Nearly two years after a jury handed T.I. and Tiny a major intellectual property victory in a likeness dispute, the legal battle is heading back to court once again.The husband-and-wife duo will return to federal court for what will be the fourth trial in their long-running lawsuit against MGA Entertainment,... Read More »
A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa petitions, ruling that the executive branch imposed a payment that functioned as a tax without approval from Congress.In a ruling issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin found that the administration exceeded... Read More »
A Los Angeles judge has rejected Marilyn Manson’s latest attempt to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed by his former assistant, allowing the long-running case to continue as both sides prepare for further litigation.The ruling, issued Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, marks another legal setback for the musician,... Read More »
Karen Read has filed a civil lawsuit against the Massachusetts State Police and the town of Canton, accusing state and local law enforcement agencies of mishandling the investigation that led to charges that she killed her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe.The complaint, filed Thursday in Bristol County Superior Court,... Read More »
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 »
