Five people injured in a rooftop fire at Navy Pier are suing the operator of the Sable Hotel and its restaurants, claiming the company failed to ensure guest safety during a private corporate event where an employee allegedly poured a flammable liquid onto an open flame. The complaint, filed in... Read More »
Two federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island have ordered the Trump administration to resume funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the ongoing government shutdown, ruling that federal officials must draw from existing contingency funds to keep the nation’s primary food aid program operating. The decisions came just... Read More »
A Virginia teacher who survived a classroom shooting by a six-year-old student has taken the stand in the civil negligence trial against a former assistant principal accused of ignoring staff warnings about a firearm on campus. The proceedings began earlier this week in the Virginia state court. Abigail Zwerner was... Read More »
Drake has formally launched an appeal to overturn the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, escalating his legal battle over the distribution of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us.” The rapper’s legal team filed the notice of appeal on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, confirming... Read More »
Pfizer Inc. is facing federal lawsuits from women who claim its birth control injection Depo-Provera caused them to develop brain tumors known as intracranial meningiomas. The cases have been consolidated before Judge M. Casey Rodgers in the Northern District of Florida as part of a new multidistrict litigation involving Depo-Provera... Read More »
The Campbell’s Company is facing a proposed class action in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, alleging that the food manufacturer misled consumers by labeling its Cape Cod Kettle Cooked Potato Chips as containing “No Artificial Colors, Flavors or Preservatives.” The lawsuit, filed on October 23, claims that despite those... Read More »
Levi Strauss & Co. has filed a federal lawsuit in California against Delta Galil USA, Inc. and its subsidiaries that operate the Seven For All Mankind brand, accusing them of infringing and diluting its famous “Tab” trademark, the small fabric tag sewn into the seam of Levi’s jeans that has... Read More »
Singer and actress Halle Bailey and rapper DDG, whose legal name is Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., have officially dropped their respective domestic violence complaints against one another after months of legal disputes. The former couple, who share a two-year-old son, reached a temporary settlement that includes a custody and visitation... Read More »
A coalition of 26 states and the District of Columbia has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of Management and Budget, claiming the agencies unlawfully suspended Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments for November despite having the funds to maintain them. Filed October 28... Read More »
The State of Texas has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, Inc., its consumer health company, alleging that the companies deceptively marketed Tylenol and concealed evidence that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in the product, may cause neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD when used during pregnancy.... Read More »
