A transfer order filed on December 11, 2015 has consolidated fourteen actions against 3M Company and Arizant Healthcare Inc. in the District of Minnesota for their patient warming product the Bair Hugger. There are fifty-one additional related federal cases that…
An alarming number of former NFL players are being diagnosed with CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) a progressive form of cognitive impairment associated with repetitive, mild trauma to the brain. The manifestation of this disease among former NFL players has been…
There are two class action lawsuits currently pending in Florida and Los Angeles Federal Courts against the popular hair care brand, WEN. The suit was originally filed in March 2015. Two hundred women in forty states have joined the suit…
Fitbit is an American company headquartered in San Francisco, CA. It creates wearable devices that measure health and fitness data. This data includes steps, walks, floors climbed, calories burned, heart rate, and sleep quality. Fitbit reported revenue of $365 million…
In August, 2015, a class action lawsuit was filed against AshleyMadison.com, a popular Canadian website that facilitates extramarital affairs. This is after a breach of the site’s data systems exposed the personal information of about 39 million current and former…
A recent outbreak of E coli and norovirus left over 500 Chipotle customers ill across 12 states. Â In August, 100 patrons and employees of one Chipotle restaurant in California became ill. Similar events occurred in Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Massachusetts.…
A guitarist and vocalist from the rock band “Cracker” has filed a lawsuit against the music-streaming service Spotify. The musician – David Lowery – seeks $150 million in damages from Spotify. He alleges that Spotify knowingly, willingly, and unlawfully reproduces…
In 2015, The Expert Institute once again ran our now-annual Legal Blog Post Writing Contest. We received great submissions from law students all around the country – ranging from serious to lighthearted and everything in between. While dozens of submissions were…
In 1976 George Lucas was having a difficult time. His new film, Star Wars, was scheduled to be released, but it wasn’t yet finished. He had to push the release date back to 1977, something the studio execs were not…
More than fifteen million lawsuits were filed in the United States last year. Since suing people (and consequently, being sued) appears to be an American pastime, every citizen should be familiar with how our legal system works. Some people find…