Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) has agreed to pay $2.8 billion to settle an antitrust class action lawsuit brought by hospital systems, physicians, and other healthcare providers. The plaintiffs alleged that BCBS and its affiliates underpaid them for services and reimbursements. This proposed settlement, filed in an Alabama federal court... Read More »
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the Virginia Board of Elections (VBE) and the state Commissioner of Elections on Friday, accusing the state of violating federal voter registration laws by unlawfully purging voters from election lists. The lawsuit focuses on Virginia’s violation of the "quiet period"... Read More »
For NYC Mayor Eric Adams, 64, who runs the country’s largest city office, it’s business as usual, despite the fact that he is fighting federal bribery charges. Currently, Mayor Adams faces five federal criminal charges, which could result in a sentence of decades in prison if he is found guilty.... Read More »
B.P. is a professional dancer employed by the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team. The defendant, Andres Gutierrez, had been harassing her and sending her disturbing messages, photos, and gifts. She was scared, so she sought and received a restraining order in 2021. The trial court issued a temporary civil restraining... Read More »
On Thursday, US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan approved the release of redacted evidence against former President Donald Trump in the federal election interference case. This significant decision comes just weeks ahead of the 2024 election, where Trump is the Republican nominee, and follows a landmark ruling by the US... Read More »
The State Bar of California has ended the fake legal practice of a woman who misrepresented herself as an attorney who specialized in immigration and family law. As of October 1, Maria Leanos of El Cajon will no longer be permitted to have a law office or to represent herself... Read More »
A lawsuit was filed in a California state court last week against country star Garth Brooks. The plaintiff, who is listed pseudonymously as “Jane Roe,” claims to have been a makeup artist and hairstylist for the singer. Ms. Roe filed a suit accusing Mr. Brooks of rape, sexual assault, and... Read More »
May a service dog and a support person accompany brother and sister child sexual abuse victims when they testify, or would that allowance improperly boost their credibility? This issue and several others were raised on appeal in The People v. Jermaine Dawson, which Dawson lost on appeal to Division Five... Read More »
Walmart, Inc. agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit that was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC argued that the Bullhead City, Arizona, Walmart location violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) while enforcing its absenteeism policy with a worker. Stevey Wiman,... Read More »
A class-action lawsuit filed this week alleges that 40 elite private U.S. universities, including top institutions like Harvard, Yale, and Northwestern, conspired to inflate tuition costs by improperly including the assets of noncustodial parents when calculating financial aid. The lawsuit, initiated by a Boston University student and a Cornell University... Read More »
California’s new law, Assembly Bill 2839, aimed at combating AI-generated deepfakes in elections, faces a legal challenge after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking most of its enforcement. The law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last month, targets the distribution of “materially deceptive” AI-generated media designed to mislead... Read More »
The supernova celebrity couple that was once called Brangelina burned out in a messy public divorce, with allegations of abuse brought by Angelina Jolie against Brad Pitt. Now, two years after filing a lawsuit against the FBI related to her claims of her ex-husband’s abuse, Ms. Jolie has dropped her... Read More »
Edward Wayne Reid was charged with two violations of the California Penal Code after he grabbed and choked his “live-in girlfriend” Jane Doe for about 30 seconds. She saw spots, could barely swallow and felt dizzy. This case determined that the short time period during which she was choked was... Read More »
Prosecutors say damage from the scheme would have been $75 million and would have caused power outages for most of Maryland. The FBI announced on September 25 that Maryland resident Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 36, of Catonsville was sentenced to 18 years in prison plus a lifetime of “supervised release” for... Read More »
Journalist Olivia Nuzzi, a writer for New York Magazine and Politico, has gone on the record regarding her public accusations and ensuing court filing that her former fiancé Ryan Lizza allegedly created and launched a blackmail and harassment campaign against her. In court papers, Ms. Nuzzi accuses her ex-fiancé of... Read More »
