A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), a federal law requiring corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs) to disclose their beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department. The move delays a compliance deadline for millions of businesses originally set for... Read More »
Actress Blake Lively recently starred in the hit movie ‘It Ends with Us,’ about a woman suffering from abuse at the hands of her partner, played by co-star and director Justin Baldoni. Though the movie is one of the most viewed films of 2024, Ms. Lively said she suffered on... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing an investor-led class-action lawsuit that accuses tech giant NVIDIA of misleading its investors. The Swedish inventors pursuing the case say they were misled about sales of the computer chips as they relate to volatile cryptocurrency mining demand. The Supreme Court's decision stems from the... Read More »
The parent company of a popular chatbot application, Character.AI, is facing continued scrutiny over its influence and lack of safety guardrails on its impressionable young users. A recently filed lawsuit accuses the app and its makers of failing to apply regulatory requirements and laws designed to protect children online. This... Read More »
The daughter of an 80-year-old woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the makers of a Sleep Number bed after her mother, Rosalind Walker, died from injuries sustained after getting trapped in the bed. The lawsuit was filed in a St. Louis County, Missouri, court against the makers of... Read More »
Rymir Satterthwaite, a 31-year-old man who claims that rapper Jay-Z – whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter – is his father, is the plaintiff in a lawsuit against Carter, accusing him of using shady practices to avoid taking a DNA test to prove or disprove his paternity. Having gone... Read More »
A class action sex discrimination lawsuit filed in 2019 by 34 former FBI agent trainees attending the FBI agent training academy has resulted in a $22.6 million settlement. In addition to paying the monetary award, the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to work with experts to review and reform the... Read More »
When President Donald Trump takes office on January 20, 2024, the U.S. may face a chill sent by Ontario over the expected tariffs against Canada. In response to Trump’s vow to set tariffs for all products from Mexico, Canada and China, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the province will retaliate... Read More »
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized a new rule requiring businesses to disclose total prices upfront, including any mandatory fees, marking a significant move to protect consumers from hidden charges. Announced on Tuesday, the rule mandates that the total price, inclusive of all fees, be prominently displayed whenever pricing... Read More »
The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson now faces federal charges, including murder and stalking, alongside state murder and terrorism charges previously filed in New York. Luigi Mangione, 26, was formally charged in a Manhattan federal court on Thursday, following his extradition from Pennsylvania. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan... Read More »
The state of Texas filed a lawsuit against a medical doctor located in New York, claiming the defendant “violates Texas law by providing abortion-inducing drugs to Texans through telehealth.” Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, M.D., is not licensed to practice medicine, including telemedicine, in Texas, according to the civil complaint submitted... Read More »
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a groundbreaking complaint against the producers of Netflix's hit reality show Love Is Blind, arguing that contestants should be classified as employees rather than participants. The complaint alleges that contestants were misclassified, depriving them of basic labor protections under federal law. If... Read More »
The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan earlier this month has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The new charge against Luigi Mangione, 26, marks a significant escalation in the legal case as authorities work to extradite him from Pennsylvania... Read More »
Sean “Diddy” Combs is in jail awaiting his trial on federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution. Simultaneously, he has been accused of sexual assault by numerous people, and several civil lawsuits have already been filed. Now, one of his accusers has gone public:... Read More »
Two women have accused a Modesto obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Robert Altman, of alleged sexual exploitation and misconduct. The California Medical Board has since charged him with the alleged acts and said he is subject to disciplinary action. The Board is responsible for the oversight of the state’s physicians’ licensing. After doing... Read More »
