After a container ship plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year, the families of three construction workers who lost their lives in the accident are pursuing legal action against the ship's owners. This decision follows the catastrophic collision of the cargo ship Dali into the bridge on... Read More »
Sean "Diddy" Combs, the prominent hip-hop artist who has faced various accusations and lawsuits over the last year alleging sexual misconduct and abuse, is facing serious legal charges after a federal grand jury indicted him on counts of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution. The indictment... Read More »
Michael Wilson, 32, was serving a two-week jail sentence in the San Diego Central Jail for violating his probation. At the time of his imprisonment, he had an enlarged heart, a serious condition that began when he was four to five months old. As a result, he needed four different... Read More »
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, faced federal court charges on Monday for gun-related offenses following an apparent “attempted assassination” of former President Donald Trump on Sunday at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Currently, the two charges against Routh include possession of a firearm by a convicted felon... Read More »
A Georgia judge has dismissed three additional counts in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies, though the central racketeering charge remains intact. The ruling brings the total number of charges Trump faces down to eight felony counts from the original 13. Fulton Superior Court... Read More »
Walgreens, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the U.S., has agreed to pay $106 million to settle multiple lawsuits accusing the company of improperly billing government healthcare programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed. The settlement covers lawsuits filed in New Mexico, Texas, and Florida, with allegations that the... Read More »
Justin Timberlake, the multi-platinum singer and actor, pleaded guilty on Friday to impaired driving in Sag Harbor, New York, resolving a criminal case stemming from his June 18 arrest. Timberlake was arrested after running a stop sign and veering out of his lane while driving in the Hamptons, where police... Read More »
Francis Ford Coppola, the renowned director behind classic films like "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now," has filed a lawsuit against Variety and two of the story’s reporters, claiming that the entertainment trade publication defamed him with an article published in July. The article, which Coppola alleges was based on anonymous... Read More »
Navient, a major financial services company that primarily specialized in servicing and managing student loans, has agreed to pay $120 million to resolve allegations brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This settlement concludes the end of a contentious, years-long legal battle that began in January 2017 during the... Read More »
Christina Cardenas, the wife of a California inmate, has reached a $5.6 million settlement after being subjected to what she and her attorneys described as an unlawful and invasive strip search during a visit to see her husband in 2019. The lawsuit names the California Correctional Institution (CCI), the California... Read More »
After nine years of litigation and three trials, Virginia Simers, the widow of longtime Los Angeles Times sports columnist Thomas J. Simers (T.J.), won the right to collect attorney fees from the newspaper that employed her husband for over 20 years. He was fired from his job in 2013 and... Read More »
A recent ruling in Michigan has put Sean “Diddy” Combs in the spotlight for a civil lawsuit involving a $100 million default judgment, stemming from a 1997 allegation of sexual assault. This judgment, issued by the Lenawee County Circuit Court, comes after a Michigan inmate, Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, filed a... Read More »
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 587 (AB 587) into law in September 2022. Often referred to as “a social media transparency bill,” the law requires social media companies that collect personally identifiable information from internet users to make their privacy policies available to consumers and submit semiannual “Terms... Read More »
Jack and Meg White of The White Stripes accused former President Donald Trump and his campaign of "flagrant misappropriation" for using their iconic song "Seven Nation Army" without permission. The lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan federal court claims that the unauthorized use of the song in a video posted by... Read More »
Former University of Michigan football star Denard "Shoelace" Robinson is a named plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, accuses the sports organization of denying him and other college athletes millions of dollars in... Read More »
