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This living topic covers significant class action lawsuits and high-profile litigation cases, focusing on issues ranging from corporate misdeeds to consumer rights. Key stories include shareholder lawsuits against Tesla over the SolarCity acquisition, major employment discrimination cases such as Dukes v. Wal-Mart, and the implications of mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts as seen in cases involving AT&T and Chase Bank. The content also delves into antitrust concerns with UnitedHealth's proposed acquisition of Amedisys and Facebook's alleged discriminatory housing ads. These articles provide insights into how these legal battles could reshape corporate accountability and consumer protections.

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Frozen embryos are not property, judge rules

The case involved a Virginia slave-era law that refers to people as 'goods or chattel'

March, 17th, 2025 By Truman Lewis

A Virginia judge has ruled that frozen embryos cannot be considered property that can be divided in legal disputes, rejecting an earlier court analysis that suggested they could be treated as "goods or chattel" under outdated laws.

The ruling was issued by Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Dontaè L. Bugg, who dismissed a lawsuit by Honeyhline Heidemann, a cancer survivor who sought access to two embryos she and her ex-husband, Jason Heidemann, had frozen during a 2015 in vitro ...

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