Tag: lawsuit

Laid-Off Twitter Employees Sue Musk Over Severance Pay

Recently fired Twitter employees are now suing the social media company after its new owner, Elon Musk, pulled their original severance benefit packages. Five of the former employees, who filed a Nov.1 class action suit against Twitter, are accusing Musk of breaking his promise to allow them to keep at least two months of severance, bonus…


Judge Orders Alex Jones to Pay $473 Million More in Sandy Hook Defamation Lawsuit

A judge has ordered Infowars host Alex Jones and his company to pay an extra $473 million in a lawsuit filed by families of victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre. The order comes on top of the nearly $1 billion jury verdict issued last month, bringing the total judgment against Jones in the lawsuit to $1.44…


Wisconsin Veterans Group Sues to Sequester State’s Military Absentee Ballots Before Vote Counting Begins

Just days before the Nov. 8 midterm election, a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge was asked to sequester the state’s military absentee ballots until they are properly verified. The lawsuit (pdf), called Concerned Veterans of Waukesha County (et al) v. the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), was filed on Nov. 4 by a team of lawyers…


Twitter Employees File Lawsuit Over Mass Layoffs

Twitter has been sued by multiple staff members over an alleged violation of federal law, with workers claiming they were not given enough notice regarding planned layoffs. Employees who had worked at Twitter’s offices in San Francisco, California, and Cambridge, Massachusetts filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco) on Thursday….


Plaintiffs Ask Judge to Find Benson in Contempt of Court for Failing to Correct Election Guidance Manual

A Michigan Court of Claims judge has been asked to declare Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, in contempt for noncompliance with a court order. The filing also requests the court enforce the injunction it issued on Oct. 20, 2022, ordering Benson to correct the guidance she provided to state and local election officials…


Trump Lawsuit Claims NY Attorney General Letitia James Pursuing ‘Crusade’

Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s suing New York Attorney General Letitia James to stop her from what the lawsuit described as a “relentless” and public “crusade … with the stated goal of destroying him personally, financially, and politically.” “Today, I filed a lawsuit in Florida State Circuit Court against the corrupt Attorney General…


Disney Sued by Annual Passholders Over Pandemic-Era Changes to Reservation System

Walt Disney World passholders have filed a lawsuit against the company over a parking reservation system that had been implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit was filed Oct. 18 at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida Orlando Division by two plaintiffs who have been Disney passholders for several years. Both…


Judge Dismisses FedEx From Indianapolis Shooting Lawsuit

INDIANAPOLIS—A federal judge has dismissed FedEx from a lawsuit filed by relatives of five of the eight people who were fatally shot last year at an Indianapolis warehouse by a former employee of the shipping giant. U.S. District Judge James Sweeney on Monday granted a FedEx Corp. motion to dismiss it and three of its…


Applications Open for Biden’s Billion-Dollar Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Despite Mounting Lawsuits

Tens of millions of Americans across the country are now eligible to apply for student loan cancellation under President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness plan despite a number of lawsuits opposing the scheme. Biden announced the launch of the official application site at StudentAid.gov on Monday after a “beta” test version of the site was rolled out over the…


Applications Open for Biden’s Billion-Dollar Student Loan Forgiveness Program Despite Mounting Lawsuits

Tens of millions of Americans across the country are now eligible to apply for student loan cancellation under President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness program despite a number of lawsuits opposing the scheme. Biden announced the launch of the official application site at StudentAid.gov on Monday after a “beta” test version of the site was rolled out over the…