Maureen McDermott was sentenced to death for the attempted murder and first-degree murder of her housemate in 1990. She filed a habeas corpus petition that asked the court to review the legality of her conviction, arguing that the district attorney who prosecuted her committed “prejudicial error” when she quoted Biblical... Read More »
The family of a 21-year-old college student who died after drinking a caffeinated beverage from Panera Bread has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The family says the company's deceptive marketing and mislabeling of the drink led their daughter to consume a beverage she would have otherwise avoided. The lawsuit was... Read More »
It’s a war of words in a new lawsuit that aims to control how elementary-age students are taught to read in Ohio. A popular national reading organization, Recovery Council of North America, filed its lawsuit against the state of Ohio and Governor Mike DeWine in an effort to block a... Read More »
Over 80 women have come together in a newly filed class action lawsuit against a Boston area doctor. The lawsuit, which was filed in Massachusetts state court earlier this month, accuses Dr. Derrick Todd of engaging in sexually abusive medical exams. At least 82 women have come together in a... Read More »
When Facebook learned that the personal data of its users had been harvested by a British consulting firm named Cambridge Analytica in 2018, the social media giant violated the Securities and Exchange Act by failing to disclose the data breach to its stockholders for two years. Instead, the Menlo Park-based... Read More »
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 »
