A Los Angeles County grand jury has indicted Nick Reiner on two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, who were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home last December.The indictment was returned July 20 and unsealed... Read More »
A federal judge in Boston dismissed the Trump administration’s civil rights lawsuit against Harvard University on Thursday, finding that the government failed to show that the school remained in violation of federal discrimination law after officials formally warned it about alleged antisemitism on campus.U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns said the... Read More »
A North Carolina woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a Lyft driver while riding home from work has sued the rideshare company, alleging that Lyft bears responsibility for allowing the driver onto its platform and putting him in contact with passengers.Diamond Cannady filed the civil action Tuesday in... Read More »
ByteDance is asking a Delaware federal judge to dismiss a patent lawsuit accusing TikTok’s advertising technology of infringement or move the dispute to California, where TikTok has filed a separate case involving the same patents.U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika heard arguments Monday over whether the case brought by AlmondNet Inc.... Read More »
A Los Angeles County judge set a November 2027 trial date Wednesday in former assistant Ashley Walters' sexual assault lawsuit against Marilyn Manson, moving the long-running case toward a jury after it was twice dismissed and revived.Judge Steve Cochran noted during the hearing that the case, first filed by Walters... Read More »
A District of Columbia judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to pay more than $250,000 in legal fees and costs after the arts institution unsuccessfully sued jazz musician Chuck Redd over his decision to withdraw from a holiday performance.Superior Court Judge Tanya Jones Bosier ruled Monday that the Kennedy Center... Read More »
Two press organizations sued President Donald Trump and senior White House officials Wednesday, arguing that the administration is violating the Constitution by continuing to release official government information on Truth Social while the platform sells paying customers faster access to the same posts.The Intercept Media and Freedom of the Press... Read More »
Tiffany Haddish broke into a wide grin Tuesday as a Georgia judge told her she would face no additional jail time after she pleaded guilty to a single count of driving under the influence stemming from a 2022 traffic stop south of Atlanta.The actress and comedian appeared via video link... Read More »
Four human rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court, arguing President Donald Trump exceeded his emergency economic powers and violated constitutional protections for speech and due process.The lawsuit, filed Aug. 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District... Read More »
A Delaware judge has handed a major legal victory to Wayne Barrow, the Notorious B.I.G.'s longtime manager, ruling that he was rightfully named successor to Voletta Wallace's stake in her late son's music catalog, a decision that forces Biggie's widow, Faith Evans, to share proceeds from a lucrative Primary Wave... Read More »
