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Federal suit accuses Chicago cop of hitting and falsely arresting woman during chaotic confrontation at Family Dollar store

“Don’t touch me, don’t touch me,” Julie Campus is heard screaming on police body cam video of the incident. “What did I do?”

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2022

Lawsuit seeks to revoke FAA license for Georgia spaceport

Opponents of a proposed launchpad for commercial rockets on the Georgia coast want a federal court to throw out the project's government license, saying the Federal Aviation Administration failed to adequately consider safety risks

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Twitter shareholders sue Musk, say he 'deflated' stock price

Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit against billionaire Elon Musk, accusing him of unlawfully sowing doubt about his bid to buy Twitter

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Texas state bar sues to punish Paxton

Paxton alleged the Texas state bar was controlled by “leftists” and accused it of trying to “bully me”

Salon · May 26, 2022

Amber Heard begs Johnny Depp ‘leave me alone’ claiming daily death threats over trial

‘I’m not sitting in this courtroom, laughing, making snide jokes. This is horrible, this is painful, and this is humiliating for any human being to go through’

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Father ‘could have been saved’ from burning Tesla but electric doors wouldn’t open, lawsuit says

‘He could have been here. He could have been with us,’ says wife

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Lawsuit: 13-year-old's hands up when shot by Chicago police

A new lawsuit says a 13-year-old boy shot in the back by a Chicago police officer was unarmed and had his arms raised to surrender when he was hit by the bullet

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: A timeline of their relationship, allegations, and court battles

As Depp’s $50m defamation lawsuit draws to a close in Virginia, Clémence Michallon looks at the former couple’s legal history

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Cancer patients seek damages from Fukushima nuclear plant

A Tokyo court has begun hearings in a lawsuit seeking nearly $5 million in damages for six people who were children in Fukushima at the time of its 2011 nuclear power plant disaster and later developed thyroid cancer

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Commentary: No matter how the Heard/Depp trial ends, defamation lawsuits against accusers are here to stay

After weeks of testimony in a Virginia courtroom, the much-watched defamation trial of Johnny Depp’s claim against Amber Heard is nearing its end. At the heart of the case is Depp’s contention that his reputation was damaged to the tune of $50 million by a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in…

Los Angeles Times · May 26, 2022