McDonald’s has filed a lawsuit against JBS, Tyson Foods, and other leading meat processing and packing companies, accusing them of conspiring for years to limit beef supplies. This alleged conspiracy boosted the meatpackers’ profits while forcing McDonald’s to pay artificially inflated prices. In a lawsuit submitted on Friday in Brooklyn federal court, McDonald’s claims the…
Indiana is moving toward allowing alternative approaches to delivering legal services, following the lead of other U.S. states. On Thursday, the Indiana Supreme Court directed its innovation committee to develop parameters for a “legal regulatory sandbox,” with the goal of creating more flexible legal service models. The committee must submit its proposals by March 1.…
A Florida federal judge issued a ruling this week that threatens to dismantle a key part of the federal False Claims Act, a Civil War-era law designed to combat fraud against the U.S. government and reward whistleblowers who expose it. The law’s whistleblower provisions, strengthened by Congress in 1986, have created a lucrative practice for…
Chrysler parent company Stellantis filed a federal lawsuit against the United Auto Workers (UAW), accusing the union of violating its contract by threatening to strike over delays in planned investments. Stellantis submitted the suit to the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, seeking a ruling that UAW Local 230’s strike authorization vote…
Floyd Mayweather is facing a legal battle following allegations of assault by a former employee of his Las Vegas strip club, “Girl Collection.” Jasmine Woodward, an ex-dancer at the club, has filed a lawsuit claiming that the boxing legend slapped her in the face in front of both staff and customers in April 2023. The…
Federal authorities have charged a 65-year-old Illinois man, Eric James Rennert, with making violent threats against a federal judge in Florida, according to an indictment revealed on Thursday. Rennert faces five federal charges for allegedly making interstate threats and threatening to assault, kidnap, and murder a federal judge. Prosecutors also accuse him of threatening to…
Alkiviades “Alki” David, a Coca-Cola heir, has been ordered by a judge to pay nearly $1 billion in damages after being found guilty of sexually assaulting an employee, identified as “Jane Doe,” from 2016 to 2019. The ruling requires David to pay $900 million, comprising $800 million in punitive damages and $100 million in compensatory…
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its new nine-month term on Monday, tackling cases on critical issues such as gun rights, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, online pornography, federal regulatory authority over nuclear waste storage and vape products, and securities fraud involving Nvidia and Facebook. Here’s a preview of some of the cases the…
Texas sued TikTok on Thursday, accusing the social media platform of violating children’s privacy and state law by sharing their personal identifying information without parental consent. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit in Galveston County, seeking an injunction and civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation of the state’s Securing Children…
Becton Dickinson (BDX.N) has agreed to settle nearly all U.S. lawsuits from individuals claiming injuries caused by its hernia repair mesh, covering around 38,000 cases. This unusual settlement, jointly overseen by state and federal courts, promises to conclude litigation that has spanned almost two decades. The company, in an announcement on Wednesday, did not disclose…
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