Syracuse University Hit with Another Class Action Lawsuit Over Pandemic Refund Policy -
"She is looking to represent an estimated tens of thousands of students who paid for tuition in the spring semester of 2020."
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In this 30th issue of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, we continue to see cases challenging shutdown orders and capacity limits from restaurant and other business owners, including a possible...more
11/2/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Disney ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Eviction ,
Governor Newsom ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Moratorium ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Property Damage ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Workplace Safety
This 27th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us start with a discussion of a trend toward class actions, with later discussions on two key areas -- insurance coverage disputes and...more
10/13/2020
/ Audits ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Civil Liability ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Emergency Powers ,
Executive Orders ,
Firemen ,
Governor Hogan ,
Governor Whitmer ,
Governor Wolf ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
MI Supreme Court ,
Nursing Homes ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Patent Infringement ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Refunds ,
SCOTUS ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Employees ,
Students ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Waivers ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more
10/10/2020
/ Alabama ,
Breach of Contract ,
Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Churches ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Contamination ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Duty of Care ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Family Members ,
Governor Wolf ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Lack of Authority ,
Masks ,
Nursing Homes ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Pennsylvania ,
Popular ,
Property Damage ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Protests ,
Public Gatherings ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Reimbursements ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Remote Learning ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Employees ,
Split of Authority ,
State Legislatures ,
Statutory Immunity ,
Students ,
Take-Home Exposure ,
TRO ,
Universities ,
Veterans ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
This 24th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees a flurry of activity around government restrictions on mass gatherings and business operations -- including a significant ruling from...more
9/23/2020
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Bars ,
Business Closures ,
Citations ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Due Process ,
Executive Orders ,
Farmers ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor DeWine ,
Governor Wolf ,
Immigrants ,
Immunity ,
Masks ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
Nursing Homes ,
OSHA ,
Political Speech ,
Public Gatherings ,
Reimbursements ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Right to Peaceful Assembly ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Students ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
This 14th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. Employers are facing claims for both doing too much and too little in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more
7/13/2020
/ Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Austria ,
Bars ,
Board of Education ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disparate Impact ,
Due Process ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Equal Protection ,
Eviction ,
Executive Orders ,
Failure To Protect ,
First Responders ,
Florida ,
Free Speech ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Kid Rock ,
Lack of Authority ,
Landlords ,
Liquor Licences ,
Local Ordinance ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Masks ,
Medical Monitoring ,
Moratorium ,
Negotiations ,
New York ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
Nursing Homes ,
On-Call Employees ,
Parental Rights ,
Pennsylvania ,
Permanent Bans ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Protests ,
Public Schools ,
Rent ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Right to Privacy ,
San Francisco ,
Social Distancing ,
State Constitutions ,
State Health Departments ,
State of Emergency ,
Students ,
Takings Clause ,
Teachers ,
Tenants ,
Tennessee ,
Texas ,
Tourism ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Decontamination
Welcome to our first Product Lines issue of 2020. Product Lines is our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and product liability issues.
For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely...more
2/19/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Airlines ,
Celebrities ,
Class Action ,
Climate Change ,
Complex Litigation ,
Construction Defects ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Design Defects ,
False Advertising ,
Flight Crews ,
Flint Water Crisis ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Global Warming ,
Homeowners ,
Hurricane Katrina ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Nonprofits ,
Personal Liability ,
Product Defects ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Standing ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure
Welcome to the second 2019 issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues.
For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As...more
7/2/2019
/ Amazon ,
Asbestos ,
Bodily Injury ,
British Petroleum (BP) ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Clean-Up Costs ,
Commonality ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Damages ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Remediation Costs ,
Expert Witness ,
Failure To Warn ,
FRCP 23 ,
Groundwater ,
Johnson & Johnson ,
Jury Trial ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Kelly-Frye Test ,
Manufacturers ,
Monsanto ,
Negligence ,
PA Supreme Court ,
Product Defects ,
Property Damage ,
Residential Property Owners ,
SCOTUS ,
Sellers ,
Soil ,
Superfund ,
Third-Party Liability ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Witnesses ,
WV Supreme Court
Welcome to our inaugural issue of Product Lines—our e-newsletter focusing on toxic torts and products liability news and issues. As we all know, there are many issues that arise in this complex area of the law every day. We...more
5/31/2018
/ Asbestos ,
Beryllium Exposure ,
Case Consolidation ,
Civil Liability ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Dismissals ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Expert Testimony ,
False Advertising ,
Generic Drugs ,
Guidance Update ,
Innovator Liability ,
Manufacturers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Remand ,
Removal ,
Take-Home Exposure ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
WV Supreme Court