A coalition of labor unions, employers, and faith-based organizations filed a federal lawsuit on Friday challenging President Donald Trump’s order imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications. The plaintiffs argue that the administration exceeded its authority under federal law and disrupted a program created by Congress to attract... Read More »
Two public school teachers have filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) and its former president, Sean M. Spiller, alleging that the union improperly funneled millions of dollars in mandatory membership dues into political groups that backed Spiller’s unsuccessful run for governor. The complaint, filed September 30... Read More »
An Alabama construction worker who says he was twice detained by immigration agents despite being a U.S. citizen has filed a federal class-action lawsuit challenging workplace raids that he and his attorneys argue unlawfully target Latino workers in the state’s construction industry. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of... Read More »
Amazon reached a record $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission on September 25, ending a case over its Prime subscription practices only days after a jury trial began in Seattle. The agreement includes $1 billion in civil penalties and $1.5 billion in consumer refunds, marking the largest rule-violation... Read More »
A California man who spent 38 years in prison for crimes he did not commit has reached a $25 million settlement with Inglewood and Los Angeles County, which his attorneys say is the largest wrongful conviction settlement in the state’s history. Maurice Hastings, now 72, was convicted in 1988 of... Read More »
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is facing a federal lawsuit from one of its professors, who claims the school has imposed policies that infringe on the First Amendment right of free speech by curbing academic freedom and classroom discussion. Tim Bakken, a civilian law professor in West Point’s... Read More »
A Michigan judge has dismissed all charges against 15 Republicans accused of falsely certifying Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election, marking one of the most significant setbacks to date in state-level prosecutions of the so-called “fake electors” plan. District Court Judge Kristen D. Simmons ruled on Tuesday... Read More »
A federal appeals court on Monday affirmed an $83.3 million defamation judgment in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll, concluding that a Manhattan jury reasonably punished President Donald Trump for repeatedly branding her 2019 sexual-assault allegation as a lie. The three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the... Read More »
A Leon County jury on Thursday found Donna Adelson, 75, guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and solicitation in the 2014 killing of her former son-in-law, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel. The verdict was returned in Tallahassee after roughly three hours of deliberations. Adelson faces a mandatory life sentence.... Read More »
A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law by using thousands of California National Guard members and U.S. Marines to support law enforcement in Los Angeles during immigration operations in June. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found the... Read More »
A former Los Angeles film producer has been indicted on federal charges accusing him of defrauding victims of more than $12 million through schemes that prosecutors say involved Ponzi-style tactics, false COVID-19 testing invoices, and misappropriated film production funds. David Raymond Brown, 39, was arrested in South Carolina after a... Read More »
The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine have sued OpenAI and chief executive officer Sam Altman, alleging that the company’s ChatGPT chatbot contributed to their son’s suicide by validating his harmful thoughts and giving detailed guidance on how to act on them. The complaint, filed Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court,... Read More »
A federal judge has ruled that Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, was unlawfully serving as acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, concluding that her interim authority expired in early July and that subsequent attempts to keep her in the role were invalid under federal law.... Read More »
Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to resolve Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit alleging the network aired false claims that its technology rigged the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The settlement was finalized on Aug. 15 and disclosed in an SEC filing made public Monday. According to the filing, Newsmax... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that a family whose home was mistakenly raided by federal agents has the right to sue the U.S. government, significantly clarifying the scope of federal liability in cases known as "wrong-house raids." Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the unanimous opinion, addressing the critical issue... Read More »
