lawsuit

A court blocks a couple from suing Uber over a crash, citing terms and conditions

12:30pm October 02, 2024

An appeals court sided with Uber, ruling a couple can't sue over a near-fatal car crash because they had agreed to Uber's arbitration clause. Their lawyer is worried about a "slippery slope."

Court to decide who can see secret evidence U.S. has filed against TikTok

3:19pm August 22, 2024

The fate of TikTok in the U.S. will be determined by a high-stakes court hearing set for September. But TikTok is demanding the government turn over its classified documents on the app.

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TikTok fights for survival in latest filing as ban approaches

9:42pm August 15, 2024

In the latest salvo in the fight over the hit app’s future in the U.S., lawyers for TikTok say the government’s push to ban TikTok is unconstitutional and lacks proof that TikTok is a real security risk.

Disney backtracks on request to toss wrongful death suit over Disney+ agreement

12:19pm August 14, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Jeffrey Piccolo's wife died after eating at a Disney World restaurant. Disney wanted his claims handled out of court based on the terms of his years-old Disney+ trial, but reversed its position.

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Texas judge steps aside in Elon Musk's X case against advertisers

4:42pm August 13, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor had been overseeing two cases filed by Musk’s social media platform X. Records showed O’Connor was also an investor in Tesla, another Musk company, as well as Unilever, a defendant in the Musk case.

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Elon Musk is bringing lawsuits to Texas. A judge with Tesla stock keeps hearing them

6:25pm August 09, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

Judge Reed O’Connor is overseeing two major lawsuits filed by billionaire Elon Musk. Legal experts have raised questions about the judge’s impartiality.

Google is defiant after losing antitrust lawsuit and being called a 'monopolist'

4:44am August 06, 2024

by Dara Kerr

A federal judge rules that Google illegally abused its monopoly power to maintain its control over the search engine business. Google says it’s appealing.

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Mother sues Mount Airy City Schools following alleged bullying and sexual assault of 12-year-old son

1:49pm July 11, 2024

by Amy Diaz

The lawsuit filed last week claims Mount Airy City Schools officials failed to intervene and protect the student from physical and sexual abuse during a field trip in 2022.

Four customers in Florida have filed a federal lawsuit against The Hershey Company alleging that designs displayed on some Reese's Peanut Butter cups were misleading to customers.

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Hershey's lawsuit argues the company uses 'deceptive' packaging in Reese's products

10:04pm May 22, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

Four plaintiffs in Florida say Hershey falsely represented several Reese's Peanut Butter products by showing "explicit carved-out artistic designs" on the wrappers being sold.

Riley Keough, pictured at the Met Gala earlier this month, is fighting a foreclosure sale of Graceland.

Is Elvis' Graceland actually up for sale? His granddaughter, alleging fraud, says no

12:15pm May 21, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Riley Keough, Elvis' granddaughter and sole heir, says in a lawsuit that the company advertising a foreclosure sale of his Graceland property is using fraudulent documents — and may not exist at all.