The two actors who played star-crossed lovers in Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet are filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the film's distributor, Paramount Pictures. Despite having been filmed more than fifty years ago, at the center of their lawsuit is the claim that a nude bedroom scene was... Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered countless legal issues. Businesses and insurance companies are often right in the middle of them. It is common for companies to claim losses for “property damage” caused by COVID. But the definition of “property damage” and whether insurance policies must cover losses suffered as a... Read More »
Detriot Public Schools and a third party hired to contract bus drivers for the school system are facing a $3.5 million lawsuit after an attack on a twelve-year-old student. The lawsuit was filed by the child’s mother, Krissey Coakley, in Wayne County Circuit Court last week, and the family is... Read More »
Tragically, forced labor is alive and well in the United States of America. A married couple in Stockton, California, posted 47 help-wanted ads on Indian websites, seeking live-in nannies. They misrepresented the salaries, working conditions, and duties the job entailed. At different times, three women from India answered the ads,... Read More »
An ongoing cease-and-desist legal battle is taking the famous rock band Journey to new litigation, as the “Don’t Stop Believing” hitmakers add a musician’s wife to an ongoing legal action. The band Journey gained epic fame in the 1980s with hits such as “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Any Way You Want... Read More »
A man who strangled his ex-wife and then threw her overboard from their cruise ship into the Mediterranean Sea lost an appeal from his conviction for first-degree murder for financial gain. He argued that six pieces of evidence presented at trial should not have been admitted. The appellate court reviewed... Read More »
Disciplining high school students for racist, bullying, vulgar, or harassing speech posted on social media does not violate the First Amendment whether it occurs on campus or in the privacy of students’ homes. The Ninth Circuit followed a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that said social media posts... Read More »
A California Superior Court judge ordered mandatory drug tests for a father who hoped to begin home visits with his two children, aged two and four. When he admitted that he occasionally used marijuana, a legal substance in the state, the hearing judge told him, “You can smoke pot, or... Read More »
A new class-action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York targets tech giant Apple and their popular iWatch. The lawsuit claims that the popular digital watch has a "racial bias" against users who have a darker skin tone. The class-action lawsuit which was filed on Christmas Eve by... Read More »
Geoffrey S. posted notices on Facebook that he was buying “ammo” to protect himself from a government takeover and COVID vaccines with tracking devices. He owned several shotguns. His social media posts were filled with conspiracy theories and allegations such as claims that Bill Gates had already killed millions. Police... Read More »
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has joined a growing list of state attorneys general who are suing national pharmacy chains over their role in the national opioid over-prescription crisis that has killed tens of thousands of Americans. Ferguson’s lawsuit was announced last week and is going after pharmacy chains... Read More »
A creative New Hampshire husband with an Etsy store was charged with a conspiracy to send Russia high-tech equipment used in nuclear weapons. Alexey Brayman, along with others, allegedly ran an international ring that smuggled technology suited for nuclear weapons into Europe and then Russia. FBI counterintelligence agents raided the... Read More »
A University of Idaho professor has filed a defamation lawsuit against a TikTok user after the TikToker perpetuated claims that the professor was responsible for the death of four Idaho college students murdered in their home over a month ago. Rebecca Scofield is an assistant history professor and author at... Read More »
Most people wouldn’t consider suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to be “fun,” but most people are not Micky Dolenz, 77, the last living member of the 1960s sensation The Monkees. Dolenz had heard for years that the FBI created a “secret dossier” about the band, and decided to sue... Read More »
Morley Companies Inc. has agreed to a $4.3 million payment to settle a class-action lawsuit following a data breach that compromised sensitive information from its clients and customers. The Michigan-based company operates by providing business process outsourcing to its contracted companies. Many industries including the health sector receive services... Read More »
