A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that blocked final decisions on immigration applications filed by people from 39 countries, finding that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services exceeded its authority and unlawfully froze parts of the immigration benefits process.In a ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Chief Judge... Read More »
A Florida family has sued The Campbell’s Company and Walmart, claiming a can of SpaghettiOs bought at a Walmart Supercenter contained moving worms or parasites that allegedly caused a mother and her young daughter to suffer parasitic infections and other health problems.Filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the... Read More »
Atmos Energy is facing multiple lawsuits after a natural gas explosion at an Oak Cliff apartment complex in Dallas killed three people and injured several others.The lawsuits accuse Atmos, a natural gas utility that serves parts of Texas, along with a construction company and the apartment property’s management, of negligence... Read More »
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has sued UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, accusing the insurer of receiving more than $100 million in improper MassHealth payments by allegedly overstating the care needs of seniors enrolled in a Medicaid managed-care program.The complaint, filed May 29 in Suffolk County Superior Court, claims UnitedHealthcare, doing... Read More »
A Connecticut man serving a life sentence for murder has been awarded more than $130,000 after a federal jury found that prison officials violated his constitutional rights while he was housed at the now-closed Northern Correctional Institution.Baltas sued former state Corrections Commissioner Angel Quiros and other prison officials over conditions... Read More »
Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit in federal court over claims that its Ring doorbell cameras used facial recognition technology to scan, identify, and store people’s faces without their consent.The complaint was filed on June 1 by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt in federal court in Seattle, where Amazon has... Read More »
Fender Musical Instruments Corp. has begun sending cease-and-desist letters to guitar manufacturers that make and sell instruments resembling the company’s Stratocaster, escalating a long-running dispute over one of the most recognizable electric guitar designs in popular music.The move follows a recent ruling from the Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany,... Read More »
Singer M.I.A., born Mathangi Arulpragasam, filed a complaint against rapper Kid Cudi, born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, on May 29, seeking more than $2.8 million in damages after being removed from his Live Nation-produced Rebel Rangers... Read More »
A federal appeals court partly allowed the Trump administration’s 2025 transgender military service restrictions to take effect Monday, narrowing a lower court order that had blocked the policy while a constitutional challenge continues.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the government may not use... Read More »
Gamma Media Holdings, the music company founded by Larry Jackson, has filed a lawsuit in New York seeking to identify the anonymous person or people it says created websites and social media accounts to spread false claims about the company and its chief executive.The complaint, filed in New York State... Read More »
