Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tech Industry Trade Group Sues Arkansas Over Social Media Laws
Jun 30 2025 // A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas Friday over two new laws that would place limits on content on social media platforms and would allow parents of children who killed themselves to sue over content on the...
Wall Street Backs LA Wildfire Lawsuits, Chasing Billions
Jun 30 2025 // The Los Angeles wildfires have generated potentially thousands of new clients for lawyers and prospects for billions in fees. Wall Street wants in on the action, too. The chance at a piece of strong returns has encouraged...
GM Wins Victory as Appeals Court Decertifies Transmission Lawsuits
Jun 30 2025 // General Motors persuaded a federal appeals court on Friday to decertify a class action seeking to hold the automaker liable for knowingly selling about 800,000 cars, trucks and SUVs with faulty transmissions. In a 9-7...
Judge Says California FAIR Plan Violates Law; Industry Fights Consumer Group Suit
Jun 26 2025 // A judge ruled that the California FAIR Plan’s smoke-damage policy violates state law, while in another matter a lawsuit from a consumer group is drawing concern from insurers that it could push the California...
Michigan Suit Alleges Teacher Humiliated Student for Refusing Pledge of Allegiance
Jun 26 2025 // The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of a 14-year-old student who said a teacher humiliated her for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in protest of U.S. support of...
Meta Fends Off Authors’ Copyright Lawsuit Over AI
Jun 26 2025 // A federal judge ruled on Wednesday for Meta Platforms against a group of authors who had argued that its use of their books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system infringed their copyrights. U.S....
Visa Defeats New York Man’s Proposed Class Action Over Gift Card Scam
Jun 26 2025 // Visa defeated a proposed class action lawsuit on Monday by consumers who accused the world’s largest card payments network of failing to warn that its prepaid “Vanilla” gift cards were susceptible to...
Microsoft Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
Jun 26 2025 // Microsoft has been hit with a lawsuit by a group of authors who claim the company used their books without permission to train its Megatron artificial intelligence model. Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, Daniel Okrent and several...
MIT Sued by Student, Instructor Claiming Campus Antisemitism
Jun 26 2025 // The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was sued by an instructor and a former student who claim the school’s administration failed to address a “hostile anti-Semitic environment” on campus following...
Tesla Sued Over Model S Crash That Killed Three in New Jersey
Jun 26 2025 // Tesla was sued on Monday by the estates of three people killed last September when their 2024 Model S equipped with Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features crashed on New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway. The wrongful...
Louisiana Attorney General Sues CVS for Deceptive Practices
Jun 25 2025 // Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said on Tuesday she had filed three separate lawsuits against CVS CVS.N for unfair, deceptive and unlawful practices “that have harmed Louisiana patients, independent...
DC Sues 4 Drivers With 1,000 Outstanding Traffic Violations
Jun 25 2025 // A Maryland resident with 414 outstanding traffic citations, including 360 for excessive speeding, is being hauled into court by District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb who is seeking to collect the $168,168...
Anthropic Wins Key Ruling on AI Training in Authors’ Copyright Lawsuit
Jun 25 2025 // A federal judge in San Francisco ruled late on Monday that Anthropic’s use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was legal under U.S. copyright law. Siding with tech companies on a...
Aflac Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach of Customer Info
Jun 25 2025 // An Alabama law firm wasted little time in filing a proposed class-action lawsuit against Aflac Inc., claiming the supplemental insurance giant knew the risks of a cyberattack and failed to protect policyholders’...
Colorado Dance Hall Operator to Pay $100K in Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit
Jun 25 2025 // A Colorado dance hall operator must pay $100,000 to former employees to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit ‘Murica LLC, operator of the Western-themed Starlite Station bar and dance hall in Greeley,...
Jury Awards $2.25M to Georgia Couple in Suit Over Autopsy Images of Baby
Jun 23 2025 // A jury has awarded a Georgia couple $2.25 million in their lawsuit accusing a pathologist of posting graphic videos of an autopsy of their decapitated baby. A Fulton County jury returned the verdict against Dr. Jackson...
Musk’s X Sues New York to Halt Reports on Handling of Problematic Posts
Jun 23 2025 // Elon Musk ‘s X sued Tuesday to try to stop New York from requiring reports on how social media platforms handle problematic posts — a regulatory approach that the company successfully challenged in California. New...
Walmart to Pay $10M to Settle FTC Lawsuit Over Money Transfer Fraud
Jun 23 2025 // Walmart has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission civil lawsuit accusing the world’s largest retailer of ignoring warning signs that fraudsters used its money transfer services to fleece...
Michigan Battery Manufacturer to Pay $95K Over Disability Discrimination Suit
Jun 20 2025 // Navitas Systems, LLC, an Ann Arbor, Michigan battery manufacturer, will pay $95,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal...
Racketeering Suit Alleges NY Insurance Fraud Scheme by Lawyers, Medical Providers
Jun 19 2025 // A New York specialty insurance managing underwriter for contractors and construction risks has sued a New York City personal injury law firm and dozens of medical providers, alleging a wide-ranging scheme to defraud...
