Category: lawsuit

Federal Judge Dismisses Fraud and Defamation Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Amid a Week of Controversy

A federal judge in California dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit filed by a Tesla investor against Tesla Inc., the company’s CEO Elon Musk, and a Musk supporter on May 19. Judge James Donato threw out the lawsuit by the investor, Aaron Greenspan, a legal document website owner, after noting that the lawsuit had no…


Apple Faces Lawsuit Over Allegedly Forcing Workers to Attend Anti-Union Speeches

Apple, Inc. seems to have ruffled the feathers of the largest union of communication workers in the U.S. even as it strives to win over its retail store employees. What Happened The tech giant has gone against the spirit of the federal labor law by forcing store employees to attend anti-union speeches, the Communications Workers of…


Former San Juan Capistrano Mayor Sues City Over Skatepark Project

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—After city officials settled a decades-long debate and voted to approve in April the construction of the community’s first skatepark, a former San Juan Capistrano mayor filed a lawsuit weeks after opposing the $3.3 million project, saying its potential impacts were not properly evaluated under California environmental law, known as CEQA. Carolyn…


Musk, Twitter Sued by Florida Pension Fund Seeking to Delay $44 Billion Takeover

A Florida pension fund has sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. in a bid to halt the self-avowed “free speech absolutist” from finalizing his $44 billion takeover bid of the social media platform. In the proposed class-action lawsuit, brought by the Orlando Police Pension Fund and filed in Delaware Chancery Court, the plaintiffs…


Purdue Urges Appeals Court to Revive Sackler Opioid Lawsuit Shield

Judges on a U.S. appeals court appeared hesitant on Friday to revive a legal shield that would protect members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma from lawsuits related to the prescription opioid OxyContin, a key to ending the company’s bankruptcy. During oral arguments, a three-judge panel on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of…


14 AGs Sue Biden Administration Over Changing Asylum Policy

Fourteen attorneys general, led by Arizona, Louisiana, and Missouri, have sued the Biden administration for altering immigration policies established by Congress related to the immigration asylum process. They sued the same day Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a separate lawsuit against the administration in federal court in Texas over the same policy. Attorneys general…


Michigan Prosecutors Lawyer-Up to Fight Whitmer Abortion Lawsuit

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, is asking a county judge to enjoin 13 Michigan prosecutors from prosecuting violators of a state law that criminalizes most abortions. The 1931 law was made moot when the U.S. Supreme Court, in its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, legalized abortion in all 50 states. But the 91-year-old statute…


Whitmer Launches Supreme Court Action to Keep Abortion Legal in Michigan

Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, has asked the state Supreme Court to immediately declare that abortion is a right protected by the Michigan Constitution. The first-term governor, who is seeking reelection this November, used her executive authority to bypass the lower courts in order to expedite the state Supreme Court’s consideration of her lawsuit….


Lawsuit Filed Against Burger King Accuses Fast-Food Chain of Falsely Advertising Sandwich Size

Fast-food chain Burger King is being sued by four plaintiffs over alleged false advertising of its burgers, claiming the restaurant’s adverts showcase the meat-filled sandwiches as bigger than they actually are. According to Top Class Actions, plaintiffs Walter Coleman, Marco DiLeonardo, Matthew Fox, and Madelyn Salzman are leading a class-action lawsuit against the restaurant on behalf of anyone who “purchased a Burger King menu item…


Facts Matter (March 25): Trump Sues Hillary Clinton, DNC, British Spy Over Russian Collusion Allegations Plot

Former President Donald Trump just officially filed a federal lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, Christopher Steele (who is the former British spy behind that infamous dossier), as well as about 30 other people. And his lawsuit alleges that these individuals carried out a national plot to “weave a false narrative” that Trump somehow colluded with Russia. Now,…