Los Angeles County, along with the cities of Pasadena and Sierra Madre, filed suit against Southern California Edison, alleging that the utility’s equipment caused the deadly Eaton Fire, which killed 17 people and destroyed over 9,400 structures.
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The change ends statutory protections for transgender people from discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, and education.
On Monday, February 24, 2025, a judge sanctioned three lawyers for citing fake cases generated using artificial intelligence in a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against numerous vape distributors, accusing them of illegally marketing and selling flavored e-cigarettes to minors, violating state and federal laws. The lawsuit seeks hundreds of millions in penalties and a permanent ban on flavored vape sales in New York.
The new laws continue a trend of states getting more involved in immigration enforcement, which was traditionally left to the federal government.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, alleging that Starbucks uses diversity, equity, and inclusion policies to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, and sexual orientation.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle over "It Ends With Us" has expanded with a new defamation lawsuit against Lively by crisis PR specialist Jed Wallace. This latest lawsuit adds to the ongoing conflict, which includes allegations of harassment, defamation, and retaliatory smear campaigns between the two stars.
A grand jury in West Baton Rouge Parish indicted Dr. Margaret Carpenter for prescribing abortion drugs to a pregnant teenager, possibly sparking a legal standoff between Louisiana and New York.
On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan temporarily blocked the Trump administration's attempt to freeze federal grants, loans, and other financial assistance.
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children of non-citizens in the U.S., calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."