Latest Lawsuits Headlines
All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Google Sued by Advertising Exchange Over Monopoly Violations
Sep 9 2025 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google was sued by advertising exchange PubMatic Inc., which is seeking billions of dollars over its claim that the search giant has illegally monopolized the ad technology market. The lawsuit, filed...
Renaissance Introduces the First in a Suite of AI Solutions for Independent Agents
Sep 8 2025 // Agency network Renaissance said it has become the first of its kind to deliver an exclusive suite of artificial intelligence solutions built specifically for independent insurance agents. “Independent insurance...
Buffett’s Oregon Utility Says Fire Lawsuits Pose Shutdown Risk
Sep 8 2025 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp says ongoing litigation from massive wildfires in 2020 that exposed the company to billions of dollars in damages is jeopardizing its ability to continue providing power to...
Suit That Claimed Fox Sports Ex-Host Harassed Stylist Has Been Mostly Resolved
Sep 8 2025 // A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports has resolved most of a lawsuit that alleged former host Skip Bayless made repeated, unwanted advances toward her — including an offer of $1.5 million to have sex with...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Detroit Officer in Facial Recognition Arrest
Sep 8 2025 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Detroit police in the wrongful arrest of a pregnant woman who was charged in a carjacking partly because of facial recognition technology. Porcha Woodruff, who was eight months...
While One Suit Over Citizens’ DOAH Hearings Is Dropped, Drama Builds in Another
Sep 8 2025 // A federal judge agreed to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a 92-year-old Miami homeowner claiming that a state-run arbitration agency deprives policyholders of their constitutional rights when reviewing claims disputes against...
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Authors’ Copyright Class Action
Sep 8 2025 // Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge on Friday that it has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using their books to...
Litigation Funder’s Plan to Invest in Law Firms Called ‘Bad Policy,’ With Big Impacts
Sep 8 2025 // With more states adding or considering restrictions on third-party funding of lawsuits, one of the largest litigation finance firms is now planning to invest directly in some law firms. “We are pursuing strategic...
Northwestern Settles Hazing Lawsuit with Former Football Coach
Sep 8 2025 // Northwestern University reached a settlement with former longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald two years after he sued the prestigious school amid a team hazing scandal, attorneys and the school announced. “Though I...
Publisher Gannett Wins Dismissal of Nearly All of Journalists’ Job Bias Lawsuit
Sep 5 2025 // Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, won the dismissal of most of a lawsuit, including all class action claims, alleging its diversity policies led to widespread discrimination against white journalists. U.S....
Cultivated Meat Companies Sue Texas Over Its Lab-Grown Meat Ban
Sep 5 2025 // Two cultivated meat companies have filed a lawsuit against officials in Texas over the law that bans the sales of lab-grown meat in the state for two years. California-based companies UPSIDE Foods, which makes cultivated...
Google Must Pay $425 Million in Class Action Over Privacy, Jury Rules
Sep 4 2025 // A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet’s Google must pay $425 million for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in...
Goldman Sachs Fights £9 Million Claim From Manager Who Won Paternity Leave Suit
Sep 4 2025 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is fighting an £8.9 million ($11.9 million) claim from a former compliance manager who won a sex-discrimination ruling that he was unfairly fired after taking six months of paternity...
Ten Big Banks Defeat Antitrust Lawsuit in Over Bond Trades
Sep 3 2025 // A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 large banks of conspiring to rig corporate bond prices at the expense of ordinary investors, after the original judge recused himself because his wife...
New Vermont Law Halts Public Funds for Religious Schools. Is Litigation Ahead?
Aug 29 2025 // Since 2021, religious schools in Vermont have been receiving an increasing amount of money through Vermont’s school tuitioning program. But Act 73, Vermont’s wide-ranging education reform law signed into law in...
Peloton Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Post-Pandemic Outlook
Aug 28 2025 // Peloton Interactive must face a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by masking excess inventory of its home exercise equipment as the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic passed, a divided federal appeals court ruled on...
Wife Sues Hospital Over Husband’s Death From Legionnaires’ Disease
Aug 28 2025 // The wife of a man who died from Legionnaires’ disease has filed a wrongful death and negligence suit against the Massachusetts hospital where he was a patient when he contracted the disease and the company...
OpenAI, Altman Sued Over ChatGPT’s Role in Teen’s Suicide
Aug 27 2025 // The parents of a teen who died by suicide after ChatGPT coached him on methods of self harm sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday, saying the company knowingly put profit above safety when it launched the GPT-4o...
Anthropic Settles Class Action From Authors Alleging Copyright Infringement
Aug 27 2025 // Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said in a court filing on Tuesday that it has resolved a class action lawsuit from a group of U.S. authors who argued that its AI training infringed their copyrights, marking the...
Federal Appeals Court Decertifies SC Class Action on Undervalued Totaled Vehicles
Aug 26 2025 // A federal appeals court has decertified a class of plaintiffs in a South Carolina lawsuit alleging that Progressive Insurance undervalued total-loss vehicles, the latest turn in multiple, similar suits against U.S. auto...
