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Hershey Wins Lawsuit Claiming Reese’s Candies Aren’t Spooky

Sep 23 2025 // Hershey defeated a lawsuit claiming it misled consumers who were disappointed the Halloween-themed Reese’s peanut butter candies they bought lacked the decorative details shown on the labels.U.S. District Judge...

Illinois Labor Union to Pay $110K Over Race Discrimination Lawsuit

Sep 22 2025 // Sunnybrook Union, a labor union representing teachers and educational support staff in the Sunnybrook School District in Lansing, Illinois, will pay $110,000 and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination case...

Starbucks Workers Sue Over Company’s New Dress Code

Sep 22 2025 // Starbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant Wednesday, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees who had to buy new clothes.The employees,...

Judge Throws Out Trump’s $15B Lawsuit Against New York Times

Sep 22 2025 // A federal judge on Friday threw out U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content, calling it a “decidedly improper and impermissible” effort to...

Lawsuits Accuse Former California Megachurch Pastor of Child Sex Abuse

Sep 22 2025 // A former Riverside megachurch pastor has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in U.S. District Court in...

Lawsuit Dismissed Against Detroit Police in Facial Recognition Arrest

Sep 22 2025 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Detroit police in the wrongful arrest of a pregnant woman who was charged in a carjacking partly because of facial recognition technology.Porcha Woodruff, who was eight months...

[Video] Commercial Auto Insurers Wait on Impact of Litigation Reforms

Sep 19 2025 // Many commercial auto insurers are in a holding pattern, waiting to see how some states’ litigation reforms are enacted and enforced. However, there seems to be some positive signs for buyers.Insurance Journal’s...

Court Rejects George Santos Lawsuit Against Jimmy Kimmel

Sep 19 2025 // A copyright infringement lawsuit former Congressman George Santos filed against talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and ABC was properly dismissed by a lower court judge, an appeals court said Monday.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...

Update: SEC Hands Victory to IPO Issuers Who Want to Avoid Class-Action Lawsuits

Sep 18 2025 // The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday said it would allow companies seeking to go public to require that investors resolve claims of fraud or other false statements through arbitration rather than court litigation,...

Texas Drops Suit Against Doctor Accused of Illegal Care for Transgender Youth

Sep 17 2025 // One of the nation’s first doctors accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth under GOP-led bans was found to have not violated the law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says, nearly a...

Michigan Auto Parts Manufacturer Sued for Discrimination

Sep 17 2025 // An auto parts manufacturer with a facility in Plymouth, Michigan, violated federal law when it refused to allow an older, female worker with a disability to re-enter its apprenticeship program, the U.S. Equal Employment...

Tesla Settles Another Fatal Crash Lawsuit Ahead of Jury Trial

Sep 17 2025 // Tesla Inc. reached a confidential deal to resolve a lawsuit by the family of a teenager who was killed in a 2019 California crash involving a Model 3 on Autopilot.The settlement disclosed in court filings marks the latest...

Arkansas Pain Management Clinic and Hospital Settle Retaliation Lawsuit

Sep 16 2025 // Interventional Pain Management Associates (IPMA), a Mountain Home, Arkansas pain management clinic, and Baxter Regional Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital, will pay $350,000 and furnish other relief to settle a...

Trump Sues The New York Times for Defamation and Libel, Seeks $15 Billion

Sep 16 2025 // U.S. President Donald Trump sued the New York Times, four of its reporters, and publisher Penguin Random House for at least $15 billion on Monday, claiming defamation and libel, and citing reputational damage, a Florida...

Georgia Judge Won’t Award Attorney Fees to Governments in Rivian Lawsuit

Sep 15 2025 // A judge has rejected an attempt by the state of Georgia and a local development agency to force people who unsuccessfully sued to block an electric vehicle plant to pay the government’s legal fees.State government...

Rolling Stone, Billboard Owner Penske Sues Google Over AI Overviews

Sep 15 2025 // The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites.The lawsuit by Penske Media...

AMP to Pay $80 Million to Settle Class Action Over Pension Fees

Sep 15 2025 // AMP Ltd. has agreed to pay A$120 million ($80 million) to settle a class action alleging the financial group charged excessive fees on some pension accounts for more than a decade.The in-principle agreement relates to fees...

Movie Theatre Chain Sued for Alleged Disability Discrimination

Sep 15 2025 // American Multi-Cinema (AMC), a nationwide movie theatre chain, violated federal law when it forced an employee with a disability to leave his job, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a...

California AG’s Brief Urges Court to Side With Employee in Discrimination Suit

Sep 12 2025 // California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in support urging the court to affirm an employee’s right to sue Liberty University for sex-based...

Uber Sued by DOJ Over Passenger Disability Discrimination

Sep 12 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by the US Justice Department over claims that the ride-sharing giant discriminates against people with physical disabilities in violation of federal law.The department’s civil rights...