Because domestic violence can take many forms, California’s courts are often called upon to clarify the definitions and parameters of “abuse” within the meaning of the State’s Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA). A new ruling by a State Court of Appeal adds one additional factor: Repeated false reports to the... Read More »
The family of a Washington woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit following her untimely death while sitting in a hospital waiting room. Forty-one-year-old Cheyenna Costello was complaining of severe stomach pain on November 2, 2022. During the evening hours, her pain worsened and included vomiting and diarrhea, prompting her... Read More »
In a series of rulings last Friday, October 20, Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace rejected multiple motions by former President Donald Trump and the Colorado GOP to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at preventing him from appearing on the state's 2024 presidential ballot. The lawsuit invokes the 14th Amendment's "insurrectionist ban"... Read More »
On Wednesday, October 18th, a federal judge in Louisiana dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The lawsuit, filed by Spanish songwriter Sergio Garcia Fernandez, who goes by the stage name Angelslang, alleged that the iconic rock band's 2020 single "Living in a... Read More »
A nine-year-old transgender boy in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against the state over a newly passed bill that puts limitations on gender-affirming care for individuals under the age of 18. The child is identified by the pseudonym Victor Voe, in the lawsuit to conceal his identity. The suit... Read More »
In recognition of the many low-income students who live near the California-Mexico border and who seek quality higher education, Governor Newsom signed a bill that will create a pilot program that will allow 150 students who live within 45 miles of the California border to pay in-state tuition at nine... Read More »
In November 2021, a California man died while under the custody of Santa Rita jail in Dublin, California. In an amended complaint, his family says officials failed to take the appropriate action to save his life, leading him to suffer a “slow, torturous death.” Maurice Monk, 45, was taken into... Read More »
Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, a company specializing in generative artificial intelligence. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Tennessee, accuses Anthropic of "systematic and widespread infringement" for using copyrighted lyrics from artists like Katy Perry, The Rolling Stones, and... Read More »
Pharmaceutical giant Rite Aid is filing for bankruptcy protection in its efforts to cope with declining sales and financial losses associated with the over 1,000 federal, state, and local opioid-related lawsuits it has had to face over the years. Rite Aid has settled a majority of these lawsuits over the... Read More »
A newly filed lawsuit accuses a Yale University fertility clinic of failing to do more to stop a former nurse who diverted pain medication from her patients in order to satisfy her own drug habits. The lawsuit was filed on October 10th in Connecticut Superior Court against Yale Reproductive Endocrinology... Read More »
After California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) released water from Lake Oroville into the Oroville Dam during 2017 flood conditions, a local district attorney sued the agency for releasing harmful materials into the state’s waters. DWR said they did it in order to protect the dam. The statute that protects... Read More »
Tim Ballard, a former homeland security officer and the filmmaker behind the wildly popular movie Sound of Freedom, is now facing his own allegation of sexual misconduct made by women who worked alongside him during his sex trafficking rescue operations. At least two lawsuits have been filed against Ballard. The... Read More »
The People v. Simmons could also be named The Legislature v. The Judiciary. The conflict between the two branches of California’s government arose in a case that challenged the right of the state’s legislature to enact the Racial Justice Act (RJA) in 2020. The Act allows those convicted of crimes... Read More »
Social media platform TikTok is being accused of not taking enough measures to ensure the safety of child users, among other allegations made by the state of Utah in a newly filed lawsuit. Utah is the latest state to take legal action against the popular app, following similar action from... Read More »
When people sign up to drive for Uber and Lyft, they must agree to submit all their disputes with the companies to arbitration. But when the government is a party to a civil enforcement action against the ride-share companies, a California appellate court has ruled that similar arbitration agreements are... Read More »
