The Latest Breaking News from Lawsuit

Biden urges SCOTUS on climate suits

Big Oil has long counted on corporate-friendly federal courts to get rid of climate suits

Salon · Mar 20, 2023

Finance YouTubers who promoted FTX handed a $1billion lawsuit

The suit follows similar action against celebrity endorsers of FTX like Tom Brady and Madonna.

Fortune · Mar 20, 2023

FDNY firehouses still ‘hostile’ to firefighters of color despite years of civil rights litigation, Vulcan Society president says

NEW YORK — The head of the city’s Black firefighters group bashed the FDNY for not making significant progress in creating a “less hostile” atmosphere at firehouses — despite changes required by a groundbreaking civil rights lawsuit.

Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2023

How an old law found new life in lawsuit seeking to revoke approval of abortion pill

Anti-abortion advocates are trying to revive the long-dormant 1873 Comstock Act, which banned mailing of anything related to abortion or contraception, in a lawsuit about mifepristone, an abortion-inducing drug.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 20, 2023

Elizabeth Holmes owes more than $25m to Theranos, lawsuit claims

Disgraced founder who was sentenced last November to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors has not paid back the money she owes

The Guardian - US · Mar 19, 2023

Dominion lawsuit is just the start as Fox faces losing friends – and viewers

Beyond the defamation case, Fox News must reckon with an alienated audience and its waning hold over the GOP

The Guardian - US · Mar 19, 2023

District responds to student's Pledge of Allegiance lawsuit

A South Carolina school district says a ninth grader walking in a hallway was stopped during a moment of silence and not the Pledge of Allegiance

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2023

Judge extends agreement date for Oklahoma poultry lawsuit

A federal judge is giving Oklahoma and nearly a dozen poultry companies, including the world’s largest poultry producer, Tyson Foods, 90 more days to reach agreement on plans to clean the Illinois River watershed polluted by chicken litter

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2023

Are Texas’s abortion laws being used for state-sponsored spousal harassment?

A Texas man is suing his ex-wife’s friends for helping her get an abortion – whether he wins or not, the lawsuit is sending a terrifying message to women

The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2023

Idaho lawmakers move forward with bills limiting ways to vote. Students push back

BOISE, Idaho — A new prohibition on the use of student IDs to vote has already attracted two lawsuits, just two days after Gov. Brad Little signed the bill into law.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2023