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Shell’s successful appeal will not end climate lawsuits against firms, say experts

Dutch appeal court ruled in favour of oil and gas company over judgment telling it to limit emissions. A court ruling in favour of Shell does not spell the end of climate litigation against ...

World - The Guardian - November 14

Viaro chief accused of forgery and stealing €144mn in London lawsuit

Francesco Mazzagatti being sued by API, part owner of Iranian petrochemicals company

World - Financial Times - November 15

Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

Mr Musk, a co-founder of the company, is accusing it and the tech giant of operating a monopoly.

Junk science provides legal ammo for mass lawsuit deception

Plaintiffs' lawyers are using junk science to manipulate mass tort cases, causing a chilling effect on scientific innovation and a hidden "tort tax" of $3,965 per family.

Politics - The Hill - November 16

JPMorgan files £21.5mn lawsuit over precious metals warehouse flaws

Wall Street bank sues UK construction company in High Court for ‘extensive losses’ on east London storage unit

Business - Financial Times - November 17

Kari Lake settles election defamation lawsuit by Republican official

Kari Lake has settled in the election defamation lawsuit brought by a local Arizona election official. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (R) sued Lake last year, claiming she defamed him when ...

Politics - The Hill - November 18

Diddy faces more than two dozen lawsuits as he sits in jail

Criminal charges against the 54-year-old could land him in prison - and the list of accusers is growing

Georgia woman files lawsuit in response to E. coli outbreak linked to carrots

Grimmway Farms has recalled its organic carrots after health officials linked them to an E. coli outbreak. A woman who was hospitalized sued the company this week.

Private equity landlords' screening process discriminated against renters, lawsuits contend

Two large private equity-backed landlords discriminated against prospective tenants by relying on faulty screening systems, according to two lawsuits.

Lawsuits target ‘potato cartel’ enabled by price data aggregators

Frozen potato producers are the target of multiple new federal lawsuits alleging that companies have been coordinating their prices through third-party data providers to form a “potato cartel.” ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

New York Times Says OpenAI Erased Potential Lawsuit Evidence

As part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit, The New York Times says it spent 150 hours sifting through OpenAI’s training data looking for potential evidence—only for OpenAI to delete all of its work.

Tech - Wired - 5 days ago

Linda McMahon, Trump’s Education Secretary Pick, Named in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

Linda McMahon, who ran World Wrestling Entertainment for decades, was accused in the lawsuit of not preventing one of the organization’s employees from victimizing children who helped set up ...

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Lawsuit against former Marvel actor Jonathan Majors dropped by ex-girlfriend

The ex-girlfriend of former Marvel actor Jonathan Majors has dropped a lawsuit that accused him of assault and defamation, according to court records filed in New York Thursday.

A Dutch court weighs a lawsuit against arms sales to Israel

Pro-Palestinian activists have told a Dutch court that the Netherlands is violating international law by selling weapons to Israel

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

Colorado funeral home owners plead guilty to 191 counts of corpse abuse

Jon and Carie Hallford are accused of piling bodies in a room-temperature building and giving out fake ashes. The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Facebook must face investor lawsuit, Supreme Court rules

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Facebook must face investor lawsuit, Supreme Court rules The Supreme Court on Friday tossed Facebook’s ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Jonathan Majors' ex-girlfriend drops assault and defamation lawsuit

Lawyers for actor Jonathan Majors and Grace Jabbari agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, according to a joint filing in Manhattan federal court.

Ex-Dancer Accuses Shen Yun of Forced Labor and Trafficking in Lawsuit

The former performer, who was recruited to join Shen Yun at age 13, said the prominent dance group coerced children into making money for it.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Drake files lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us

The rapper says Universal Music and Spotify conspired to boost the popularity of Lamar’s diss track.

Disney agrees to pay $43 million to settle lawsuit over women's pay

Walt Disney Co. agreed to pay $43 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that alleged women employees were paid less than men.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 23 hours ago

Marilyn Manson drops defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood

Shock rocker, who denied Wood’s accusations of ‘horrific’ abuse and filed lawsuit, to pay her $327,000 in attorneys fees. The shock rocker Marilyn Manson has dropped his long-running defamation ...

World - The Guardian - 17 hours ago

Marilyn Manson drops lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood

Rocker Marilyn Manson has agreed to drop a lawsuit against his former fiancée, “Westworld” actor Evan Rachel Wood

Entertainment - ABC News - 13 hours ago

Investors slam Warner Bros. Discovery with lawsuit over loss of NBA deal

Investors are calling foul over Warner Bros. Discovery's loss of its NBA media rights deal.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 15 hours ago

Palo Alto shares helped by contract news, Abbott Labs braces for lawsuit ruling

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Business - CNBC - October 31

Hallmark exec says actors Lacey Chabert, Holly Robinson Peete 'aging out': lawsuit

Hallmark Media executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed a former employee not to cast “old people” for Hallmark roles, saying that “our leading ladies are aging out,” ...

Entertainment - ABC News - October 28

Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused in new lawsuits of sexually assaulting 10- and 17-year-old boys

Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in a new lawsuit of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005