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Winning Lawsuit Against Titan Sub Owner Could Be Difficult, Experts Say
Aug 12 2024 // A lawsuit stemming from the Titan submersible disaster felt inevitable, but winning a big judgment against the owner of the vessel could be very difficult, legal experts said on Thursday. The family of French explorer...
Museum of Ice Cream Sued by Man Claiming Injury After Jumping Into Sprinkle Pool
Aug 12 2024 // A man who says he broke his ankle jumping into the sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in New York City has filed a lawsuit alleging that the facility was negligent for not warning visitors that it is unsafe to jump...
Antisemitism Lawsuit Against MIT Dismissed; One Against Harvard Allowed to Continue
Aug 12 2024 // A federal lawsuit accusing Massachusetts Institute of Technology of tolerating antisemitism after the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel has been dismissed while a similar one against Harvard University can continue. The MIT lawsuit...
Judge Tosses Suit Alleging Excessive Force During Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
Aug 9 2024 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has thrown out the remainder of a lawsuit by an Arizona man who alleged excessive force was used against him when he was protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline. In...
Judge Allows Vermont Suit Alleging Police Bias, Excessive Force Against Black Teen
Aug 9 2024 // A Vermont judge has denied the city of Burlington’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force and discriminated against a Black teenager whose mother had called law enforcement to teach...
Judge Dismisses Most Claims in Lawsuit Alleging Hair Discrimination at Houston High School
Aug 8 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who alleged that school officials committed racial and gender discrimination when they punished him...
Federal Judge Tosses Much of Mexico’s Lawsuit Against US Gunmakers
Aug 8 2024 // A U.S. judge dismissed on Wednesday much of Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico...
Delta Passengers Sue Airline for Refusing Refunds After Massive Computer Outage
Aug 8 2024 // Delta Air Lines was sued by passengers who complained that the carrier refused to offer full refunds after delaying or canceling their flights in the wake of last month’s massive computer outage. The proposed class...
EEOC Sues Illinois Contractor for Disability Discrimination
Aug 7 2024 // Alto Ingredients, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial and food-grade, corn-based alcohols, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it terminated an electrician from its campus in Pekin, Illinois, because of...
Former Michigan State Football Coach Sues School Over His Firing
Aug 7 2024 // Former Michigan State University head football coach Mel Tucker is suing the university and school leaders, alleging that they wrongfully fired him last year and violated his constitutional rights after he was accused of...
Musk’s X Accuses Advertisers of Boycotting Platform in New Lawsuit
Aug 7 2024 // Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday sued a global advertising alliance and several major companies, including Mars and CVS Health, accusing them of unlawfully conspiring to boycott the site and causing it...
Environmental Groups Sue Suncor for Colorado Refinery Pollution
Aug 7 2024 // Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against Suncor Energy on Tuesday, alleging that pollution from the company’s Commerce City refinery in Colorado has resulted in long-lasting harm to surrounding communities. The...
TikTok Sued by US for Allegedly Breaking Kids’ Privacy Law
Aug 5 2024 // TikTok was sued by the US for allegedly collecting data on children in violation of an online privacy act, three months after the popular video app sued the government over a law that could ban it across the country. In a...
Insurer’s Lack of Repairs Caused Woman’s Death After Ian, Florida Lawsuit Says
Aug 5 2024 // Just as another hurricane hit Florida, the child of a central Florida woman is litigating a claim from a previous storm – Hurricane Ian in 2022. This time, though, the plaintiff claims not only breach of contract by a...
Texas Assisted Living Facility Sued for Firing Worker With Sleep Disorder
Aug 2 2024 // VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, violated federal law when it denied an employee an accommodation for her sleep disorder and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Boar’s Head Hit With Consumer Lawsuit After Deli Meat Recall Over Listeria Concerns
Aug 2 2024 // Boar’s Head Provisions was hit with a proposed consumer class action lawsuit in New York federal court on Thursday, a day after it expanded its recall to more than seven million pounds of deli meats and other...
AI Startup Suno Says Music Industry Suit Aims to Stifle Competition
Aug 2 2024 // AI music startup Suno is pushing back against the world’s biggest record labels, saying in a court filing that a lawsuit they filed against the company aims to stifle competition. In a filing Thursday in federal...
Apple Asks Judge to Toss Antitrust Lawsuit
Aug 2 2024 // Apple on Thursday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by federal and state antitrust regulators accusing it of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market, saying the case would have a judge redesign its popular...
District of Columbia Sues StubHub Claiming It Inflates Ticket Prices With Deceptive Fees
Aug 1 2024 // The attorney general for Washington, D.C., sued StubHub on Wednesday, accusing the ticket resale platform of advertising deceptively low prices and then ramping up prices with extra fees. The practice known as “drip...
Missouri Trucking Company Sued for Refusing to Hire a Deaf Job Applicant
Aug 1 2024 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Missouri- based trucking company Transportation Management Group, doing business as Wilson Logistics, for violating federal law when it refused to hire a deaf...