Law
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Smithfield Foods Inc. won dismissal Tuesday of a federal lawsuit accusing the meat processor of putting workers at a Missouri facility in harm’s way during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a federal judge deciding that the plant workers’ claims would be better handled by regulators… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The online attorney search website LegalMatch.com is operating in California without the proper approvals, and lawyers who accept referrals from the site might also be running afoul of the law, the State Bar of California said in a new lawsuit… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Starz Entertainment LLC sued MGM Domestic Television Distribution LLC on Monday in California federal court, claiming the movie studio unit gave licenses to Starz competitors allowing them to show films that were supposed to be exclusive to Starz’s platform… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Sixth Circuit judge expressed worry Monday that courts have gotten stuck in a “groove” of misinterpreting copyright laws, while concurring in a divided ruling that revived a suit over rights to the 1960 song “Cathy’s Clown” by the Everly Brothers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California’s attorney general announced a lawsuit Monday targeting oil trading companies Vitol Inc. and SK Trading International Co. Ltd. with allegations they colluded to rig the state’s gas market in order to profit while drivers paid higher prices at the pump… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 