The FDA enjoyed a win last week when the Supreme Court agreed with the agency’s refusal to approve the use of sweet-flavored e-cigarettes. The High Court unanimously struck down a lower court’s ruling that the FDA was wrong to block vape manufacturers, Triton Distribution and Vapetasia, from selling their flavored... Read More »
Taylor Swift has initiated legal action against Kanye West following a barrage of explicit and defamatory social media posts by the rapper, who alleged—without evidence—that the pop star engaged in sexual activity with fellow musicians Justin Bieber and Harry Styles. The claims, described in graphic detail by West, prompted Swift... Read More »
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in a Washington, D.C., courtroom Monday, facing federal antitrust allegations that could dismantle core pillars of his social media empire. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking to force Meta Platforms Inc. to divest Instagram and WhatsApp, arguing that Facebook’s acquisitions of the... Read More »
The long-running legal saga between former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and The New York Times returns to federal court this week, as a retrial begins in a defamation case that has grown into a litmus test for the First Amendment in an era of widespread distrust in the media. Originally... Read More »
When federal prosecutors charged a popular sexual wellness company with forced labor conspiracy in 2023, following a Netflix “true crime” documentary, little did they know that almost two years later their case would be thrown out of court. The 2023 federal indictment accused founder and former One Taste CEO Nicole... Read More »
Burger King will face a lawsuit brought by current and former Burger King employees who say the restaurant franchise violated antitrust laws. Miami U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez ruled that workers in the proposed class action lawsuit have provided enough factual details to support their claims and that the case... Read More »
A law professor who helped draft legislation to force oil, gas, and coal companies to pay for harm done to the climate due to their work is now being pressured by a conservative group through a lawsuit against her University. Rachel Rothschild, an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan... Read More »
Global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block thousands of lawsuits it is facing across the nation which allege the company failed to warn consumers about the cancer-causing dangers of its popular weed-killing product, Roundup. This latest request from Bayer comes at a time when it's... Read More »
A national sales director for a New York healthcare company pleaded guilty recently in a Boston federal court. David Fuhrmann of Port Jefferson, N.Y., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The federal law prohibits soliciting paying or receiving any remuneration of any value... Read More »
Since 2019, billions of people know it’s Christmas when they hear the now-classic Mariah Carey megahit song "All I Want for Christmas Is You." The song that dominates the holidays is the top-selling holiday single by a female artist with two billion streams on Spotify and over 16 million copies... Read More »
