The Food and Drug Administration aims to curb youth addiction and improve health equity by banning hazardous products that are especially popular among young smokers and African-Americans.


A copyright infringement lawsuit was filed against music artists Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, on Thursday, April 21, 2022. In the lawsuit, Melomega Music alleges that Bieber and Dan + Shay stole the chorus, verse, and hook of "The First Time Baby Is A Holiday," a song written over forty years ago.


Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that lawmakers would consider terminating the special status that has allowed Disney to operate free of most state regulation since the 1960s.


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Yelp, Apple, Citigroup, and other major companies seek to ease access to abortion services for employees who live in states with tight restrictions, such as Texas.


A class action lawsuit was filed against Louis Vuitton North America, Inc. in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, on Friday, April 8, 2022. The lawsuit alleges that the luxury brand secretly collects complete facial scans of shoppers who use the brand's website to virtually try on designer eyewear.


A former college athlete has sued Lyft over a lack of safety measures for drivers after a carjacking during a Lyft ride left him paralyzed last spring.


The state argued that the modest settlement award in the federal case would allow Activision Blizzard to minimize its losses in a parallel state case based on allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination.


On Monday, March 28, 2022, the United States Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith and Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd. The case seeks to clarify a split between the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the fair use defense in copyright cases.


A former partner sued his ex-firm Tuesday, claiming that it owes him hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid compensation and the value of his equity interest, including an interest in $250 million worth of cryptocurrency accepted by the firm as payment. The suit follows one by another former partner alleging that he was illegally ousted from the firm so that other equity partners would not have to share the $250 million asset.


A business professor at Chapman University alleges that his students posted parts of his exams on an online database without his permission, violating his exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the exam materials.