Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced on Friday to four years and two months in federal prison, marking the most severe consequence yet in the downfall of one of hip-hop’s most powerful and once-celebrated figures. The sentence comes after a jury convicted the 55-year-old music mogul of violating the Mann Act... Read More »
Two public school teachers have filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) and its former president, Sean M. Spiller, alleging that the union improperly funneled millions of dollars in mandatory membership dues into political groups that backed Spiller’s unsuccessful run for governor. The complaint, filed September 30... Read More »
North Carolina State University has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Company and Pharmacia LLC, alleging the companies are responsible for toxic chemical contamination that forced the closure of Poe Hall, one of the school’s main academic buildings. The complaint, filed October 1 in Wake County Superior Court, claims Monsanto and... Read More »
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit in New York state court seeking to recover more than $150,000 in attorney’s fees and costs from Justin Baldoni’s production company, Wayfarer Studios, after defeating defamation claims earlier this year. The Times argues the prior case was a baseless Strategic Lawsuit Against... Read More »
An Alabama construction worker who says he was twice detained by immigration agents despite being a U.S. citizen has filed a federal class-action lawsuit challenging workplace raids that he and his attorneys argue unlawfully target Latino workers in the state’s construction industry. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of... Read More »
YouTube will pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump after the platform suspended his account following the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The settlement was disclosed Monday in court filings, ahead of a scheduled hearing before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers... Read More »
Nirvana has once again emerged victorious in a long-running legal battle over the cover of their landmark 1991 album Nevermind. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Fernando M. Olguin dismissed a lawsuit brought by Spencer Elden, the man who, as a baby, was photographed naked underwater for the now-iconic album... Read More »
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, on Monday, establishing new transparency and safety-reporting duties for companies developing the most powerful AI systems. Newsom’s office described the measure as “first‑in‑the‑nation” legislation aimed at balancing innovation with public safety. The law requires “frontier... Read More »
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against real estate technology firms Zillow and Redfin, accusing them of violating federal antitrust laws through agreements that eliminated competition in the online rental advertising marketplace. According to the complaint, Zillow paid Redfin $100 million in February under a “Partnership Agreement”... Read More »
Amazon reached a record $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission on September 25, ending a case over its Prime subscription practices only days after a jury trial began in Seattle. The agreement includes $1 billion in civil penalties and $1.5 billion in consumer refunds, marking the largest rule-violation... Read More »
A newly filed lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleges that Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company wrongfully denied coverage for a stem cell transplant sought by a young woman diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). The case, filed September 2, 2025, by the Los Angeles-based law firm... Read More »
A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a proposed class action accusing The Hershey Company of misleading consumers with packaging that displayed Reese’s Halloween candies carved with faces and other designs that were absent from the actual products. U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian ruled on September 19 that the plaintiffs... Read More »
A Missouri woman who hatched an audacious plan to sell Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 54, received a four-year, nine-month sentence on Tuesday, Sept. 23, in a Memphis federal courtroom after pleading guilty earlier this year to mail... Read More »
A California man who spent 38 years in prison for crimes he did not commit has reached a $25 million settlement with Inglewood and Los Angeles County, which his attorneys say is the largest wrongful conviction settlement in the state’s history. Maurice Hastings, now 72, was convicted in 1988 of... Read More »
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is facing a federal lawsuit from one of its professors, who claims the school has imposed policies that infringe on the First Amendment right of free speech by curbing academic freedom and classroom discussion. Tim Bakken, a civilian law professor in West Point’s... Read More »
