A federal judge in California has indefinitely barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the ongoing government shutdown, converting an earlier temporary order into a broader preliminary injunction. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston issued the decision Tuesday in San Francisco, finding that the administration’s plan to eliminate thousands... Read More »
A new class-action lawsuit was filed Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court against Grammy-winning artist Drake, social-media star Adin Ross, and the online casino platform Stake.us, alleging that these parties collaborated in the design and promotion of a “deceptive” gambling scheme marketed to Missouri consumers. According to a 34-page complaint,... Read More »
Federal authorities have projected that Sean “Diddy” Combs will complete his prison term in the spring of 2028, marking the first official estimate of when the 55-year-old music executive could regain his freedom. According to Bureau of Prisons records reviewed this week, Combs is on track to finish his 50-month... Read More »
A Pennsylvania woman has filed a lawsuit against Iris USA, Inc., a manufacturer of household and pet storage products, claiming that the company’s airtight pet food containers are defectively designed and have led to the suffocation deaths of multiple pets. The case, filed on October 22 in the U.S. District... Read More »
Colgate-Palmolive Company is facing a class action lawsuit in California that accuses the company of misleading consumers by marketing its “hello kids” toothpaste line as safe and natural, while allegedly containing unsafe levels of lead. The case was filed on October 22 by California residents Nathan Barton and Cynthia Fahrnkopf... Read More »
A group of authors has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple Inc., accusing the company of using their copyrighted books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system, Apple Intelligence. The case, filed on October 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims that Apple’s... Read More »
A Washington, D.C. resident has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his constitutional rights were violated after he was detained for peacefully protesting the National Guard’s deployment in the city. The complaint, filed on October 23 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, was brought by Sam O’Hara... Read More »
Lizzo is once again facing a legal challenge over her music, this time, for a track that hasn’t even been released. A Georgia-based entity known as the GRC Trust has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the singer, claiming that a snippet of her unreleased song “I’m Goin’ in Till... Read More »
The State of Arizona and Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva have sued the U.S. House of Representatives and Speaker Mike Johnson, claiming that the Speaker has no constitutional authority to delay swearing in a duly elected member whose qualifications are not in question. The lawsuit, filed on October 21 in the U.S.... Read More »
A federal judge in California has ordered TikTok to turn over a limited set of internal records connected to a content creator on its platform. The order is part of the Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability multidistrict litigation, which combines hundreds of lawsuits against some of the largest... Read More »
A federal jury in Illinois has ordered Campbell Soup Company to pay $17 million to the inventor of patented gravity-fed display racks used to hold and dispense canned soup in grocery stores. The verdict, reached on October 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, found... Read More »
The J.M. Smucker Company has filed a federal lawsuit against Trader Joe’s, accusing the grocery chain of copying its popular Uncrustables sandwiches and infringing on long-held trademarks. The complaint, filed October 13 in the Northern District of Ohio, claims Trader Joe’s new crustless peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches imitate... Read More »
Live Nation is pushing back against the Federal Trade Commission’s accusation that it profited from ticket scalping, while simultaneously pledging new reforms aimed at tightening oversight of Ticketmaster’s resale operations. In a letter sent Oct. 17 to Senators Marsha Blackburn (R–Tenn.) and Ben Ray Luján (D–N.M.), Live Nation Executive Vice... Read More »
A Los Angeles judge has shut down influencer Sabrina Peterson’s latest attempt to bring back her defamation lawsuit against T.I. and Tiny Harris, marking another setback in a long and messy legal fight that began four years ago. Judge Michael Shultz ruled Friday that Peterson’s motion to reinstate her 2021... Read More »
Slipknot is taking their digital identity back: the Grammy-winning metal band has filed a federal lawsuit against the anonymous owner of the domain Slipknot.com, accusing the operator of cybersquatting and profiting from counterfeit merchandise sold under the band’s name. The case, filed this week in a Virginia federal court, marks... Read More »
