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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...
Bayer Threatens to Stop Roundup Weedkiller Sales in US Over Litigation Costs
Mar 10 2025 // Bayer has told U.S. lawmakers it could stop selling Roundup weedkiller unless they can strengthen legal protection against product liability litigation, according to a financial analyst and a person close to the...
The Supreme Court’s Upcoming Ruling on Class Certification: A Watershed Moment for Insurance and Business Litigation
Mar 10 2025 // Imagine a world where insurers could fend off class action lawsuits early on simply because a handful of claimants lack tangible harm. That world may soon become reality. In a case poised to reshape the class action...
Texas PR Specialist Sues Blake Lively for Defamation
Mar 10 2025 // A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni over their film, “It Ends With Us.” Jed...
25 Pacific Palisades Fire Victims Sue LA and Water & Power
Mar 7 2025 // Twenty-five victims of the Palisades Fire victims filed an inverse condemnation lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, alleging the...
UK Court Blocks Class Action Lawsuit Against Water Companies Over Sewage Leaks
Mar 7 2025 // A UK court blocked a class action lawsuit over allegations of the under reporting of sewage leaks by six water companies including the debt-laden Thames Water Ltd. The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal dismissed the...
Canada Court Approves $23 Billion Settlement to End Big Tobacco Lawsuits
Mar 7 2025 // A Canadian court approved a plan to settle long-running tobacco lawsuits in the country as part of which the units of three Big Tobacco companies will pay C$32.5 billion ($22.67 billion), Philip Morris and British American...
Trump Administration Plans to Drop Lawsuit Against Louisiana Petrochemical Plant
Mar 6 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community near its Louisiana plant,...
Judge Allows Lobster Fishermen to Sue Environmental Group for Defamation
Mar 6 2025 // A group of lobster fishermen can sue one of the world’s largest seafood watchdog groups for defamation, a federal court has ruled, over a report that described Maine lobster as an unwise choice for consumers. The...
