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Top Fund Managers Ask Federal Court to Dismiss Climate-Related Antitrust Lawsuit
Mar 24 2025 // BlackRoc, Vanguard and State Street have asked a federal court in Texas to dismiss a state lawsuit accusing the top fund managers of conspiring through climate activism to discourage coal output, with the firms saying the...
NC Supreme Court Says Family Can Sue Schools, Docs Over Unwanted COVID Shot
Mar 24 2025 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina mother and son can sue a public school system and a doctors’ group on allegations they gave the boy a COVID-19 vaccine without consent, the state Supreme Court ruled on Friday,...
Iowa Sues Bitcoin Depot and CoinFlip Over Crypto Scams
Mar 24 2025 // Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced lawsuits against Bitcoin Depot and CoinFlip, Iowa’s two largest cryptocurrency ATM operators, over their failures that allowed Iowans to transfer millions of dollars to...
Texas Lawsuit Alleges GEICO Raises Premiums Despite Accident Forgiveness
Mar 24 2025 // A class action lawsuit filed in Texas alleges GEICO doesn’t abide by its Accident Forgiveness program when a driver with an unblemished record gets into a first, at-fault accident. Texas resident Christopher Cude...
Contractors Insurance Alert: Construction Defect Lawsuits Rising
Mar 20 2025 // A new report identifying commercial litigation waves likely to pick up steam in 2025 highlights one particular theme that could further lengthen the tail of general liability claims for insurers writing policies for...
Survivor Advocates Criticize New York Top Court’s Dismissal of Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Mar 20 2025 // A lawsuit against New York alleging sexual abuse decades ago was tossed out by the state’s top court Tuesday because it lacked specific information, drawing criticism from advocates concerned about setting...
Pipeline Company’s Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Goes to a North Dakota Jury
Mar 19 2025 // Greenpeace used malicious and deceptive tactics to disrupt the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline and keep it from going forward, an attorney for the company behind the project said Monday. But attorneys for the...
California Man Wins $50M in Lawsuit Over Burns From Starbucks Tea
Mar 17 2025 // A delivery driver has won $50 million in a lawsuit after being seriously burned when a Starbucks drink spilled in his lap at a California drive-through, court records show. A Los Angeles County jury found Friday for...
Newsmax Paid $40M to Settle Defamation Suit Over 2020 Election Claims
Mar 17 2025 // Cable outlet Newsmax Media has paid $40 million to settle allegations it defamed Smartmatic by reporting false claims that the voting machine company helped rig the 2020 U.S. election for Joe Biden over Donald Trump,...
Texas Tech Medical School Settles Suit Over Alleged Race-Based Admissions Practices
Mar 14 2025 // A group led by Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, is claiming victory after it got a commitment from Texas Tech’s medical school not to consider race in admission decisions, which...
As State Attorneys General Grab Headlines With Lawsuits, Missouri’s Bailey Stands Out
Mar 14 2025 // When Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says he’ll seize assets to force China to pay a $24.5 billion award won in a lawsuit over COVID-19, the action might be aimed more at bolstering conservatives’...
Indonesian Fishermen Sue Tuna Giant Bumble Bee, Alleging Abuse in Supply Chain
Mar 14 2025 // Lawyers representing four Indonesian fishermen who say they were beaten and trapped on vessels that were part of the global supply chain that provided tuna to Bumble Bee Seafoods filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the...
News Corp. Sued by Google Search Engine Rival Brave Software to Defend Its ‘Fair Use’
Mar 14 2025 // News Corp. has been sued by Google search engine rival Brave Software, which seeks to forestall a lawsuit by Rupert Murdoch’s company for when readers are directed to copyrighted articles from the Wall Street Journal...
Australia Regulator Sues FIIG Securities for Cybersecurity Failures
Mar 13 2025 // The Australian securities watchdog said on Thursday it is taking fixed-income broker FIIG to court, alleging it failed to implement adequate cybersecurity measures over a four-year period, which enabled a hacker to...
Missouri Threatens to Seize Chinese Assets Across US in $24 Billion Lawsuit
Mar 12 2025 // Missouri’s attorney general is threatening to seize Chinese assets across the U.S. to collect $24.5 billion awarded in a lawsuit against China stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts were skeptical Monday,...
Girl Scouts Sued Over Alleged Metals, Pesticides in Thin Mints, Other Cookies
Mar 11 2025 // The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of “heavy metals” and pesticides in its popular Thin Mints and other cookies. A proposed class action was filed on Monday night in the...
New York Sues National General and Allstate Over Data Breaches
Mar 11 2025 // New York’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit against National General and its parent Allstate Insurance Co. alleging they have failed to protect New Yorkers’ personal information from cyberattacks. The suit by...
Lawsuit Aims to End LGBTQ Antidiscrimination Protections in Pennsylvania
Mar 11 2025 // Two public school districts and several parents have sued Pennsylvania in a bid to undo antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, saying the state’s two-year-old regulation is illegal because it...
Trump Organization Sues ‘Woke’ Capital One for Canceling Accounts
Mar 11 2025 // President Donald Trump’s company sued Capital One Financial Corp., accusing it of illegally “de-banking” him for political reasons by abruptly canceling hundreds of accounts for his sprawling real estate...
Supreme Court Nixes Challenge to State Climate Suits Against Oil Firms
Mar 10 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by 19 Republican-led states led by Alabama to block five Democratic-led states from pursuing lawsuits accusing major oil companies of deceiving the public about the role...
