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NY Forecast: Home Aides Ask For Preliminary OK Of $6M Deal

By Tim Ryan

This week, a New York federal magistrate judge will consider granting preliminary approval to a $6 million class action settlement resolving allegations from home health aides who claimed a provider did not pay them for all hours they worked during live-in shifts.

Generator Co. Beats Investors' Post-COVID Demand Woes Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

Generator-maker Generac Holdings Inc. no longer faces proposed investor class action claims it concealed struggles to rightsize its production and inventory levels following pandemic-linked fluctuations, a Wisconsin federal judge has determined after finding the suit didn't show intentional misrepresentations.

Atlanta Housing Exec Admits Role In Section 8 Fraud

By Gina Kim

An Atlanta Housing Authority executive pled guilty Monday in Georgia federal court to wire fraud, credit application fraud and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government in connection with a scheme where she was accused of collecting fraudulent housing assistance payments under Section 8 and pandemic relief funds.

ESPN Wants Worker's COVID Vaccine Bias Lawsuit Dismissed

By Aaron Keller

ESPN has asked a judge to dismiss a former remote video operator's religious bias lawsuit stemming from a COVID-19 booster vaccine mandate, saying the onetime worker exaggerated its corporate parent's links to the government when accusing the company of being an arm of the state.

Wash. Justices To Review Restaurant's $1M COVID Penalty

By Rachel Riley

The Washington State Supreme Court has decided to take up a restaurant's appeal of nearly $1 million in fines that regulators imposed against the eatery for offering indoor dining services during the COVID-19 pandemic, in violation of the governor's emergency proclamation.

COVID-Era Eviction Pause Was Illegal, Wash. Landlords Claim

By Ben Adlin

Moratoriums that shielded Washington renters from eviction during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic unconstitutionally forced property owners to house tenants who otherwise had no right to remain in their units, according to a lawsuit removed to federal court in Tacoma Friday by one of the local governments being sued.


Expert Analysis

What FCA Liability Looks Like In The Cybersecurity Realm

​Two recent settlements highlight how whistleblowers and the U.S. Department of Justice have been utilizing the False Claims Act to allege fraud predicated on violations of cybersecurity standards — timely lessons given new bipartisan legislation introducing potential FCA liability for artificial intelligence use, say​ attorneys Rachel Rose and Julie Bracker.

Texas Case Shows Why Juries Are Well-Suited To COVID Suits

The original jury verdict in Baylor College of Medicine v. Lloyd's, currently on appeal to the Texas Supreme Court after being overturned by an appellate panel, illustrates why COVID-19 business interruption claims with their case-specific facts need to be decided by juries, not by judges using a one-size-fits-all approach, says Jeremy Lawrence at Farella Braun.

NC COVID Ruling May Have Greater Coverage Implications

While the North Carolina Supreme Court's recent finding in favor of policyholders in a suit for business interruption coverage due to COVID-19 comes too late for most insureds to benefit, it should nonetheless have coverage implications far beyond COVID-19 claims, say attorneys at Robinson Bradshaw.

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