Last week, former President Donald Trump sued the Pulitzer Prize board, claiming they’d defamed him. The lawsuit was not a shock to the Pulitzer board, because Trump had said he’d file a lawsuit after the board wrote and published a specific statement that he found defamatory. The lawsuit was filed... Read More »
A Florida woman is suing food manufacturer Kraft Heinz Foods Company for the time it takes to prepare Velveeta microwavable mac and cheese. Amanda Ramirez, part of a class action lawsuit, claims the global food manufacturer is misleading consumers by lying about how long it takes to prepare the cheesy... Read More »
A ten-year-old boy from Milwaukee has been charged with the death of his mother. He is being charged with first-degree reckless homicide for the shooting death of his mother, allegedly because of a disagreement about a VR headset he purchased on her Amazon account. In Wisconsin, State laws say that... Read More »
Balenciaga, the international luxury fashion powerhouse, is facing massive controversies for two offensive and tone-deaf ad campaigns, featuring young children with S&M accessories. The company is now suing a production company, North Six, for the work it did in creating one of the ads. The international scandal has two distinct... Read More »
After a spectacular fall from grace, Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced former founder and CEO of Theranos, was sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison for defrauding numerous investors out of almost $1 billion. Ms. Holmes, 38, was convicted on four wire fraud counts due to her deceiving... Read More »
When a group of SpaceX workers wrote and published complaints about their new CEO Elon Musk’s tweets in an open letter last summer, they weren’t expecting executives to fire them. But a day after their public letter was published, SpaceX executives showed up, first firing five of the workers, and... Read More »
A white sign-language interpreter for the Broadway hit The Lion King is suing Theatre Development Fund (TDF) for allegedly firing him based on his race. Keith Wann, 53, filed his lawsuit suit against the non-profit TDF for discrimination. The federal discrimination lawsuit was filed against both TDF and the director... Read More »
Capping a six-year investigation, the Justice Department announced last week that Orange County California’s numerous law enforcement entities regularly denied criminal defendants their legal rights. The 63-page report said prosecutors and sheriffs in Orange County, California, regularly misused a jailhouse informant program to deny the constitutional rights of criminal defendants.... Read More »
In a sweeping new move, President Joe Biden officially pardoned thousands of people convicted of possessing marijuana. The president said the current federal laws“make no sense.” The new pardons impacted about 6,500 people and created a ripple effect that sent US marijuana stocks booming. Some stocks such as Tilray Brands... Read More »
Kim Kardashian, who is said to be worth $1.8 billion, will pay $1.26 million in a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), after being charged with unlawfully promoting a cryptocurrency to her 350 million followers without disclosing she was paid for the recommendation. The SEC published a... Read More »
It’s the celebrity divorce that keeps on evolving. Months after Brad Pitt sued Angelina Jolie over the French winery they co-owned while happily married, Jolie is suing him for $250 million. The legally-separated global superstars have been duking it out in divorce court since 2016, arguing vehemently over the custody... Read More »
Nell and Susan Newman, the daughters of the late famous actor, adventurer and entrepreneur Paul Newman, are suing the non-profit created by their father, Newman’s Own Foundation, in state court in Stamford, Connecticut. The lawsuit alleges the philanthropic leaders running the foundation are not giving enough funds to charities and... Read More »
After a ten-day trial, a federal jury spent just a few hours deliberating the lawsuit Vanessa Bryant and another individual brought against Los Angeles County and came back with their verdict finding for the plaintiffs. The nine-member jury found that Los Angeles County must now pay Vanessa Bryant, basketball star... Read More »
A Tennessee woman is facing murder charges after she visited an inmate in prison, kissed him, and transferred drugs from her mouth to her boyfriend’s mouth. Hours later, the inmate was dead from a drug overdose. Rachal Dollard, 33, was charged with second-degree murder and introduction of contraband into a... Read More »
Custodia, the Bitcoin bank that would be the first to have a master account if approved, is suing the Federal Reserve and Kansas City Reserve for failing to act on its application. The Federal Reserve is supposed to act on a bank’s master account application within 12 months, and Custodia’s... Read More »
