Wall Street avoids a reckoning over #MeToo—and mandatory arbitration TCW settles a long-simmering sexual harassment lawsuit, while Goldman Sachs looks to prevent a gender-bias trial. Fortune · May 4, 2023
Dominion is not done fighting 2020 election lies. A look at its other cases Company still has defamation lawsuits pending against two news firms and several persons it has accused of spreading lies The Guardian - US · May 4, 2023
Ed Sheeran news – live: Singer hugs lawyers after winning Marvin Gaye plagiarism lawsuit Singer had been fighting a lawsuit in New York after being accused of plagiarising Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ for his 2014 single ‘Thinking Out Loud’ The Independent UK · May 4, 2023
Wisconsin judge to hear first arguments in abortion lawsuit A Wisconsin judge is set to hear arguments Thursday in a lawsuit challenging the state's 174-year-old abortion ban The Independent UK · May 4, 2023
Trump lawsuit against New York Times over 2018 series tossed Former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times over a 2018 investigative series into his family’s wealth and tax practices was dismissed by a state judge The Independent UK · May 4, 2023
Man who sued over abortion countersued Ex-husband demanded wife give him "mind body and soul" Salon · May 4, 2023
Suit targets Kentucky ban on gender-affirming care for youth Several families have challenged Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth The Independent UK · May 3, 2023
US judge throws out Donald Trump’s lawsuit against New York Times Lawsuit alleged newspaper sought out niece Mary Trump and persuaded her to join ‘insidious plot’ to obtain Trump’s tax records The Guardian - US · May 3, 2023
House committee advances tweak to free speech protection law, prompting fear from First Amendment advocates The change is supported by business groups, but has drawn opposition from media companies, First Amendment lawyers and political groups from across the ideological spectrum. The Texas Tribune · May 3, 2023
Judge throws out Trump’s New York Times lawsuit and saddles him with legal costs Former president sued newspaper and niece Mary Trump over ‘insidious plot’ to reveal his tax affairs The Independent UK · May 3, 2023
Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against New York Times The New York Supreme Court judge ordered him to pay all legal fees. Axios · May 3, 2023
Trump rape case explained: How a chance department store meeting led to a court case decades later Nearly three decades after E Jean Carroll claims Donald Trump raped her in a dressing room, the pair faced off in court. Andrew Feinberg explains the case The Independent UK · May 3, 2023
Who is E Jean Carroll? The writer and TV host who took on Donald Trump For decades, E Jean Carroll wrote columns advising women never to structure their lives around men. Then a rape allegation against the world’s most powerful man upended hers. Bevan Hurley reports The Independent UK · May 3, 2023
Wrongfully convicted Massachusetts man gets $13M settlement A Massachusetts man who spent 32 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of setting a fire that killed eight people will receive $13 million from the city where he was arrested The Independent UK · May 3, 2023
Reason · May 3, 2023 'Reprehensible and Plainly Unconstitutional': Child Welfare Agents Took Their Kids. Now They're Suing. Even though a family pediatrician said she had "zero concerns," child welfare services still seized Josh Sabey's and Sarah Perkins' two young children. It took four months for the couple to regain custody.
The Independent UK · May 3, 2023 Report: Racist text helped spur Fox to oust Tucker Carlson A published report says a racist text message from Tucker Carlson helped drive the commentator's ouster from Fox News' The New York Times says that in a text uncovered as part of a recent defamation lawsuit, the former Fox host lamented how supporters of former President Donald Trump ganged up…
Reason · May 3, 2023 Environmentalist Lawsuit Could Delay SpaceX's Starship Launches for Years The FAA required SpaceX take 75 separate actions to mitigate the environmental impacts of launches from its Boca Chica, Texas, launch site. A new lawsuit says it's not enough.
PC Gamer · May 3, 2023 Bungie lawsuit ends with Destiny cheat-seller on the hook for $12M This guy got both barrels alright.
Louder · May 3, 2023 Steven Tyler's lawyers want a claim of "intentional infliction of emotional distress" struck from sexual assault of a minor lawsuit filed against him Lawyers for Aerosmith's Steven Tyler argue that sections of his memoirs relating to a contested 1970s sexual relationship are legally protected speech and cannot be used against him
Cycling Weekly · May 3, 2023 Cyclist sues e-bike brand Rad Power Bikes after sustaining injuries in crash The lawsuit claims the e-bike stopped "suddenly and without warning"
The Independent UK · May 3, 2023 A Texas man sued his ex-wife’s friends for allegedly helping her with an abortion. Now they’re suing him Influential right-wing attorneys helped him file a $1m ‘wrongful death’ lawsuit against a group of women accused of supporting his ex-wife’s abortion. A countersuit alleges he wanted to keep her under his control
The Independent UK · May 3, 2023 Ed Sheeran trial – live: Singer’s lawyer says case ‘should never have been brought’ in closing arguments Singer is currently fighting a lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement over his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’
The Independent UK · May 2, 2023 A Texas man sued his his ex-wife’s friends for allegedly helping her with an abortion. Now they’re suing him Influential right-wing attorneys helped him file a $1m ‘wrongful death’ lawsuit against a group of women accused of supporting his ex-wife’s abortion. A countersuit alleges he wanted to keep her under his control
The Independent UK · May 2, 2023 Ed Sheeran trial live: Singer announced as Katy Perry’s American Idol replacement ahead of trial verdict Singer is currently fighting a lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement over his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’
The Independent UK · May 2, 2023 Utah judge delays implementing statewide abortion clinic ban A Utah judge has ruled that the state law banning abortion clinics cannot take effect on Wednesday as scheduled amid a lawsuit filed by the state’s largest abortion provider