mounted a legal challenge Thursday against the Keystone State’s COVID-19 shutdown order, the day after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to press pause on the order in a separate but similar case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A Florida air conditioning technician was unlawfully fired after he complained about overtime violations and a lack of protections for workers against contracting COVID-19, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in Orlando… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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