Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Judge Narrows Star Russian Soprano’s Lawsuit Against Met Opera
Aug 27 2024 // Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera was narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to dismiss the star soprano’s allegations of defamation, breach of contract and...
Amazon Must Face D.C.’s Antitrust Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules
Aug 26 2024 // An appeals court in Washington, D.C. revived the district’s lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc on Thursday, saying it plausibly claimed the online retailer’s pricing policies illegally stifle competition. The...
Former Citigroup Exec Suing Bank Was Fired for Performance, Company Says
Aug 26 2024 // Citigroup alleges that a former managing director suing the bank was fired for performance reasons, rather than for what she said were attempts by the bank to give regulators false information. On Thursday, the bank...
Jury Sides With Teacher in Suit Against District Over Jan. 6 Rally
Aug 26 2024 // A Pennsylvania school district violated a teacher’s constitutional rights by falsely suggesting he took part in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal jury has concluded. After an 11-day trial, jurors found...
Acquitted Yale Student Sues Women’s Groups for Calling Him a Rapist
Aug 23 2024 // An expelled Yale University student who was acquitted of sex assault charges in 2018 is now suing 15 women’s advocacy groups and an attorney for defamation after being called a “rapist” in a court brief...
Authors’ Class Action Targets AI Company Anthropic for Copyright Infringement
Aug 23 2024 // Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court by three authors who say it misused their books and hundreds of thousands of others to train its AI-powered...
Disney Drops Bid to Toss Allergy Suit Because Plaintiff Signed Disney+ Arbitration
Aug 22 2024 // NEW YORK (AP) — Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+. The company filed a notice in...
Family of Man Fatally Shot Sues West Hartford Police, Seeks Federal Probe
Aug 22 2024 // The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and called Wednesday for a federal civil rights...
Judge Allows Transgender Girl to Play Soccer as Lawsuit Challenges New Law
Aug 21 2024 // A federal judge temporarily cleared the way Monday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while she and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban. The families of Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris...
US Appeals Court Revives Google Privacy Class Action
Aug 21 2024 // A U.S. appeals court said Google must face a revived lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronize their browsers with...
Lawsuit: Student with Down Syndrome Subjected to Abuse in Kansas School
Aug 19 2024 // An employee of a rural Kansas school district repeatedly shoved a teenager with Down syndrome into a utility closet, hit the boy and once photographed him locked in a cage used to store athletic equipment, a lawsuit...
Rhode Island Sues 13 Firms That Worked on Troubled Washington Bridge
Aug 19 2024 // Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee announced Friday that the state has filed a lawsuit against 13 companies that provided design, construction and inspection services related to the troubled Washington Bridge. The bridge was...
Downward Spiral: Florida Insurance Agent Charged with Embezzlement After Lawsuits
Aug 16 2024 // Florida authorities have arrested a well-known southwest Florida insurance agent, charging him with larceny and embezzlement of premiums. Reid McDaniel, 33, who was named the honorary mayor of North Fort Myers last year...
Michigan State Sued Over Adolf Hitler Quiz Question Displayed at Football Game
Aug 16 2024 // EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State has been sued over the Adolf Hitler question that appeared on Spartan Stadium screens before a game last season, with the quiz’s creator saying the university didn’t...
Client Mix-up Leads to Lawsuits, Bar Complaint Against Mississippi Comp Lawyer
Aug 16 2024 // What’s in a name? Thousands of dollars, a lost job, denied insurance coverage and the possibility of a suspended law license for a Mississippi workers’ compensation attorney, apparently. It all has to do with...
All-Star Hamby Sues WNBA, Aces Alleging Discrimination, Retaliation for Being Pregnant
Aug 16 2024 // All-Star Dearica Hamby sued the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and her former team in federal court Monday regarding her treatment from the Las Vegas Aces while pregnant. Hamby’s lawsuit alleged...
Delaware High Court Upholds Blockbuster $267 Million Legal Fee in Dell Lawsuit
Aug 15 2024 // Five law firms should receive $267 million in legal fees for obtaining a $1 billion settlement for shareholders of Dell Technologies DELL.N, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting arguments that the...
Texas Sues GM for Allegedly Collecting Drivers’ Data, Then Selling it to Insurers
Aug 14 2024 // General Motors GM.N has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the automaker of installing technology on more than 14 million vehicles to collect data about drivers, which it then sold to insurers and other...
SEC Sues Over Alleged $650 Million Global Crypto Fraud
Aug 13 2024 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued the cryptocurrency company NovaTech and its married co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised over $650 million from more than 200,000 investors worldwide,...
Tesla Sued by Family of Electrician Who Died at Austin Facility
Aug 12 2024 // The family of a Texas man who died while working at Tesla’s Austin-area facility last week is suing the electric vehicle company and his employer. The lawsuit said the worker, Victor Joe Gomez Sr., was at the...
