Woman Sentenced to Prison After Delivering a Drug-Laced Lasagna to a Pregnant Woman With Intent to Cause a Miscarriage

A Decorah woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison after police say she delivered a drug-laced lasagna to a pregnant woman with the intent to cause a miscarriage. 36-year-old Amber Snow pleaded guilty Tuesday…

Edward Jones Accused of Systemic Racial Discrimination Against Black Financial Advisors in New Federal Lawsuit

A new federal lawsuit filed in St. Louis accuses Edward Jones of systemic racial discrimination against Black financial advisers, alleging the firm’s compensation and client-transfer policies favored white…

Metal Manufacturer, Precision Manufacturing Group, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Precision Manufacturing Group, a metal manufacturer near Muskegon, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, court documents show. The case was filed voluntarily. According to the May 4 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy…

Supreme Court Rejects NFL’s Appeal in Brian Flores’ Landmark Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an appeal by the NFL stemming from coach Brian Flores’ landmark racial discrimination lawsuit, allowing his case to proceed in federal court instead of closed-door…

Former Texas Constable to Receive $1.7M Settlement in Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

A former Harris County Constable Precinct 3 K-9 handler told ABC13 it’s justice after a jury awarded him nearly $1.7 million of taxpayer money in a lawsuit against his former employer. A jury agreed that Bert…

Arkansas to Receive $3.9M from Family Dollar to Settle Lawsuit Over Rodent-Infested Distribution Center

Arkansas will receive $3.9 million from Family Dollar Stores to settle a lawsuit filed over a rodent-infested distribution center and the sale of consumer products from that facility, Attorney General Tim…

Microsoft to Pay $250M to Settle Activision Blizzard Lawsuit

Microsoft will pay $250 million to settle a 2022 class action lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-Fonden AP7, which aimed to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The…

Biden Sues DOJ to Block Release of Audio and Transcripts Tied to Special Counsel Investigation

Joe Biden sued the Justice Department on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of the former president’s interview with a ghostwriter that were obtained by the special…

Supreme Court Sides with Trump Admin in Lawsuit Over Speech Restrictions for Immigration Judges

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump’s administration in a lawsuit over speech restrictions for immigration judges that touched on the rights of federal workers. The justices…

Federal Judge Blocks West Point from Enforcing Trump Admin Speech Restrictions on Faculty

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked restrictions imposed by the Trump administration that prevent faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA) from speaking to external groups without…

19-Year Old Man Sentenced to Life After Fatal Mall Shooting Left Two Teens Dead

A 19-year-old will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he killed two teenagers outside The Mall in Columbia last year. A Howard County judge handed down the life-long sentence on May 22 for Emmetson…

Former Chief Medical Officer of Beebe Healthcare Files Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination

A former Beebe Healthcare employee has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the health system of retaliation, discrimination and breach of contract. Anthony Buonanno, who served as Beebe Healthcare’s chief medical…

Real Estate Broker Files Lawsuit Alleging Arkansas Group Rejected Land Purchase Due to Jewish Ancestry and Black Husband

A real estate broker says an organization denied her the opportunity to purchase land in an Arkansas development because of her Jewish ancestry, and because she has a Black husband and biracial children,…

Former Dominion Energy Employee Sues Company for Alleged Discrimination Against Him as a Disabled Veteran

A former Dominion Energy employee is suing the company, accusing it of discrimination against him as a disabled veteran.   Nathaniel Davis, who worked as a security officer at Dominion Energy’s nuclear plant in…

Billionaire Gautam Adani and Nephew to Pay $18M Over Fraud Allegations

Shares of Adani Enterprises and Adani Green Energy pared early losses on Friday after the U.S. regulators sought court approval for a settlement in their civil lawsuit against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and…

U.S. Law Firm Fenwick to Pay $54M in Settlement Over FTX Work

Fenwick & West LLP, the principal law firm that advised former cryptocurrency exchange FTX, agreed on Friday to pay $54 million to settle a 2023 class action lawsuit, filed by former customers of the…

