The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office filed a lawsuit Monday to block a $1 million giveaway by a political action committee (PAC) controlled by billionaire Elon Musk, claiming it constitutes an illegal lottery. The PAC, called Musk’s America PAC, backs former President Donald Trump in the upcoming election. The lawsuit, filed... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered former attorney Rudy Giuliani to begin handing over his assets to the Georgia election workers he defamed, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, within seven days. This comes as a result of a $148 million defamation judgment that was finalized nearly a year ago. Giuliani,... Read More »
A Massachusetts court ruled on Friday that Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit alleging it deliberately designed addictive features on its Instagram platform, which harm young users’ mental health. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Peter Krupp denied Meta’s request to dismiss the case brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy... Read More »
The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that over 800 military service members have had their discharge records upgraded to honorable status after being expelled from the military under the now-repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) policy. The DADT policy, introduced by President Bill Clinton in 1993, allowed LGBTQ individuals to serve... Read More »
North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, accusing the network of publishing false and damaging claims. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court, centers around a September CNN report that alleged Robinson had made offensive and inflammatory comments... Read More »
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit Thursday against Cumberland DRW, the cryptocurrency arm of high-speed trading firm DRW Holdings. The lawsuit accuses Cumberland of violating securities laws by failing to register as a securities dealer, marking a significant escalation in the SEC’s ongoing crackdown on crypto firms,... Read More »
Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) has agreed to pay $2.8 billion to settle an antitrust class action lawsuit brought by hospital systems, physicians, and other healthcare providers. The plaintiffs alleged that BCBS and its affiliates underpaid them for services and reimbursements. This proposed settlement, filed in an Alabama federal court... Read More »
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the Virginia Board of Elections (VBE) and the state Commissioner of Elections on Friday, accusing the state of violating federal voter registration laws by unlawfully purging voters from election lists. The lawsuit focuses on Virginia’s violation of the "quiet period"... Read More »
On Thursday, US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan approved the release of redacted evidence against former President Donald Trump in the federal election interference case. This significant decision comes just weeks ahead of the 2024 election, where Trump is the Republican nominee, and follows a landmark ruling by the US... Read More »
A class-action lawsuit filed this week alleges that 40 elite private U.S. universities, including top institutions like Harvard, Yale, and Northwestern, conspired to inflate tuition costs by improperly including the assets of noncustodial parents when calculating financial aid. The lawsuit, initiated by a Boston University student and a Cornell University... Read More »
California’s new law, Assembly Bill 2839, aimed at combating AI-generated deepfakes in elections, faces a legal challenge after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking most of its enforcement. The law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last month, targets the distribution of “materially deceptive” AI-generated media designed to mislead... Read More »
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has filed a motion to dismiss a bribery charge brought against him by federal prosecutors, signaling an aggressive defense strategy just days after being indicted. Adams, the first sitting New York City mayor in modern history to be indicted, faces accusations of accepting luxury... Read More »
The FBI has agreed to a $22 million settlement in response to a class-action lawsuit filed by 34 female recruits, alleging systemic gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful dismissal during training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. The lawsuit, filed in 2019, claims that female trainees were targeted for... Read More »
A federal court in New Orleans has sentenced Captain Abdurrahman Korkmaz to eight months in prison and imposed a $2 million criminal penalty on two corporations—Prive Overseas Marine LLC and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret—for their roles in violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstructing a U.S.... Read More »
A federal judge has approved a $600 million class-action settlement offered by Norfolk Southern Railroad for residents and businesses affected by the catastrophic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which occurred in February 2023. The settlement, which compensates those who lived within 20 miles of the derailment site, clears the... Read More »
