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New York Court Blocks Suit Against Social Media Giants Over Buffalo Racial Massacre
Jul 28 2025 // Social media companies cannot be sued for their alleged roles in a racially-motivated mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo in 2022, according to a New York court that said to allow the lawsuit would “result in...
Ga. Funeral Home Sent Parents Their Deceased Son’s Brain by Mistake, Lawsuit Says
Jul 28 2025 // Two funeral homes allegedly gave grieving parents their deceased son’s brain in a box, which began to smell, leaked into their car and got on the father’s hands when he moved it, according to an updated lawsuit...
Insurer Can’t Sue for Unjust Enrichment by Deceptive Insured, Appeals Court Says
Jul 28 2025 // A decision by a federal appeals court last week shows what limited options insurance carriers have when they discover major misrepresentation by the insured long after claims have been paid. The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of...
Maryland Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 32 Years Sues Authorities
Jul 28 2025 // A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two killings he did not commit is suing former law enforcement officials in a lawsuit announced Thursday, though four of the five...
Amazon Faces UK Lawsuits Worth Up to $5.4 Billion From Retailers, Consumers
Jul 25 2025 // Amazon faces two mass lawsuits from retailers and consumers worth up to 4 billion pounds ($5.4 billion) for allegedly abusing its dominant position, after a London tribunal on Thursday certified the cases could proceed....
Intel Beats Shareholder Lawsuit Over $32 Billion Stock Plunge
Jul 25 2025 // A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Intel of defrauding shareholders by concealing problems in a business where it manufactured chips for outside customers, leading to a $32 billion one-day plunge in its market...
Call of Duty Maker Argues First Amendment Protection in Uvalde Shooting Lawsuit
Jul 24 2025 // A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued last week that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of...
World Court Is Poised to Mark Future Course of Climate Litigation
Jul 23 2025 // The United Nations’ highest court will deliver an opinion on Wednesday that is likely to determine the course of future climate action across the world. Known as an advisory opinion, the deliberation of the 15 judges...
New Hampshire Gunmaker Immunity Law Could Factor Into Sig Sauer Lawsuit
Jul 23 2025 // A 2-month-old law in New Hampshire that makes it harder to sue gunmaker Sig Sauer was discussed in court Monday, but it hasn’t yet been incorporated into the latest case accusing the company of negligence. Attorneys...
Lawsuit Says Clorox Hackers Got Passwords Simply by Asking
Jul 22 2025 // Bleach maker Clorox said Tuesday that it has sued information technology provider Cognizant over a devastating 2023 cyberattack, alleging the hackers gained access by asking the tech company’s staff for its...
Attempts to Reform Litigation Funding Disclosure Continue on the Hill
Jul 22 2025 // Changes to the taxes paid by litigation investors did not make it in the final version of the expansive One Big Beautiful Bill, but the issue of third-party litigating funding continues to have the attention of at least...
Insurer Says it Has No Duty to Defend Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting Lawsuit
Jul 22 2025 // Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters said in a complaint last week that it has no duty to defend or indemnify a Kansas City sports promotion group facing an underlying lawsuit over a mass shooting at a 2024 Super Bowl...
Trump Sues Wall Street Journal and Murdoch for $10B Over Reporting on Epstein Ties
Jul 21 2025 // President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch Friday, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey...
Uber Alleges Inflated Injury Bills in Los Angeles Insurance Fraud Lawsuit
Jul 21 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is suing a group of lawyers and medical providers in Los Angeles who it says have made fraudulent insurance claims that cost the company millions in legal fees — the third such lawsuit it’s...
Transgender Woman Sues Princeton for ‘Humiliating’ Removal From Track Meet
Jul 21 2025 // A transgender woman has sued Princeton University claiming she was illegally removed shortly before her race in a school-hosted track meet in May due to her gender identity. An attorney for Sadie Schreiner filed the...
Family of Man Crushed by Bulldozer at Atlanta Homeless Camp Sues the City
Jul 21 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a homeless man who died after a bulldozer crushed his tent during an encampment sweep sued the city of Atlanta on Friday over his death, calling it “tragic and preventable.” The...
Authors Suing Anthropic Can Band Together in Copyright Suit, Judge Rules
Jul 21 2025 // A California federal judge ruled on Thursday that three authors suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic for copyright infringement can represent writers nationwide whose books Anthropic allegedly pirated to train...
Trump’s Lawsuit Against Bob Woodward Over Audiobook Is Dismissed
Jul 21 2025 // A federal judge on Friday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s nearly $50 million lawsuit against the journalist Bob Woodward for publishing tapes from interviews for his 2020 best-seller “Rage” as an...
Wisconsin Sports Park Sued for Firing Christian Employee
Jul 21 2025 // Crystal Ridge Ski Area, LLC, doing business as The Rock Snowpark, a winter sports park and summer events venue in Franklin, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it terminated a lift operations manager because of his...
Marsh Suit Against Alliant Alleges Poaching of Commercial Surety Team, Accounts
Jul 21 2025 // Insurance broker Marsh USA is suing rival Alliant Insurance Services, this time for allegedly poaching key commercial surety employees and clients. New York-based Marsh is accusing California-based Alliant of inducing key...