Goldman Sachs to Pay $500M to Settle Lawsuit Alleging It Misled Shareholders About Its Work for 1MDB

Goldman Sachs will pay $500 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the bank misled shareholders about its work for Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. Plaintiffs attorneys disclosed the figure…

Trump Admin Sued by Advocacy Group Over Access to Abortion for Veterans and Families

An advocacy group has filed suit against the Trump administration over its decision to reinstate a near-ban on abortions for veterans and their family members who depend on the U.S. Department of Veterans…

Federal Judges Dismiss DOJ Lawsuits Over Attempts to Force Turnover of Voter Rolls

Federal judges in Maine and Wisconsin on Thursday dismissed lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to compel the states to hand over detailed voter registration information. U.S. District…

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of U.S. Company in Claims of Property Seized Over 65 Years Ago in Cuban Revolution

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of owners of Cuban property that was confiscated by Fidel Castro’s government more than 65 years ago. By an 8-1 vote, the justices revived claims filed by a U.S.…

Ogdensburg, NY Diocese to Pay $45M to Survivors of Sexual Abuse

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg has agreed to pay $45 million to people who say they were sexually abused as children by clergy and other church leaders. The settlement to resolve 125 claims of…

Volvo to Pay $197M Settlement with California Over Alleged Violations of Heavy-Duty Engine Regulations

Truckmaker Volvo Group (VOLVb.ST), on Monday agreed to a $197 million settlement with the California Air ​Resources Board over alleged violations of the state’s heavy-duty ‌engine regulations. The…

January 6th Police Officers Sue Trump to Block ‘Anti Weaponization’ Fund

Two police officers who fended off rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block President Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion fund set to bankroll purported victims of…

Federal Appeals Court to Hear AI Lawsuit Between Anthropic and the Pentagon

Anthropic and the Pentagon squared off Tuesday in a federal appeals court, where the artificial intelligence firm faced an uphill battle in convincing three Republican-appointed judges that…

Judge Rules White House Must Comply with Presidential Records Act

A federal judge is ordering the White House to follow the Presidential Records Act, rejecting the Department of Justice’s recent opinion that the Watergate-era law is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge John…

Capital One Files Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against ‘Scam Campaign’ Operators

Capital One filed a lawsuit Tuesday against operators of alleged “scam campaigns,” accusing them of something unexpected: trademark infringement. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern…

$27M Antitrust and Copyright Lawsuit Against NFL Over Packers Songs Dismissed

A Wisconsin man, who claims ownership of original music compositions and lyrics for the songs Pack Attack and Go Pack Go, recently saw his $27 million antitrust and copyright lawsuit dismissed by a federal…

Avalon Bay and Equity Residential to Merge Creating Housing Rental Company Worth $69B

Equity Residential (EQR.N), and AvalonBay Communities (AVB.N), have agreed to ​an all-stock merger to form a housing ‌rental company with an enterprise value of $69 billion, the firms said on Thursday,…

Brooklyn Mother Who Drowned 3 Young Children Sentenced to 20 Years to Life

A New York woman was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison for drowning her three young children in the ocean and leaving their wet, sand-covered bodies along the shoreline near their home in Coney…

Former Connecticut Police Officer Charged with Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting of Black Man in Mental Distress

A white police officer in Connecticut who fatally shot a Black man suffering a mental health crisis has been charged with manslaughter after a state investigation found he failed to de-escalate the…

Former Justice Department Prosecutor Indicted for Stealing Copies of Unreleased Jack Smith Report on Trump

A former Justice Department prosecutor has been charged with sending herself copies of an unreleased volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into President Donald Trump. Carmen…

Massachusetts Accused of Segregating Students of Color in Low-Opportunity Districts

A lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of students and community organizations in Massachusetts argues the state is illegally maintaining schools that are racially segregated, concentrating Black and Latino…

DOJ Sues Connecticut Over Law Prohibiting Federal Agents from Wearing Masks, Requiring ID for ICE

