TikTok has voiced strong opposition to a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill aims to ban the app unless its Chinese owners, ByteDance, divest their stake within a stipulated timeframe. The bill cleared the House with a significant majority of 360 to 58 and is now... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly gearing up to file an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, alleging the concert behemoth has abused its dominant position in the live music industry to stifle competition, particularly in the ticketing sector. This development, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes... Read More »
CVS Health is set to continue a contentious legal battle following a federal judge's decision to deny the company's motion to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit. The suit accuses CVS of discriminating against people with HIV through its mandatory mail-order medication program. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen, presiding in... Read More »
Additional charges have been brought against an elderly Ohio man who shot and killed an Uber driver who was sent to his home to pick up a package. Eighty-one-year-old William Brock was initially arraigned on murder charges after he shot and killed 61-year-old Loletha Hall. Hall had pulled up to... Read More »
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that Bank of America's (BofA) use of the name "Erica" for its virtual banking assistant does not infringe on the rights of a website creator who owned an earlier trademark for "Erica." The case involved plaintiff Erik Underwood, who developed... Read More »
Casting Networks, a prominent talent listing service, is currently embroiled in a proposed class action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. The suit accuses the company of exploiting actors by charging them fees for audition opportunities, a practice alleged to violate a California law aimed at protecting performers from... Read More »
Universal Pictures has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by two men, Peter Michael Rosza and Conor Woulfe. The plaintiffs accused Universal of deceptive advertising practices related to the film "Yesterday." The settlement was confirmed on Friday as attorneys for both parties informed the court of their agreement, although... Read More »
An all-women, Black-led running group known as the TrailblazHers, has recently filed a lawsuit against the organizers of the Boston Marathon, the city of Newton, Massachusetts, and Newton Police Chief John Carmichael. The lawsuit originates from allegations of racial discrimination that the group experienced during the 2023 Boston Marathon race.... Read More »
Multiple lawsuits have been filed against a commercial truck driver and his employer after the truck struck a school bus. The accident killed two individuals and injured many others in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District. The fatal crash happened on March 22 in Austin, Texas. The school bus was... Read More »
Actor Hugh Grant has reached a settlement in a lawsuit against News Group Newspapers (NGN), the publisher of The Sun tabloid. The lawsuit, filed by Grant, accused NGN of hiring private investigators to unlawfully tap his phone, bug his car, and break into his home to gather information. Grant, known... Read More »
Railroad company Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million to end a class action lawsuit filed in 2023 after company train cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The derailment resulted in spilled chemicals, causing a fire that sent dark plumes of smoke into the air. The smoke cast a... Read More »
Al Roker and his production company, Al Roker Entertainment, have come under fire in a recent lawsuit filed on Tuesday by television producer Bill Schultz. Schultz, known for his work on renowned shows like "The Simpsons" and "King of The Hill," formerly served as an executive producer on a PBS... Read More »
“They destroyed the house, they broke every window, they put holes in the stucco. They deployed a ridiculous amount of contaminated chemicals…in the home, rendering it uninhabitable,” said the plaintiff’s lawyer during oral argument, while describing the damage a SWAT team inflicted on the home of Oleg Varlitskiy while they... Read More »
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the set of the Western film, ‘Rust,’ starring Alec Baldwin has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter following the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Hutchins was killed after Baldwin pulled the trigger of a prop gun that discharged with... Read More »
California’s commitment to clean and renewable energy is among the most progressive in the world. A lawsuit by an energy watchdog organization, however, challenged some of the recent decisions of the State’s key energy regulatory agency and sought the calendar of its current president for the time she served as... Read More »
