A settlement between Remington and families of victims in the Sandy Hook attack is the first of its kind American gun manufacturer Remington has agreed to pay $73 million to families of nine victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. The settlement marks the first time a gun manufacturer has been […]
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Prince Andrew settles sex abuse lawsuit
The financial terms of the settlement between the British royal and his accuser Virginia Giuffre have not been revealed Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, has reached a settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who had accused the senior British royal of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, according to a court […]
Google facing $2 billion anti-competitive lawsuit
Google is accused of manipulating search results to favor its own service PriceRunner, a Swedish price comparison site, has filed a $2.4 billion lawsuit against Google, claiming the search engine manipulates search results to benefit its own commercial services. In the lawsuit, filed on Monday, the Swedish company claims the tech giant has caused damage […]
US states join Mexico in lawsuit against American gun manufacturers
Gunmakers hit back against allegations of facilitating trafficking Attorneys general for 13 states and Washington DC have backed a Mexican federal lawsuit accusing American gun manufacturers of aiding and abetting the trafficking of weapons to Mexican criminals. The prosecutors – all Democrats – filed a brief last week in Massachusetts federal court seeking to deny […]
Prince Andrew demands jury trial in sex abuse lawsuit
In an official filing, the disgraced royal denies abusing Virginia Giuffre, disavows knowledge of Epstein’s trafficking scheme The UK’s Prince Andrew has formally denied sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged trafficking victims, when she was 17. In a new court filing, the British royal denied Giuffre’s allegations, refused to comment on the […]
Google accused in new lawsuit of ‘invading’ user privacy
The attorneys general for three states and Washington DC claim the tech giant used “deceptive and unfair” practices The attorneys general for Texas, Indiana, Washington, and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming it used “deceptive and unfair” practices in obtaining users’ location data. Karl A. Racine, attorney general for the […]
Nirvana cover baby relaunches child porn lawsuit
The man from the ‘Nevermind’ album photo is giving his complaint another shot in court Spencer Elden, now 30, has met a deadline to relaunch his complaint against Nirvana, claiming the image they used of him as a baby is in fact “child pornography.” In court filings submitted on Wednesday, Elden restates his position that […]
Non-whites given preferential access to rare Covid treatment – lawsuit
Utah is facing legal action over its move to include race as a determining factor in treatment decisions Health authorities in Utah and Minnesota have come under pressure after claims emerged that non-whites were given two extra points on a risk-based scorecard for deciding whether patients would receive Covid antibody treatment. On Wednesday, Fox News […]
Royal family refuses to discuss Prince Andrew sex abuse lawsuit
Palace will “not comment” on prince’s legal trouble involving pedophile’s victim Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on a US court ruling allowing Virginia Giuffre’s sexual assault lawsuit against Prince Andrew to go ahead. Unless settled, the lawsuit could see members of the royal family testify. “We would not comment on what is an ongoing […]
Epstein accuser’s sex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew can proceed, judge rules
Disgraced British royal now faces testimony or settlement in US lawsuit A Manhattan court has given the go-ahead for Virginia Giuffre’s sexual assault case against the UK’s Prince Andrew. The prince’s lawyers had tried to have the case dismissed due to a settlement between Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein. US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled […]
Judge rules on Facebook antitrust lawsuit
The Federal Trade Commission will move ahead with the amended antitrust lawsuit against the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp The same federal judge who dismissed the first FTC antitrust lawsuit against Facebook has now allowed the amended complaint against Meta to move ahead, saying it was “more robust and detailed.” “Second time lucky? […]
Ivy League schools acting like ‘price-fixing cartel,’ lawsuit says
Lawsuit alleges that 16 major US universities are ‘conspiring’ to limit financial assistance packages for needy students Sixteen top US universities, including a number of prestigious Ivy League schools, have been accused of violating antitrust laws by working together to decide how much financial help should be awarded to prospective students. The lawsuit, which was […]
Judge rules on US military vax mandate lawsuit
A US federal judge sides with the Pentagon in one of the first legal tests for the military Covid-19 vaccine mandate A US federal judge has ruled against the Oklahoma government and a group of soldiers in a lawsuit challenging the military’s vaccination requirements, denying a requested pause on the policy for National Guard troops […]
Project Veritas wins lawsuit against New York Times
A judge has directed the New York Times to return internal documents belonging to Project Veritas that were cited by the paper in an article last month. The report had sparked allegations that the FBI was behind the memos’ leak. In his ruling on Friday, Justice Charles Wood of the Westchester County Supreme Court in […]
Meghan Markle might have ‘information’ for Prince Andrew rape lawsuit
The Duchess of Sussex is on the list of candidates to depose in the case against Prince Andrew, in which he allegedly sexually abused a 17-year old. Meghan Markle “may very well have important knowledge,” an attorney believes. Markle, wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, could be chosen by prosecutors to testify in the case against […]