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Insurer Sued Over 80th Birthday Event Cancellation at Sting’s Estate in Italy

Sep 28 2023 // A Pennsylvania firm that organized a three-day musical festival for its owner’s 80th birthday at the Italian residence of musician Sting is suing its insurer seeking payment under an event cancellation...

McKinsey Agrees to Pay $230 Million to Settle More Opioid Suits

Sep 27 2023 // McKinsey & Co. is poised to pay $230 million in its latest settlement of lawsuits blaming the company for its role advising opioid manufacturers in their sales of the painkillers.The proposed accord with local...

Update: FTC Sues Amazon.com for Breaking Antitrust Law and Harming Consumers

Sep 26 2023 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday and asked the court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets as the government accuses Big Tech of...

Texas Car Dealer Sued for Firing Employee With Cancer Diagnosis

Sep 26 2023 // A company that provides administrative and operations services for a group of related automobile dealerships across Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida, violated federal law when it fired a longtime senior manager in...

Federal Judge Rejects Law Firm’s Claim for Hurricane Damage Lawsuit Fees, Citing Illegal Client Acquisition

Sep 26 2023 // A federal judge rejected a request by McClenny Moseley & Associates to claim an interest in legal fees and expenses from a hurricane damage lawsuit, saying the law firm obtained its clients illegally by using a...

JPMorgan Settles Epstein Lawsuit With US Virgin Islands for $75 Million

Sep 26 2023 // JPMorgan Chase reached settlements with the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and former executive Jes Staley to resolve lawsuits over sex trafficking by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, largely resolving a scandal that...

Student Sues Alabama Fraternity over Alleged Brain Injury from Hazing

Sep 26 2023 // TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A student and his parents have filed a lawsuit against a University of Alabama fraternity, saying he suffered a traumatic brain injury while being hazed as a fraternity pledge earlier this...

FTC Poised to Sue Amazon for Antitrust Violations

Sep 25 2023 // The Federal Trade Commission is expected to sue Amazon.com Inc. for antitrust violations next week, according to people familiar with the matter – marking the agency’s fourth swipe at the online retail giant this...

Hedge Fund Manager Crispin Odey Faces Lawsuit Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Sep 25 2023 // Two of Crispin Odey’s alleged victims have filed a lawsuit against the hedge fund manager and his eponymous former firm.Two former employees have submitted a civil claim against Odey Asset Management and the...

EEOC Sues UPS, Alleging Discrimination Against Deaf Drivers

Sep 25 2023 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Friday said it sued United Parcel Service for disability discrimination, alleging the delivery firm refused to hire deaf or hearing-impaired individuals as...

FTX Sues Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents to Claw Back Funds

Sep 22 2023 // The managers of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX sued the parents of co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer Sam Bankman-Fried to “recover millions of dollars in fraudulently transferred and misappropriated...

NC Family Sues Google After Man Drove off Collapsed Bridge Following Map Directions

Sep 22 2023 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been...

Family Files Suit in New Mexico over Man Fatally Shot by Police at Wrong Address

Sep 22 2023 // The family of a man shot and killed by police in New Mexico after they responded to the wrong address is suing the city and three officers.The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court alleges Robert Dotson and his family were...

Texas Manufactured Homes Company Faces Lawsuit for Alleged Racial Harassment in the Workplace

Sep 21 2023 // A Texas manufactured homes company was sued for subjecting an employee to a hostile work environment after learning learning of his multiracial family, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

Chicago Files Lawsuit Against Monsanto and Univar for Polluting Water, Air, and Soil with Harmful Chemicals

Sep 21 2023 // Chicago is suing Bayer AG’s Monsanto and Univar Solutions Inc. for polluting the city’s water, air and soil with chemicals the companies knew were harmful to humans.The complaint, filed in Cook County Circuit...

John Grisham, Other Top Authors Sue OpenAI Over Copyrights

Sep 21 2023 // A trade group for U.S. authors has sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court on behalf of prominent writers including John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, George Saunders, Jodi Picoult and “Game of Thrones” novelist...

Ohio Trucking Company Faces Lawsuit for Harassing and Terminating Gay Mechanics, EEOC Alleges

Sep 20 2023 // An Ohio trucking company violated federal law by subjecting two gay mechanics to harassment and termination because of their sexual orientation and retaliated against them for opposing or complaining about the harassment,...

Eli Lilly Sues Businesses Selling Knockoff Versions of Mounjaro

Sep 20 2023 // Eli Lilly & Co. is suing medical spas, wellness centers and compounding pharmacies in various US states that sell unapproved versions of its blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro, which is frequently used off-label for...

Indiana Attorney General Sues State’s Largest Hospital System Over Privacy of Ohio Girl Who Traveled for Abortion

Sep 19 2023 // NDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana`s attorney general has sued the state`s largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an...

Sandy Hook Families Who Won Suit Against Alex Jones Have Not Seen a Dime

Sep 19 2023 // Alex Jones` personal spending is frustrating families who are trying to collect on the $1.5 billion in judgments against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting a hoax.The conspiracy theorist and...