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New Vermont Law Halts Public Funds for Religious Schools. Is Litigation Ahead?
Aug 29 2025 // Since 2021, religious schools in Vermont have been receiving an increasing amount of money through Vermont’s school tuitioning program. But Act 73, Vermont’s wide-ranging education reform law signed into law in...
Peloton Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Post-Pandemic Outlook
Aug 28 2025 // Peloton Interactive must face a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by masking excess inventory of its home exercise equipment as the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic passed, a divided federal appeals court ruled on...
Wife Sues Hospital Over Husband’s Death From Legionnaires’ Disease
Aug 28 2025 // The wife of a man who died from Legionnaires’ disease has filed a wrongful death and negligence suit against the Massachusetts hospital where he was a patient when he contracted the disease and the company...
OpenAI, Altman Sued Over ChatGPT’s Role in Teen’s Suicide
Aug 27 2025 // The parents of a teen who died by suicide after ChatGPT coached him on methods of self harm sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday, saying the company knowingly put profit above safety when it launched the GPT-4o...
Anthropic Settles Class Action From Authors Alleging Copyright Infringement
Aug 27 2025 // Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said in a court filing on Tuesday that it has resolved a class action lawsuit from a group of U.S. authors who argued that its AI training infringed their copyrights, marking the...
Federal Appeals Court Decertifies SC Class Action on Undervalued Totaled Vehicles
Aug 26 2025 // A federal appeals court has decertified a class of plaintiffs in a South Carolina lawsuit alleging that Progressive Insurance undervalued total-loss vehicles, the latest turn in multiple, similar suits against U.S. auto...
Musk Sues Apple, OpenAI, Saying They Hurt AI Competition
Aug 26 2025 // Elon Musk accused Apple Inc. and OpenAI in a lawsuit of unfairly favoring the artificial intelligence company across iPhones and thwarting competition for other chatbot makers. Musk’s X and xAI seek billions of...
Kraft, Other Companies Beat Test Lawsuit Over Ultra-Processed Foods
Aug 26 2025 // Kraft, Mondelez, Coca-Cola and several other major food companies on Monday succeeded in winning the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused them of designing harmful “ultra-processed” foods addictive to...
Washington Staffing Company Paying $217K in Religious Discrimination Suit
Aug 26 2025 // A Washington-based staffing and recruiting agency is paying $217,500 after failing to hire a Muslim job applicant after he asked about a religious accommodation to attend Friday prayer. The company, Logic Staffing, also...
Northwestern Settles Hazing Scandal Lawsuit With Former Football Coach
Aug 25 2025 // Northwestern University has reached a settlement with former longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald two years after he sued the prestigious school amid a team hazing scandal, attorneys and the school announced...
Musk, X Corp to Settle $500M Lawsuit Over Twitter Firings
Aug 25 2025 // Elon Musk and his social media company X Corp have reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by former Twitter employees who said they were owed $500 million in severance pay. Attorneys for X Corp and the...
North Carolina Supreme Court Says Bars’ COVID Lawsuits Against State Can Continue
Aug 25 2025 // The North Carolina Supreme Court issued favorable rulings Friday for bars and their operators in litigation seeking monetary compensation from the state for COVID-19 restrictions first issued by then-Gov. Roy Cooper that...
Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
Aug 22 2025 // Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while working at a site in New York City have filed lawsuits against two construction management firms they allege should be held responsible for the...
Minnesota Sues TikTok Over Addictive Algorithms
Aug 21 2025 // Minnesota on Tuesday joined a wave of states suing TikTok, alleging the social media giant preys on young people with addictive algorithms that trap them into becoming compulsive consumers of its short videos. “This...
Google Settles YouTube Children’s Privacy Lawsuit for $30 Million
Aug 21 2025 // Google will pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated the privacy of children using YouTube by collecting their personal information without parental consent, and using it to send targeted ads. A preliminary...
Litigation Funder’s Plan to Invest in Law Firms Called ‘Bad Policy,’ With Big Impacts
Aug 21 2025 // With more states adding or considering restrictions on third-party funding of lawsuits, one of the largest litigation finance firms is now planning to invest directly in some law firms. “We are pursuing strategic...
Transgender Runner Sues NCAA and College for Removal From Track Team
Aug 21 2025 // Long-distance runner Evie Parts has sued the NCAA and Swarthmore College as well as members of its athletic department, saying they illegally removed her from the track team because she is a transgender...
Delta, United Sued for Selling Windowless ‘Window Seats’
Aug 20 2025 // Delta Air Lines and United Airlines were sued on Tuesday by passengers who claimed they paid extra money to sit in “window” seats, only to find themselves placed in seats next to a blank wall. Proposed class...
Tesla Drivers Can Pursue Class Action Over Self-Driving Claims, Judge Rules
Aug 20 2025 // Tesla must face a certified class action by California drivers who said Elon Musk misled them for eight years about the self-driving capabilities of his company’s electric vehicles. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said...
New York Marijuana Shops Sue State Over Mistaken Openings Too Close to Schools
Aug 19 2025 // A group of marijuana dispensaries in New York sued the state on Friday after cannabis regulators admitted they accidentally allowed pot shops to open too close to schools, putting the future of the businesses in...