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong on Friday over a new state law that prohibits federal agents from…

Colorado Supreme Court Orders Children’s Hospital to Resume Gender-Affirming Care for Young People

The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado’s largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that…

Maryland Reaches $4.1M Settlement with Homebuilder Over Damaging Releases of Sediment Into the Gunpowder River

Maryland inked a $4.1 million settlement deal with the developer, homebuilder and contractor of a Harford County home development blamed for damaging releases of sediment into the Gunpowder River, the attorney…

Texas Children’s Hospital to Pay $10M Settlement Over Transgender Youth Care

Texas Children’s Hospital will create the nation’s first “detransition clinic,” fire five physicians and pay the state $10 million under an unusual settlement announced Friday by Texas Attorney General Ken…

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal from Pharmaceutical Companies Over Medicare Price Negotiations

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from pharmaceutical companies that object to negotiating Medicare drug prices with the federal government. The justices did not comment in leaving in place rulings…

Trump Admin Files Lawsuit Against Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces to Seize Land for Border Barrier Near El Paso

To install more border barriers, the Trump administration wants to seize 14 acres of land on an iconic mountain outside of El Paso owned by the Catholic Diocese of neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico, that…

Trump Drops $10 Billion IRS Lawsuit in Exchange for DOJ Creating a $1.8B ‘Lawfare’ Fund

President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump Organization dropped their $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service on Monday in exchange for the Department of Justice creating a $1.776…

Federal Court Dismisses Elon Musk’s Claims Against OpenAI, Jury Says He Filed Lawsuit Too Late

A federal court on Monday dismissed claims filed against OpenAI and its top executives by Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to remain a nonprofit dedicated to guiding artificial…

Clean Harbors, Leading Provider of Environmental and Industrial Services in North America, to Acquire Terra Nova Solutions for $225M

Clean Harbors, Inc. (“Clean Harbors” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CLH), the leading provider of environmental and industrial services throughout North America, today announced the acquisition of Terra Nova…

Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty in Shooting Death of Rapper Young Dolph

A Tennessee man pleaded guilty on Friday in the shooting death of Young Dolph during a daytime ambush at a Memphis bakery, marking an end to courtroom battles stemming from the rapper and music label owner’s…

New Mexico Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction for Man in 12-Year Old’s Killing

The New Mexico Supreme Court overturned a murder conviction for a Valencia County man in a killing that occurred when he was a teenager. The state Supreme Court vacated Brandon Villalobos’ second-degree murder…

Man Convicted of Acting as an Illegal Foreign Agent and Running Secret Chinese Spy Outpost in New York City

A man accused of running a secret Chinese spy outpost from a nondescript office building in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood was convicted Wednesday of acting as an illegal foreign agent. Lu Jianwang, 64, was…

Gun Rights’ Groups Sue Over New Virginia Law Banning ‘Assault Firearms’

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed legislation banning the sale and manufacture of certain semi-automatic firearms, prompting immediate lawsuits from gun-rights groups. The limits on “ assault…

Chick-fil-a Franchise Sued by Former Employee Claiming Failure to Accommodate Religious Belief in a Saturday Sabbath

An Austin Chick-fil-a franchise was sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a former employee who claims her employer failed to accommodate her religious belief in a Saturday…

Former Norwich University Employee Sues University Over Alleged Sexual Harassment and Retaliation by Colleagues

A former Norwich University employee has filed a lawsuit after she says her colleagues at Norwich assaulted, harassed, and retaliated against her. The case raises questions about how workplaces handle…

Wrongfully Convicted Man to Get $5.25M Settlement After Spending 21 Years in Prison

A wrongfully convicted man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the murders of two hunters will get millions in a settlement reached on Monday. Jeff Titus will receive $5.25 million in the settlement…

South Florida Police Officers File Defamation Lawsuit Against Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Alleging Details in ‘The Rip’ Are Too Real

Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s recent action thriller “The Rip” used too many real-life details in its fictionalized narrative, causing harm to the officers’ personal…