A Florida couple has filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic and a physician, alleging that the wrong embryo was implanted during their in vitro fertilization treatment and that the child born as a result is not genetically related to either parent. According to court filings, the couple, identified as... Read More »
A Los Angeles County judge has fined an attorney $1,500 for violating a pretrial court order during testimony by Cardi B in a civil assault case that ended decisively in the rapper’s favor last year. In a six-page ruling issued Wednesday, Judge Ian C. Fusselman found that attorney Ron A.... Read More »
A Los Angeles County judge ruled Wednesday that Steven Tyler must face trial in California over child sexual abuse allegations brought by Julia Misley, while dismissing related claims tied to alleged conduct in Oregon, Washington, and Massachusetts. After a series of hearings, Judge Patricia A. Young said the claims arising... Read More »
A federal judge has ruled that Bank of America must face key claims in a class action lawsuit accusing the bank of knowingly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking by continuing to provide financial services to him. The decision allows two claims under federal anti-trafficking law to proceed while dismissing... Read More »
Mötley Crüe has prevailed in its legal dispute with founding guitarist Mick Mars, after a retired judge ruled in favor of the band in a binding arbitration stemming from Mars’ departure during the group’s 2022 stadium tour. In a final arbitration award filed in Los Angeles and disclosed Thursday, the... Read More »
Wisconsin will retain tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for electric-vehicle charging infrastructure after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully sought to withhold money allocated to the states. In a decision issued earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Tana Lin of the U.S. District Court... Read More »
A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old mother who called 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. The sentence, imposed Thursday, is the maximum allowed under state law and concludes the criminal... Read More »
A federal judge has temporarily blocked immigration authorities from transferring or removing a 5-year-old Minnesota boy and his father while a legal challenge to their detention proceeds, raising legal questions about how immigration enforcement actions involving children are reviewed by the courts. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery issued the order... Read More »
Shaniqua Tompkins has challenged a lawsuit filed by 50 Cent’s publishing company, G-Unit Books, alleging that she signed a life-rights agreement nearly two decades ago under coercion, intimidation, and severe financial pressure. The lawsuit, filed in July 2025, seeks to stop Tompkins from publicly discussing her past relationship with the... Read More »
Two major social media companies have reached settlements in a California lawsuit alleging that popular platforms contributed to youth mental health harm through features designed to keep users engaged for extended periods. The settlements narrow the case as it continues against the remaining companies. Snap Inc., the parent company of... Read More »
Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that its Google Assistant feature recorded private conversations on Android devices without users’ consent. The settlement was filed on January 26 in a federal court in California and requires approval from U.S. District Judge Beth... Read More »
Families of two Trinidadian men killed in a U.S. military missile strike last October have filed a federal lawsuit against the United States government, alleging wrongful death and unlawful killing. The case was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and challenges a strike that... Read More »
Costco Wholesale Corporation is facing a nationwide class-action lawsuit in federal court alleging that the retailer misled consumers by advertising its Kirkland Signature Seasoned Rotisserie Chicken as containing “no preservatives” despite the inclusion of added ingredients that allegedly serve preservative functions. The lawsuit was filed on January 22 on behalf... Read More »
Nicki Minaj has paid a long-outstanding civil judgment that nearly resulted in the court-ordered sale of her $20 million Hidden Hills mansion, resolving a legal dispute stemming from allegations of an assault involving her husband at a 2019 concert in Germany. The resolution came just before a Los Angeles Superior... Read More »
Pras Michel has been denied bail while he appeals his conviction and 14-year federal prison sentence stemming from a sweeping foreign influence and financial crimes case, according to a ruling issued Tuesday by a federal judge in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly concluded that Michel failed to meet... Read More »
