Mayer Brown Loses DQ Bid in Yogurt Labeling Case By Max Taves | The Litigation Daily | August 5, 2013 Max Taves writes for The Recorder, an American Lawyer affiliate. Mayer Brown swung for a TKO against the team of plaintiffs lawyers behind a recent wave of food labeling litigation. But in the end, it lost […]

HALE V. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL, U.S.D.C SO. DIST. ILLINOIS In 1998 in the Avery v. State Farm case, Don Barrett’s law firm along with co-counsel won the largest verdict ever against State Farm for requiring the use of imitation crash parts in its auto repairs.  After years of appeals, the […]

Jimmy Haslam settles fuel rebate shortage lawsuits; preliminary order filed in Arkansas court (Plain Dealer file photo) Print By Alison Grant, The Plain Dealer Email the author | Follow on Twitter on July 16, 2013 at 6:18 PM, updated July 17, 2013 at 8:09 AM Pilot Flying J Investigation Haslam suit settlement leads to new […]

Pilot Flying J to repay trucking companies Travis Loller, Associated Press       July 16, 2013   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam has agreed to pay back the trucking companies that were cheated out of fuel rebates, according to a settlement given preliminary approval Tuesday. […]

Virginia GOP says Puckett has most to gain from prolonged gas royalty court case Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2013 8:09 pm | Updated: 4:53 pm, Fri Jun 14, 2013. BY MICHAEL L. OWENS | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Virginia Republicans said Thursday that the Democratic state senator calling for a state investigation into how Attorney General […]

GOP says Democratic senator who called for probe of Cuccinelli has his own conflict By Fredrick Kunkle, Published: June 13, 2013 Virginia Republicans say a Democratic state senator who called for the state’s Inspector General to investigate Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II’s handling of a complex legal dispute over mineral rights may have his own potential […]

Legal fight over drilling money becomes part of Virginia governor’s election battle By Fredrick Kunkle, Published: June 13, 2013 A complex legal dispute over mineral rights in Virginia’s coal country has become the latest battleground in the state’s bitterly fought gubernatorial race, with Democrats accusing Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II of improperly siding with out-of-state energy […]

Cuccinelli vs. Southwest VA Landowners? By Sandy Hausman There’s a new controversy brewing – one that could mean trouble for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.  It involves a lawsuit on behalf of landowners in Southwestern Virginia. Enlarge image VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli They claim two energy companies failed to pay them royalties on methane gas […]

District judge will make final ruling on gas royalty suit status Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2013 8:15 pm | Updated: 8:25 am, Fri Jun 7, 2013. BY MICHAEL L. OWENS | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. – A jury might one day get to decide whether energy companies cheated thousands of Southwest Virginia landowners out […]