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 »
The long-delayed double murder retrial of rapper YNW Melly will not take place until January 2027, nearly eight years after his initial arrest. The Broward State Attorney’s Office confirmed the new date to Rolling Stone this week, citing ongoing disputes over which pieces of evidence will be allowed at trial.... Read More »
A federal judge in Maryland late Thursday barred the Trump administration from enforcing its executive order denying citizenship to certain U.S.-born children, marking the fourth nationwide block against the policy since a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction preventing the... Read More »
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has directed the U.S. Department of Commerce to begin work on a new national census that would exclude undocumented immigrants from the population count, a move that would mark a major break from long-standing census practices and set the stage for significant legal... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered Florida to stop construction at a controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades for 14 days, siding temporarily with environmental groups who warn that the project could damage sensitive wetlands and threaten endangered species. Judge Kathleen M. Williams of the U.S. District Court in Miami... Read More »
A federal jury in Miami has found Tesla partially liable in a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system, ordering the company to pay $329 million in a wrongful death and personal injury lawsuit. The verdict follows a trial over the 2019 collision in Key Largo, Florida, which resulted in the... Read More »
CoStar Group is suing Zillow Group for allegedly using tens of thousands of copyrighted real estate photographs without permission. The complaint was filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to the lawsuit, CoStar accuses Zillow of publishing at least 46,979 images... Read More »
A New Mexico judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by Alec Baldwin against local prosecutors and law enforcement officials over their handling of the fatal 2021 shooting on the set of the film Rust. Judge Casey Fitch issued the ruling last Tuesday, stating the case had seen no significant... Read More »
Cardi B secured a series of favorable rulings on Wednesday as a Los Angeles County judge sided with her legal team ahead of an upcoming civil trial over allegations that the rapper assaulted a security guard at a Beverly Hills medical building in 2018. The lawsuit, filed by Emani Ellis... Read More »
Felix “Fefe” Burgos, the choreographer behind the viral moves in Rauw Alejandro’s “Touching the Sky” music video, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Epic Games, claiming the developer unlawfully used his choreography in the popular video game Fortnite without his consent. The legal complaint, filed this week, accuses Epic... Read More »
Nearly three decades after the murder of Tupac Shakur shocked the music world, the lone man charged in connection with the 1996 killing is asking Nevada’s highest court to dismiss the case against him. Attorneys for Duane “Keffe D” Davis filed an appeal this week with the Nevada Supreme Court,... Read More »
A federal judge in Wisconsin has allowed a wrongful death lawsuit to move forward against pharmacy benefit manager Optum Rx and Walgreens after a young man died following a change in prescription coverage that left him unable to afford his asthma medication. Cole Schmidtknecht, a lifelong asthma patient, died in... Read More »
Brandy Melville, a clothing brand popular among Gen Z consumers for its minimalist and California-inspired style, has filed a federal lawsuit against online retailer Temu. The company alleges that Temu is selling unauthorized copies of its apparel and misusing its trademarks and copyrighted designs to attract shoppers. The case was... Read More »
