Lady Gaga is asking a federal judge to make Lost Surfboards pay $232,484 in legal fees after she defeated its Mayhem trademark lawsuit, accusing the surf company of using the case as a "publicity stunt" to pressure her into a settlement.The singer asked U.S. District Judge Fernando M. Olguin on... Read More »
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has opened an investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s relationship with a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin after reporting found he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the president’s son’s wedding celebrations in the Bahamas.Rep. Robert Garcia, the committee’s ranking Democrat,... Read More »
Lineage is seeking more than $1 billion in damages from three companies it blames for the massive June fire that destroyed its Boyle Heights cold-storage facility, alleging the rooftop solar system was energized despite unresolved safety concerns in the days before the blaze.The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior... Read More »
A California judge has ordered a lawyer for State Farm to pay $999.99 after finding seven nonexistent case citations in pretrial filings, errors the attorney said stemmed from her use of an artificial intelligence legal research tool.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth L. Bradley imposed the sanction on Jacquelene Robinson,... Read More »
A federal judge has again blocked efforts to place President Donald Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center, ruling that the board overseeing the performing arts institution cannot rename the building, its grounds or its public spaces without approval from Congress.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued the ruling Tuesday, September 15,... Read More »
A federal appeals court is weighing another challenge to mifepristone, the medication used in most abortions in the United States, in a case that could affect whether patients can continue receiving the drug through telehealth and the mail.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard arguments September 9... Read More »
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is threatening to move one of Hollywood's oldest studios out of Los Angeles as an antitrust fight stalls his $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery and pushes the deal toward a costly new deadline.Ellison has signaled that he is prepared to sell Paramount's historic... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed fiduciary-duty claims against two doctors involved in denying a former NFL player’s neurocognitive disability benefits, drawing a significant legal line between physicians who influence benefit decisions and the officials who ultimately administer an employee benefit plan.U.S. District Judge Edward S. Kiel of the District of... Read More »
TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that she joined her father and ex-boyfriend in an alleged dark-web murder-for-hire plot targeting former Why Don't We singer Jack Avery, the father of her daughter.Gonzalez, 25, appeared in a Los Angeles County courtroom with her father, Florida attorney Francisco... Read More »
A former Activision Blizzard employee is suing the gaming giant after 14 years in its sound department, alleging she endured a "frat boy" workplace filled with sexual harassment, unwanted touching, retaliation, and pornography displayed openly at work.The woman, identified as Jane Doe, accuses 10 men of misconduct during her employment... Read More »
Elon Musk threatened a defamation suit over Alex Gibney's new documentary, even though the Oscar-winning director says Musk was repeatedly invited to participate and never engaged with the filmmakers.Speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, Gibney said his team made multiple attempts to contact Musk during production of... Read More »
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Monday from imposing new limits on how long foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists can remain in the United States, stopping the immigration rule one day before it was scheduled to take effect.U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV in Massachusetts postponed the... Read More »
President Donald Trump’s push to impose new nationwide mail-in ballot rules before the 2026 midterms suffered two setbacks in less than 24 hours, with a second federal judge blocking the U.S. Postal Service plan Sunday and the Supreme Court rejecting the administration’s emergency bid to revive it Monday.The Supreme Court... Read More »
Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the U.S. Senate on Monday after a 92-day absence, casting his first floor vote since June after missing 60 votes and spending much of the summer recovering from a fall that left him hospitalized.The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican arrived in a wheelchair on September 14 and... Read More »
Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers over the team’s dealings with Kawhi Leonard, escalating a controversy that has already led to major NBA penalties over off-court payments tied to the star forward.The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn... Read More »
