The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) began building a new 4.5-mile streetcar line to connect downtown Santa Ana with two transportation hubs. The construction required two public utility companies, Southern California Edison Company (SCE) and Southern California Gas Company (SCG) to relocate their equipment that was in the way of... Read More »
The legal battle involving Michael Jackson's estate has taken a new turn as his son, Blanket, seeks to block his grandmother, Katherine Jackson, from accessing funds from the late pop icon's estate for a legal appeal. Blanket, now 22 years old, has filed a legal injunction against Katherine, aiming to... Read More »
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, once the picture-perfect Hollywood couple, are currently involved in a prolonged divorce battle. The former couple, who exchanged vows in May 2019, are now navigating the legal process of terminating their marriage. Jonas initiated the divorce proceedings by filing in Miami in September 2023. Central... Read More »
A Burger King Franchise in New York City is facing a $15 million lawsuit filed by a local resident who says the fast food giant is helping fuel an open-air drug market and causing distress among local homeowners. The lawsuit was filed in early March with the New York Supreme... Read More »
Samantha E. Wood, the petitioner, is a transgender adult film star who has been known as “Candi Bimbo Doll” for over a decade, according to her petition for a name change. Because this identity has been “embraced” and consistently used by her, she filed a petition to legally change her... Read More »
Self-proclaimed “Super Mayor” Tiffany Henyard is under increased scrutiny after trustees on the village’s board began voicing their concerns about the mayor’s lavish spending. Today, the trustees are just some of the many disgruntled residents in the south suburban village of Dolton, Illinois, who have called out Henyard over her... Read More »
O.E. was an eighth-grade student at St. Mary’s School in Aliso Viejo in Orange County, California. In violation of the contract he signed when he enrolled, he shared a “collection of rap lyrics” that contained racist, sexist, sexual and violent lyrics with a fellow student. He was expelled and enrolled... Read More »
A South Carolina woman who was viciously attacked by a pack of dogs two years ago has filed a lawsuit against Abbeville County in the Court of Common Pleas. The dog attack left the woman with life-threatening injuries. Although she survived the attack, she lost both arms and suffered other... Read More »
Bryce Dixon arrived at the University of Southern California (USC) as a top-rated football tight end from Ventura, California, in 2014. The following spring, he was expelled for violating the University’s “affirmative consent” policy by engaging in nonconsensual sex with a student athletic trainer. He challenged his expulsion in Los... Read More »
A Massachusetts man has filed a $9.5 million lawsuit against the U.S. military after he crashed his snowmobile into a parked military Black Hawk helicopter. The crash happened in March 2019 in Worthington, Massachusetts, when 48-year-old Jeff Smith was riding his snowmobile along a snowmobile track that ran through a... Read More »
J.S., a 13-year-old who committed new crimes while on probation for robbery and battery, was judged to not be eligible to have his records sealed by the juvenile court. After being convicted and serving 15 months in juvenile detention, he was placed on probation and made a ward of the... Read More »
Six incarcerated plaintiffs throughout Pennsylvania filed a federal class action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections that would seek to end the indefinite use of solitary confinement. The lawsuit claims the practice is a violation of an inmate's constitutional rights. Solitary confinement is a form of short-term isolation inmates... Read More »
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles County issued an order that required its firefighters and other healthcare workers to get vaccinated by September 30, 2021. Those with opposite, approved religious beliefs, however, were exempt from the order, if they passed an interview with the County’s health department,... Read More »
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research lab, has publicly responded to Elon Musk's recent lawsuit with a detailed blog post, including emails that suggest Musk was supportive of the organization's shift towards a for-profit model. Musk, a co-founder of OpenAI, initiated legal action against the startup, accusing it of deviating from... Read More »
Banking giant Wells Fargo filed a motion with Federal Judge James Donato last week in the Northern District of California seeking a three-week extension to respond to the plaintiffs’ three expert evidence reports over allegations the bank racially discriminated against minority borrowers. The bank shared in its motion that it... Read More »
