When numerous Illinois residents discovered their names and likenesses were being used without their knowledge or consent by ancestry.com for commercial purposes, they banded together to send a strong message about their legal right to privacy. The over 100 citizens brought a class action suit against the behemoth international company,... Read More »
In yet another twist in an almost decade-long espionage case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, 49, a UK court ruled he can appeal his extradition to the US. Assange’s attorneys successfully argued it would be harmful to his mental health to return to the US via extradition to face espionage... Read More »
Like most couples who want to have a child, Tennessean couple Liz and Gabe Rutan-Ram were saddened to learn they could not have a biological baby. Instead of giving up their dream, they decided to become parents by adopting, working with the Tennessee Child Services Department, and were willing to... Read More »
Imprisoned Martin Shkreli, aka “Pharma Boy,” is now facing a ruling by a federal judge that orders him to be banned “for life” from the drug industry plus pay fines of $64.6 million to seven states. The order follows the infamous trial where then-CEO Shkreli and company Vyera Pharmaceuticals were... Read More »
Digital tokens and mega-celebrity social media plugs led to a class action suit from the Central District of California. Major big-name celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., NBA star Paul Pierce, and company EthereumMax, are facing the lawsuit for an alleged pump and dump scam. Court documents accuse... Read More »
If a celebrity readily admits guilt to punching someone, what are the repercussions? And, if that celebrity suffers from bipolar disorder, what does that mean for him if he is charged with a battery offense? These questions will be addressed as investigators named Kanye West, 44, now known as Ye,... Read More »
Former GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin filed a lawsuit against the New York Times in 2017, alleging defamation over a published piece she said blamed her for a 2011 shooting in Arizona. The case will be brought to trial in a few weeks, despite the numerous attempts by the New... Read More »
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but in court, how you create the image is about to be on trial. A fight over the hottest new fitness tool, Lululemon’s The Mirror, is now heading to the US District Court in Manhattan, as powerhouse fitness firm Nike sues Lululemon... Read More »
Federal prosecutors are brushing off the famous mob-centric laws from decades ago and handily repurposing them in new ways for new offenses. Armed with RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act passed into law in 1970, Feds are now discussing using these statutes to charge Capitol Hill Rioters. Under... Read More »
After a six-month trail, a six-member jury in New York found Teva Pharmaceuticals, based in Israel, and numerous subsidiary firms, liable for New York state's drug epidemic. This landmark case deemed Teva Pharmaceuticals is responsible for New York state's severe opioid crisis, connecting the dots from manufacturing to sales to... Read More »
Cyber Ninjas, a Florida firm hired by the Arizona State Senate to review presidential election results in Maricopa County after former Donald Trump claimed the election had been stolen from him, was fined by Judge John Hannah $50,000 a day last week for contempt. The company, which has been criticized... Read More »
A jury of four women and eight men deliberated for more than fifty hours and returned with a unanimous guilty verdict convicting Elizabeth Holmes, 37, founder of biotech company Theranos, of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In total, she had been... Read More »
The Department of Defense (DoD) under the umbrella of the Pentagon released a report discussing political extremism in the US military. The Pentagon review was triggered in April by the January 6 Capitol Hill Riots, after the DoD discovered numerous former members of the military participated in the DC insurrection.... Read More »
A unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel upheld a prior, lower court’s decision that former President Trump’s White House records can be shared with the January 6 Capitol riot committee. The federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Trump’s bid to stop the release of sections of his White House... Read More »
Former President Donald Trump is still fighting federal and civil lawsuits claiming he is the victim of political bias, this time over ongoing New York investigations launched in 2019 into his business practices and other matters. This week, Trump filed a lawsuit against New York State attorney general Letitia James.... Read More »
