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New York Times Sues Perplexity AI for ‘Illegal’ Copying of Content
Dec 5 2025 // The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Friday, claiming that the artificial intelligence startup was copying, distributing and displaying millions of its articles without permission. The startup has...
Standard Chartered Settles £1.5 Billion Iranian Sanction Suit in London
Dec 5 2025 // Standard Chartered Plc has settled an investor lawsuit worth £1.5 billion ($2 billion) over allegations it systematically breached sanctions against Iran to win new business. In a London Court of Appeal ruling over...
Instacart Sues New York City Over Worker Pay, Tipping Laws
Dec 4 2025 // Instacart sued New York City on Tuesday, seeking to block enforcement of five laws affecting the grocery delivery company, including higher minimum pay for app-based workers and greater disclosures to customers about...
Lawsuit Alleges USA Gymnastics, SafeSport Failed to Stop Sexual Abuse
Dec 3 2025 // Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies, alleging they failed to stop Sean Gardner from preying on girls despite repeated...
State Farm Sued Over Policies Backed by Distressed Insurer PHL
Dec 3 2025 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. faces a lawsuit accusing it of fraud and unjust enrichment for selling products from PHL Variable Insurance Co., which authorities say has a $2.2 billion capital shortfall that...
Victims’ Families to Sue for Wrongful Death Over UPS Cargo Jet Crash
Dec 3 2025 // Families of the victims of a UPS cargo jet crash plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday, according to one of the law firms representing the victims. The UPS MD-11 cargo jet crashed immediately after taking off...
San Francisco Sues Kraft, Coca-Cola Over Ultra-Processed Foods
Dec 2 2025 // The city of San Francisco sued Kraft, Mondelez, Coca-Cola and other makers of ultra-processed foods on Tuesday, accusing them of knowingly sickening California residents with addictive and harmful products. City Attorney...
Trump Administration Backs Bayer’s Bid to Curb Roundup Lawsuits
Dec 2 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to take up Bayer’s bid to curtail thousands of lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, pushing the group’s...
Viewpoint: Bombarded by Fire Lawsuits, Policy Change is Sorely Needed in California
Dec 2 2025 // Mere days into the new year of 2025, Los Angeles faced the highly destructive Palisades Fire, which destroyed some 6,837 structures, including two public schools, four churches, historical sites and more than 5,400 homes....
Lawsuit Over Burger King’s Whopper Ads Set Back by Federal Judge
Dec 1 2025 // A federal judge dealt a setback to customers suing Burger King over advertising for its Whopper sandwiches, saying their claims were too disparate to justify certifying a nationwide class action. The lawsuit by 19...
Litigation Finance Hits a Wall After Bets on Huge Gains Falter
Dec 1 2025 // Litigation finance is having a bad year. After predicting huge growth as recently as January 2024, the industry is now finding that hedge funds and other sources of capital are pulling back. The situation has led some...
GEICO Can’t Squirm Out of South Carolina Lawsuit That Claims the Company Owes $70 Million in Back Taxes and Penalties, Judge Says
Dec 1 2025 // GEICO insurance companies can’t dismiss a South Carolina lawsuit that demands they pay almost $70 million in back taxes and penalties, a federal judge ruled in a case that could ultimately affect how insurance taxes...
Families of Camp Mystic Flood Victims Allege Negligence in Lawsuit
Dec 1 2025 // The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July 4, failed to take necessary steps to protect the campers as life-threatening floodwaters approached,...
Viewpoint: Coverage Lawsuit Trends Signal a New Era of Insurance Litigation
Dec 1 2025 // A new wave of insurance coverage litigation has taken shape in U.S. federal courts, with lawsuit activity in insurance disputes since 2022 diverging sharply from the patterns of both the pandemic years and the decade...
Illinois Roofing Company Sued for Race and Sex Harassment
Nov 26 2025 // Anthony Roofing Tecta America LLC and Tecta America Corporation, roofing services providers in Illinois and nationwide, violated federal law when they subjected African American and female employees of their Aurora,...
Lawsuits Pile Up for a Nursing Home Empire Built Despite State Investigations
Nov 26 2025 // In February 2024, a Los Angeles County jury awarded $2.34 million to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz, finding that the facility had violated her rights on 132 occasions, at times leading to serious...
Amazon Delivery Company Sued in Michigan for Disability Discrimination
Nov 25 2025 // ALM Freight, LLC, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner company, and LMDmax Corp., violated federal law at ALM’s Pontiac, Michigan facility by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation for a deaf job applicant after...
Most Consumers Aware and Worried How Litigation Increases Insurance Cost
Nov 25 2025 // The message appears to be getting through to consumers: Excessive insurance litigation is not good for insurance costs. According to a new survey from the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big I),...
Binance Faces Lawsuit by Hamas Victims Under Anti-Terrorism Law
Nov 25 2025 // Binance Holdings Ltd. faces a lawsuit claiming the cryptocurrency platform “knowingly facilitated” crypto transactions by Hamas before the group attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking...
Lawsuit Alleges Farm Bureau Financial Concealed Fraudulent Activities
Nov 24 2025 // Two former top investigators for Farm Bureau Financial Services are suing the company for fraud, racketeering and wrongful termination. The lawsuit alleges the insurer’s management group knew of fraudulent activity...
