Three small business owners in Brentwood, Missouri, have filed a lawsuit against the city to stop a $436 million redevelopment plan. The lawsuit comes after the city declared a 40-acre strip of land running along Manchester Road in Brentwood blighted. With the declaration of blight, the city plans to use... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered former attorney Rudy Giuliani to begin handing over his assets to the Georgia election workers he defamed, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, within seven days. This comes as a result of a $148 million defamation judgment that was finalized nearly a year ago. Giuliani,... Read More »
Oregon’s largest gas utility faces mounting pressure from the state, and its customers after new lawsuits argue the gas company has been misleading its customers through its so-called climate-friendly program, which instead was allegedly engaging in “greenwashing” and deceptive practices. Oregon government leaders have been on a mission to hold... Read More »
George Gascón released a letter posted by a Menendez brother months before his parents’ murder, claiming severe abuse since childhood. The Menendez brothers, who were famously found guilty of murdering their parents in 1989, may have some hope of getting a On TikTok, new trial. Los Angeles County District Attorney... Read More »
A community in Texas has filed a lawsuit against a Bitcoin data mining company because of excessive noise and sound levels that they say are above the legal limit. Residents in Hood County argue that the company Mara Data Center is causing residents to suffer health problems because of the... Read More »
The family of a Warren, Michigan, man has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the city and two police officers who struck and killed their loved one in a deadly crash that killed two people. News of the lawsuit came just days after two Warren police officers struck and killed... Read More »
Popular casual dining chain Panera Bread has reached its first settlement in a series of lawsuits alleging the consumption of some of the company’s beverages has caused permanent injury or wrongful death. The settlement was the result of a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of 21-year-old college student, Sarah... Read More »
Members of the pioneering hip hop group 2 Live Crew have won a jury verdict allowing them to reclaim ownership of a substantial portion of their music catalog from Lil Joe Records, a label that held the rights for decades. The decision came after years of litigation centered around copyright... Read More »
A Massachusetts court ruled on Friday that Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit alleging it deliberately designed addictive features on its Instagram platform, which harm young users’ mental health. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Peter Krupp denied Meta’s request to dismiss the case brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy... Read More »
The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that over 800 military service members have had their discharge records upgraded to honorable status after being expelled from the military under the now-repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) policy. The DADT policy, introduced by President Bill Clinton in 1993, allowed LGBTQ individuals to serve... Read More »
North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, accusing the network of publishing false and damaging claims. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court, centers around a September CNN report that alleged Robinson had made offensive and inflammatory comments... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered Martin Shkreli, the controversial former pharmaceutical executive, to personally testify about whether he copied and distributed Wu-Tang Clan's ultra-rare album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. The order, issued by Judge Pamela K. Chen of the Eastern District of New York, comes as part of... Read More »
A former Director of Development for Renegade Entertainment, a subsidiary of Lionsgate, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing the entertainment giant of sex and pregnancy discrimination. Susan Merwin, who worked with Renegade, alleges that her employment was unlawfully terminated while on maternity leave. The complaint, filed... Read More »
Sean Combs, aka Diddy, and Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, have long feuded publicly. Currently, Jackson is behind a Netflix docuseries on Combs, with the subject being Combs’ current legal troubles centered around sex trafficking, racketeering, sexual assault and abuse allegations and lawsuits plaguing the rap mogul. Yet, meanwhile, Jackson... Read More »
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit Thursday against Cumberland DRW, the cryptocurrency arm of high-speed trading firm DRW Holdings. The lawsuit accuses Cumberland of violating securities laws by failing to register as a securities dealer, marking a significant escalation in the SEC’s ongoing crackdown on crypto firms,... Read More »
