Atlanta rapper Young Thug has scored a legal victory in his long-running YSL case, winning the right to reclaim cash, cars, and jewelry that were seized from him more than two years ago. On Monday, his attorney confirmed that a Fulton County judge granted the return of roughly $145,000 in... Read More »
The Louisiana Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Roblox Corporation, claiming the online gaming company failed to protect children from sexual exploitation and misled parents about the platform’s safety. According to the petition, Roblox has long marketed itself as a safe and family-friendly service while allowing predators to contact... Read More »
The last defendant charged in connection with the death of Matthew Perry has agreed to plead guilty, concluding a year-long federal investigation into the actor’s fatal overdose. Jasveen Sangha, 42, admitted Monday that she supplied the ketamine that caused Perry’s death. According to prosecutors, Sangha will plead guilty to five... Read More »
Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani and his agent are the targets of a new lawsuit in Hawaii filed by a developer and real estate broker who allege they were removed from a major resort project after signing Ohtani as its celebrity endorser. The complaint, lodged in Hawaii Circuit Court... Read More »
Twenty states, along with the District of Columbia, have sued the U.S. Department of Justice, claiming that new immigration-related conditions on federal crime victim funding are unlawful. The case was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs claim the Justice Department is... Read More »
Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to resolve Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit alleging the network aired false claims that its technology rigged the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The settlement was finalized on Aug. 15 and disclosed in an SEC filing made public Monday. According to the filing, Newsmax... Read More »
Ángel Del Villar, the founder and chief executive of influential música Mexicana label Del Records, was sentenced on Friday to four years in federal prison after being convicted of conducting business with a sanctioned drug trafficker in violation of the U.S. Kingpin Act. U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong handed... Read More »
Singer Sean Kingston has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for orchestrating a luxury goods fraud scheme that prosecutors say bilked multiple vendors out of more than $1 million. The sentence, handed down Friday by Judge David Leibowitz, comes after Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were convicted... Read More »
Priscilla Presley is facing a new $50 million legal battle in California, deepening a dispute with former business partners that began more than a year ago and adding explosive new allegations. On Monday, memorabilia dealer Brigitte Kruse and investor Kevin Fialko filed a fraud and breach of contract complaint in... Read More »
Walmart will pay $5.6 million to settle a California consumer protection lawsuit alleging the retailer overcharged customers and sold products that weighed less than stated on their labels. The case involved items such as produce, baked goods, and other prepared foods. The case was brought by the district attorneys of... Read More »
Kroger and C&S Wholesale Grocers have resolved a lawsuit C&S filed earlier this year seeking a $125 million termination fee connected to Kroger’s unsuccessful attempt to merge with Albertsons. The settlement was disclosed in a joint filing on Friday in Delaware Superior Court. The filing stated that all claims in... Read More »
Tory Lanez has suffered another legal setback in his ongoing fight to overturn his conviction for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020. A California appellate court on Tuesday rejected two habeas corpus petitions filed by the rapper, born Daystar Peterson, ruling that his claims failed to meet the legal... Read More »
President Donald Trump has taken control of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department and ordered the deployment of the National Guard under a provision of the District’s Home Rule Act that no president has previously used. He issued the order on Monday, and by Tuesday, August 12, National Guard personnel... Read More »
The family of a passenger killed in the January 29 collision between American Eagle Flight 5342, operated by PSA Airlines, and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C., has filed a federal tort claim seeking $200 million in damages. The crash, which sent both aircraft into the Potomac... Read More »
A civil lawsuit accusing music producer Metro Boomin of raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel nearly a decade ago will proceed to trial next month after attempts to resolve the case through mediation collapsed. Court records filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of... Read More »
