Cardi B scored another legal win on Friday when a Los Angeles County judge rejected a motion for a new trial in a civil lawsuit stemming from a 2018 confrontation outside a Beverly Hills medical office. The decision upholds a unanimous September verdict that found the rapper, born Belcalis Almánzar,... Read More »
A former California physician was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday to serve 30 months in prison for distributing ketamine to actor Matthew Perry in the weeks before the performer’s death. Salvador Plasencia, who pleaded guilty in July to four felony counts of ketamine distribution, appeared before a federal judge... Read More »
Arizona has sued Temu, alleging the online marketplace misled consumers about how its mobile app collects personal data and how it advertises and sells merchandise. The complaint, filed by Attorney General Kristin Mayes, claims the company engaged in deceptive practices that violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act. According to the... Read More »
San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against 11 major food manufacturers, alleging that they made and marketed ultra-processed foods that contributed to chronic disease and increased public-health costs. The complaint, brought by the People of the State of California through City Attorney David Chiu, claims the companies relied on additives... Read More »
Costco Wholesale Corporation has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, arguing that emergency tariffs added to its imported goods were imposed without legal authority and must be struck down before upcoming liquidation deadlines make the charges final. The company asks the United States Court of International Trade to block... Read More »
Megan Thee Stallion secured a significant legal victory on Monday after a Miami federal jury ruled in her favor in a defamation lawsuit against blogger Milagro Gramz, determining that Gramz coordinated with rapper Tory Lanez to spread false claims and amplify a sexually explicit deepfake video of the artist. After... Read More »
Katy Perry is poised to recoup $1.8 million in damages following a years-long dispute over a $15 million Montecito estate, marking one of the most closely watched celebrity real-estate cases in recent years. The order, signed Tuesday by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner, will take effect unless... Read More »
The estate of Johnny Cash has filed a federal lawsuit against Coca-Cola, alleging the company used an unauthorized imitation of the late singer’s voice in a national advertising campaign. The suit, filed Tuesday in Nashville, marks one of the first major legal actions to invoke Tennessee’s newly enacted Ensuring Likeness... Read More »
Pras Michél, founding member of the Fugees, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison following his conviction on charges that included conspiracy, money laundering, and illegal lobbying. The sentence was handed down Thursday by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C. Michél will also serve three years of supervised... Read More »
Smokey Robinson is facing new sexual battery allegations as two additional former domestic employees move to join an existing lawsuit accusing the Motown singer of years of misconduct inside his homes in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The new claims, one from a male former worker and another from a... Read More »
A Suffolk County police officer and Marine Corps veteran, Matias Ferreira, has sued Delta Air Lines, alleging the carrier’s crew discriminated against him by forcing him to give up his emergency exit-row seat because he wears prosthetic legs. The lawsuit, filed November 10 in Queens County Supreme Court, accuses the... Read More »
Visa and Mastercard have reached a revised settlement in a federal antitrust lawsuit brought by U.S. merchants, announced earlier this month, that would reduce certain credit card fees and adjust longstanding card acceptance rules. The agreement, which a federal judge must review before it can take effect, would give retailers... Read More »
As jury selection opened this week in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation and cyberstalking lawsuit against blogger Milagro Gramz, the case took an immediate turn: Tory Lanez, whose 2022 criminal conviction underpins much of the civil dispute, was held in contempt of court. A federal magistrate judge ruled that Lanez’s repeated... Read More »
Lil Nas X returned to a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, marking his first public appearance since completing an inpatient treatment program following his August arrest. The musician, born Montero Hill, kept a low profile during the brief proceeding, offering no statements as he entered the courtroom surrounded by his... Read More »
A North Carolina jury has ordered social media influencer Brenay Kennard to pay $1.75 million to a Durham woman who accused her of breaking up her marriage through an affair with her husband. The verdict, reached this week in Durham County Court, found Kennard liable for alienation of affection and... Read More »
