A federal judge has dismissed most of Alec Baldwin’s civil rights claims against the prosecutors who pursued him over the fatal 2021 shooting on the set of “Rust,” ruling that they are protected by absolute prosecutorial immunity for conduct tied to their roles as advocates.U.S. District Judge Kea W. Riggs... Read More »
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a police officer violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when he searched a month of her travel history through Flock’s automated license plate reader network after he began following her because her SUV had a California plate.U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill... Read More »
New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken over the criminal investigation into allegations that seven Cornell University fraternity members drugged and gang-raped a student in 2024, after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul removed the local district attorney from the case.The intervention comes only days after Tompkins County District Attorney... Read More »
The family of Renee Good has filed two federal lawsuits over her fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, including a civil rights case against ICE agent Jonathan Ross and senior Trump administration officials that invokes provisions of the Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan Act.The lawsuits, filed... Read More »
Lil Durk’s second federal trial has been pushed to August 30, 2027, extending the rapper’s legal battle nearly a year after his acquittal in the murder-for-hire case involving fellow rapper Quando Rondo.U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald approved the delay on September 30, 2026, moving an October 5 trial date... Read More »
Barilla America has defeated a California consumer class action brought by shoppers who said its “Italy’s #1 Brand of Pasta” label led them to believe the pasta was made in Italy with Italian ingredients.U.S. Magistrate Judge Ajay Krishnan granted Barilla summary judgment on September 30, 2026, ending the California class... Read More »
The NFL has suspended San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York for six games and fined him $500,000 for violating the league’s Personal Conduct Policy after his August arrest in an Ohio prostitution case.York will miss three more games before he can return on October 20, 2026, after the NFL... Read More »
A Walgreens whistleblower who received more than $25 million from a federal fraud settlement must turn to state courts to pursue a share of the pharmacy chain’s separate $4.7 billion opioid settlement with states, a federal judge has ruled.U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow of the Northern District of Illinois... Read More »
Federal prosecutors are urging a Manhattan judge to sentence Michael Smith to at least 46 months in prison for a six-year AI music streaming fraud that generated more than $8 million in royalties, rejecting his request for probation ahead of his October 6 sentencing.Smith, 54, pleaded guilty on March 16,... Read More »
New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued the organizers of Evolutions Festival, alleging they failed to refund more than $243,000 in advance ticket sales after canceling the 2025 event just 10 days before it was scheduled to begin. The complaint, filed September 29, names Evolutions Festival LLC, 845 Vibrations... Read More »