Kevin Connor helped the movie theater giant go public, pull off billions of dollars of acquisitions and then survive the COVID-19 pandemic.       

In Doe v. SSM Health Care Corporation, John Doe brought the putative class action against SSM Health Corp. in a Missouri state court, claiming SSM shared private health information with third-party marketing services in violation of Missouri law.       

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“There is no reason to believe companies are genuinely eliminating DEI—they are just going to hide it better,” said Paul Chesser of the National Legal and Policy Center, a nonprofit opposing corporate diversity programs.       

Walgreens argued the defendant, a family member of its founder, violated an agreement by starting Walgreen Health Solutions because it required him to take reasonable steps to avoid confusion between his companies and the retail giant.       

The appeals court concluded the probate court abused its discretion in disqualifying private counsel based on the determination that the plaintiff was incapable of hiring private counsel. The court concluded the record didn’t support the conclusion because the plaintiff wasn’t the one to hire the counsel.       

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“We are very pleased with the court’s opinion and we hope the decisionmakers at the state will finally come to their senses and pay what is owed instead of spending more taxpayer resources on litigation trying to avoid their debts,” Julian Dayal of Akerman in Chicago said on behalf of the plaintiffs.       

Citing U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit precedent, a federal judge in Illinois determined that Illinois and New York consumer protection claims against Dave’s Killer Bread product labeling weren’t preempted.       

A jury awarded a $5 million verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Christopher Y. Meek, for nearly 40 years of inflated prices for Kansas City Life Insurance Co. However, under the statute of limitations, the payout was reduced to $908,000.