LOS ANGELES—Kobe Bryant’s widow won’t have to undergo psychiatric testing for her lawsuit over graphic photos of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, her 13-year-old daughter, and others, a federal judge ruled Monday. Los Angeles County sought to compel psychiatric evaluations for Vanessa Bryant and others to determine if they truly suffered…
Publicis Loses Bid to Escape Massachusetts Opioid Marketing Lawsuit
BOSTON—A unit of French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA on Friday lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by Massachusetts’ attorney general claiming it helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. Publicis Health had called Attorney General Maura Healey’s lawsuit an unprecedented attempt to sue an advertising agency over a manufacturer’s…
19 States Sue Biden Administration Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Several U.S. states on Friday mounted multiple federal lawsuits against the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers and contractors. Texas sued individually in a federal court in Galveston. Another lawsuit, filed in a federal district court in Missouri involves Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Yet another lawsuit,…
DeSantis Sues Biden, NASA and Others, Over Vaccine Mandates
LAKELAND, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Oct. 28 that Florida is suing President Joe Biden, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and others over mandates requiring employees of federal contractors to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 28 in a U.S. District Court, names as defendants: Biden, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, six other officials, and five…
DeSantis Sues Biden Administration Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
LAKELAND, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Oct. 28 that Florida is suing President Joe Biden, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and others over mandates requiring employees of federal contractors to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 28 in a U.S. District Court, names as defendants: Biden, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, six other officials, and five…
Kellogg’s in $5 Million Lawsuit for Not Putting Enough Strawberries in Its Pop-Tarts
By Chloe Arrojado Strawberry Pop-Tarts are ubiquitous grocery-aisle treats, but one lawsuit is claiming the product doesn’t feature enough real fruit in its filling. In August, Illinois resident Anita Harris filed a class-action complaint against Kellogg Sales Company for giving consumers the impression that Pop-Tarts’ strawberry variety contains “a relatively significant amount of non strawberry fruit ingredients—pears and apples—shown on the ingredient list.”…
More Than 130 Chicago City Workers File Lawsuit Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
More than 130 Chicago city workers, consisting of firefighters, health care workers, and other first responders, filed a lawsuit against the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, arguing the order is unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed in Chicago’s federal court, pushing back against Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mandate that health care workers and other state employees must…
SC Attorney Alex Murdaugh Denied Bond on $3 Million Theft Charges
COLUMBIA, S.C.—A judge denied bond Tuesday for a prominent South Carolina attorney who has become embroiled in two multimillion-dollar insurance fraud cases months after he found his wife and son dead in their home. The judge said Alex Murdaugh’s considerable financial resources and mental instability appear for now to make it too risky to allow…
Michigan Judge Tosses GM Lawsuit Against Fiat Chrysler
WASHINGTON—A Michigan judge has thrown out a lawsuit that General Motors filed against Stellantis’s Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) that accused its rival of fraud and unfair competition. GM sued FCA in 2019, alleging it bribed United Auto Workers (UAW) union officials over many years to corrupt the bargaining process and gain advantages, costing GM billions…
California Student Sues School for Partial Refund Due to Lack of In-person Learning
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last March, many colleges and universities sent their students home for in-person learning. For many college seniors, this meant not only the loss of on-campus resources but the loss of their final months of the college experience. Now, students across the country are suing their universities and seeking reimbursement for the…
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