A federal judge has ordered Florida to stop construction at a controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades for 14 days, siding temporarily with environmental groups who warn that the project could damage sensitive wetlands and threaten endangered species. Judge Kathleen M. Williams of the U.S. District Court in Miami... Read More »
A federal jury in Miami has found Tesla partially liable in a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system, ordering the company to pay $329 million in a wrongful death and personal injury lawsuit. The verdict follows a trial over the 2019 collision in Key Largo, Florida, which resulted in the... Read More »
CoStar Group is suing Zillow Group for allegedly using tens of thousands of copyrighted real estate photographs without permission. The complaint was filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to the lawsuit, CoStar accuses Zillow of publishing at least 46,979 images... Read More »
A New Mexico judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by Alec Baldwin against local prosecutors and law enforcement officials over their handling of the fatal 2021 shooting on the set of the film Rust. Judge Casey Fitch issued the ruling last Tuesday, stating the case had seen no significant... Read More »
Cardi B secured a series of favorable rulings on Wednesday as a Los Angeles County judge sided with her legal team ahead of an upcoming civil trial over allegations that the rapper assaulted a security guard at a Beverly Hills medical building in 2018. The lawsuit, filed by Emani Ellis... Read More »
Felix “Fefe” Burgos, the choreographer behind the viral moves in Rauw Alejandro’s “Touching the Sky” music video, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Epic Games, claiming the developer unlawfully used his choreography in the popular video game Fortnite without his consent. The legal complaint, filed this week, accuses Epic... Read More »
Nearly three decades after the murder of Tupac Shakur shocked the music world, the lone man charged in connection with the 1996 killing is asking Nevada’s highest court to dismiss the case against him. Attorneys for Duane “Keffe D” Davis filed an appeal this week with the Nevada Supreme Court,... Read More »
A federal judge in Wisconsin has allowed a wrongful death lawsuit to move forward against pharmacy benefit manager Optum Rx and Walgreens after a young man died following a change in prescription coverage that left him unable to afford his asthma medication. Cole Schmidtknecht, a lifelong asthma patient, died in... Read More »
Brandy Melville, a clothing brand popular among Gen Z consumers for its minimalist and California-inspired style, has filed a federal lawsuit against online retailer Temu. The company alleges that Temu is selling unauthorized copies of its apparel and misusing its trademarks and copyrighted designs to attract shoppers. The case was... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to continue reimbursing Planned Parenthood clinics through Medicaid, blocking a provision in President Donald Trump’s recent tax law that aimed to cut off funding to abortion providers. The ruling, issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston, extends an earlier... Read More »
A former Netflix attorney has filed a civil lawsuit against the company and two of its senior labor relations executives, alleging she was terminated after reporting workplace discrimination and misconduct. Nhu-Y Phan, who served as Counsel for Labor Relations, filed the complaint on July 21 in Los Angeles County Superior... Read More »
A Texas resident has filed a federal lawsuit against SharkNinja, alleging that she sustained severe burns when a Ninja Foodi pressure cooker malfunctioned during ordinary use. The complaint was filed by Krystle Johnson in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on July 2. Johnson names SharkNinja... Read More »
A federal judge in California has ruled that OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, holds the rights to its name and can prevent a smaller tech firm from using a similar one. In a decision issued July 21, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that OpenAI’s trademark was valid and... Read More »
Paramount Pictures and its parent company, Paramount Global, are facing two lawsuits filed by former employees who allege they were subjected to ongoing sexual harassment, abuse, and retaliation by a senior executive, while the company allegedly failed to act on multiple warning signs. The civil complaints, filed separately in Los... Read More »
Harco National Insurance Company has filed a lawsuit in federal court against actor Justin Baldoni, his company Wayfarer Studios, and others, seeking a ruling that it is not obligated to provide insurance coverage in connection with Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims related to the film It Ends With Us. The... Read More »
