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Siemens Energy Inc has filed a lawsuit in a Texas court against Citgo Petroleum’s parent company, PDV Holding, seeking to recover approximately $200 million from a promissory note that Venezuela defaulted on. This lawsuit emerged as creditors involved in an auction of Citgo’s parent shares in Delaware begin turning to other U.S. courts to enforce…
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Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre is facing legal trouble once again, this time from his former marriage counselor, Dr. Charles Sophy. In a new lawsuit, Sophy alleges that Dre harassed and threatened him following the counseling sessions he conducted for Dre and his ex-wife, Nicole Young, during their highly publicized divorce. Sophy claims Dre’s threats escalated…
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The looming trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, set for May 5, has left his family reeling, with his mother, Janice Combs, at the forefront of a public plea for justice. Combs’ mother flew in from Florida to support her son, sitting with his children and extended family during his first court appearance before Manhattan federal…
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The Supreme Court declined to hear Uber and Lyft’s challenge against lawsuits filed by the state of California. The state argues that the companies owe money to drivers misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees. The justices rejected the appeals following a California state appeals court ruling that allowed the Democratic-led attorney general and labor…
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A group of FTX investors informed a Miami federal court on Wednesday that they will voluntarily dismiss their proposed class action against the prominent U.S. law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. The investors accused Sullivan & Cromwell of participating in the multibillion-dollar fraud of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange and enriching itself as FTX’s lead bankruptcy counsel.…
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On Wednesday, U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed concerns about a judicial decision allowing Richard Glossip’s execution to proceed as they considered the Oklahoma death row inmate’s appeal regarding his conviction for a 1997 murder-for-hire. During the arguments, the justices examined whether an Oklahoma court appropriately evaluated newly revealed information that Glossip’s lawyers claimed would have…
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TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young users. These lawsuits, submitted separately in New York, California, the District of Columbia, and 11 other states, expand TikTok’s legal battles with U.S. regulators and seek…
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Forty elite private universities in the U.S. conspired to overcharge for tuition by including noncustodial parents’ assets in financial aid calculations, students allege in a new lawsuit. The proposed class action, filed on Monday night in Chicago by a Boston University student and a Cornell University alum, targets Northwestern, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Georgetown, and…
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court signaled its willingness to uphold the legality of a 2022 regulation from President Joe Biden’s administration that targets “ghost guns,” largely untraceable firearms that have surged in crime nationwide. The justices heard arguments in the administration’s appeal against a lower court’s ruling, which stated that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,…
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The State Department has allegedly overcharged millions of Americans for two decades by imposing a $60 fee for fast-tracking passport applications, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court in California. An Oakland resident initiated the proposed class action on Friday, claiming that the fee for an expedited two-to-three-week turnaround is unjustified, especially since…
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