Global music mogul and husband of Beyoncé, Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who claims he raped her when she was just 13 years old. Jay-Z, claims the woman, who initially sued him for rape but has since dropped her suit, is... Read More about Music Mogul Jay-Z Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Woman Who Alleges He Raped Her at 13
Democrats in the U.S. Senate recently blocked a Republican-written bill aimed at barring transgender women and girls from school sports teams designated for female students. The party-line vote of 51 to 45 thwarted considerations in the Senate of the G.O.P.’s latest move to use transgender people as a ‘hot button’... Read More about Senate Democrats Successfully and Unanimously Block GOP Bill to Ban Transgender Athletes From Participating in Women’s Sports
The Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Reagan Fondren, announced the arrest of Tennessee gynecologist Sanjeev Kumar, who was charged with numerous offenses. Dr. Kumar, 44, was charged with enticing and inducing four victims to travel interstate to engage in illegal sexual activity, adulteration of medical... Read More about Memphis Gynecologist Indicted for Sexually Abusing Patients, Adulterating Medical Devices for Re-Use, and Defrauding Medicare & Medicaid
Christina Fulton, 57, who dated actor Nicolas Cage from 1988 to 1991, filed a lawsuit against him and their son Weston Cage, 34, alleging she was severely assaulted by her son. Ms. Fulton also sued Nicolas Cage for “enabling” the alleged violent attack. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles... Read More about Christina Fulton Sues Son Weston for Violent Assault and Son’s Father, Nicolas Cage, for Allegedly “Enabling” Him
Greenpeace, a “global network of independent campaigning organizations” that protests environmental destruction, is being sued by Energy Transfer, a Dallas-based oil and gas company that claims the nonprofit group harmed its business with protests a decade ago. The suit was filed in North Dakota state court. Greenpeace International and the... Read More about Greenpeace Faces a $300 Million Lawsuit That Could Lead to Bankruptcy in a Test of First Amendment Rights to Free Speech and Protest
The United States Supreme Court rejected a suit last Friday from Holocaust survivors who requested compensation from Hungary for the theft of their assets by Nazis during WWII. The High Court voted unanimously to turn away the Holocaust survivors’ claim, which sought reparations for their looted property during WWII by... Read More about Supreme Court Blocks Holocaust Survivors’ Long-Running Lawsuit Against Hungary, Where Nazis Seized Their Assets During WWII
President Donald Trump unveiled his new Gold Card during a press conference in the Oval Office earlier this week, and while questions remain about what this new pathway to citizenship means for foreign-born immigrants, it’s not as novel an idea as it may sound. Trump announced in the Oval Office... Read More about President Trump Announces New ‘Gold Card’: Here’s What To Know
Ashley St. Clair, author and mother of one of Elon Musk’s 13 children, filed a lawsuit against him seeking sole custody of their son. St. Clair, 26, recently filed her custody petition in Manhattan with the New York Supreme Court for New York County, where the plaintiff and her child... Read More about Ashley St. Clair Sues ex Elon Musk for Sole Legal Custody of Their Son, His 13th Child, Submitting Texts to Court as Evidence
The Idaho Legislature passed a resolution urging the United States Supreme Court to reverse its 2015 ruling that gave same-sex couples the legal right to marry in all states. Although every Idaho House Democrat and 15 House Republicans opposed the anti-gay marriage House Joint Memorial 1, it still easily passed... Read More about Idaho Legislature Calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse Landmark 2015 Ruling Establishing Same-Sex Marriage as a Constitutional Right
California Attorney General Rob Bonta recently announced that his office has partnered with a coalition of 22 attorneys general from around the country to sue the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) due to severe “unlawful” funding cuts. The NIH... Read More about As Measles Makes a Comeback, CA Attorney General Leads Multi-State Coalition to Keep the White House From Cutting NIH Funding to Research Institutions and Universities
After a three-week trial, and a jury taking only three hours to reach a verdict, Grammy-nominated performer and rising actor A$AP Rocky, 36, was found not guilty in the shooting of a former musical collaborator. The case was highly sensational due in part to the fact that the rapper’s partner... Read More about With Partner Rihanna Watching From the Gallery, Rapper A$AP Rocky Found Not Guilty on Shooting Charges
President Trump may want to “open up” the nation’s libel laws to make it easier for public figures to sue news organizations, but for the most part, courts have not indicated a desire to revisit the long-standing precedent of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which has been the standard... Read More about Landmark 1964 Libel Ruling, Under Attack From Lower Courts and Even Some Supreme Court Justices, Seems Secure for Now, According to the Newspaper That Was at the Heart of the Original Decision
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about excessive force and lawsuits resulting from it. The Justices seemed to lean toward rejecting the traditional legal practice of courts that considered the history of an officer in regard to the use of force versus focusing only on the danger perceived by... Read More about Supreme Court Ponders Excessive-Force Lawsuits Concerning “the moment of threat” and the Fourth Amendment
A panel of three Supreme Court justices recently declined to block the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law passed by Congress which is being challenged in the courts. This law mandates that businesses share the identities of the owners who benefited from their firms with the United States Treasury office.... Read More about Supreme Court Reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act While the Legal Challenge to the Anti-laundering Bill Moves Through the Legal System
A longtime New Jersey Highland School District employee has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the district, saying she was passed over for a job promotion at least twice because of her age. Instead, she says younger candidates were hired for the role, as reported by news outlet My Central... Read More about Former NJ School Worker Files Age Discrimination Lawsuit