Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Exxon Sues California AG, Environmental Groups Over ‘Smear’
Jan 7 2025 // Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit alleging that California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups made defamatory comments about the oil company’s ability to recycle plastic. Exxon accused Bonta,...
After Nautilus Insurance Wins Civil Suit vs. Murdaugh, Trial Starts for His Conspirator
Jan 7 2025 // Just days after convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh was ordered to pay almost $15 million to Nautilus Insurance Co., his friend and co-conspirator is set to start trial in a civil suit brought by Nautilus for his role in the...
CFPB Sues Walmart, Scheduling Platform for Alleged Illegal Pay Practices for Gig Drivers
Jan 6 2025 // The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Walmart and work scheduling platform Branch Messenger for allegedly forcing delivery drivers that are part of the discounter’s gig program to use costly deposit...
US Steel, Nippon Sue Biden Administration Over Decision to Block Merger
Jan 6 2025 // U.S. President Joe Biden violated the Constitution by blocking Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel through a sham national security review, the companies alleged in a lawsuit they said was filed on...
US Chamber, Oil Firms Sue Vermont for Making Companies Pay for Climate Damage
Jan 6 2025 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change. The...
Judge Allows Lawsuit Claiming Poland Spring Water Is Not From a Spring
Jan 2 2025 // A federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss a long-running lawsuit accusing the former Nestle Waters North America of defrauding consumers by labeling its Poland Spring bottled water as “spring...
BTW Settles Whistleblower Suit on Overbilling of Federal Workers’ Comp Program
Jan 2 2025 // BTW Solutions bills itself as a drug wholesaler and billing service – and as a way for physicians to maximize profits on workers’ compensation and personal-injury-protection patients through the use of topical...
End of Criminal New Mexico Movie Shooting Case Against Baldwin May Unlock Civil Suit
Dec 31 2024 // The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer clears the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath,...
Maryland Sues Gore-Tex Maker Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution
Dec 30 2024 // Maryland is suing the company that produces the waterproof material Gore-Tex often used for raincoats and other outdoor gear, alleging its leaders kept using “forever chemicals” long after learning about...
LL Bean Agrees to Injunction to End Skechers Shoe Patents Lawsuit
Dec 27 2024 // LL Bean, the clothing and outdoor gear company, agreed to stop selling a line of casual shoes to settle a lawsuit in which Skechers USA accused it of copying a design for its own shoes, which have sold in the...
3rd-Party Litigation Funding, Federal Regs Among Insurance Trades’ Priorities for 2025
Dec 27 2024 // This story has been corrected to include the correct year in the headline. Insurance trade organizations are always working for the industry so Insurance Journal asked them: What are the top priorities and/or challenges...
Nebraska AG Sues Change Healthcare Over Data Breach
Dec 26 2024 // Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit last week in Lancaster County District Court against Change Healthcare alleging violations of the state’s Consumer Protection and Data Security Laws. The...
Lawsuit Targets Universities for Allegedly Favoring Wealthy in Admissions
Dec 26 2024 // Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a class-action lawsuit originally brought against 17 schools. Georgetown’s...
Allied World Policy Doesn’t Cover Troubled Sperm Bank’s Lawsuits, Court Says
Dec 26 2024 // At what point does a demand from an injured party constitute an insurance claim? In the case of a Georgia-based sperm bank, it’s when the injured party sends the letter – a date that came before the clearly worded...
Trump’s Lawyers Take Broad Approach in Suits Against Media
Dec 26 2024 // President-elect Donald Trump is adopting a wide-ranging legal strategy in suing media companies over what he describes as false or misleading coverage about him, filing cases under civil anti-fraud laws in addition to...
CFPB Sues Walmart, Fintech for Illegally Opening Accounts
Dec 23 2024 // Walmart Inc. and one of its financial technology partners allegedly opened expensive bank accounts for delivery drivers of the world’s largest retailer without their consent, a US consumer protection agency said on...
Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor Found in Contempt of Court After Lawsuit Loss
Dec 20 2024 // A computer scientist who falsely claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin was handed a suspended prison termafter being found in contemptof court by a London judge after a stinging lawsuit loss. The Cryptocurrency Open Patent...
American Airlines Settles Race Discrimination Suit by Black Men Removed From Flight
Dec 20 2024 // American Airlines has agreed to settle a race discrimination lawsuit by three Black men who were temporarily removed from a flight at the insistence of white flight attendants, according to a court filing on Thursday. The...
Texas Property Management Companies Pay $55K in Disability Discrimination Suit
Dec 19 2024 // Texas property management companies Castle Hills Master Association Inc., Bright Realty LLC, Bright Industries LLC, and Bright Executive Services LLC will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability...
Donald Trump Sues Iowa Newspaper Over Pre-Election Poll
Dec 19 2024 // President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its pollster for “brazen election interference” in publishing a survey the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris with a...
