legal battle

  • Boeing Pays Alaska Air In Excess Of $160M After Blowout

    Boeing has compensated Alaska Air with a payment of $160 million to cover losses incurred after a severe mid-air incident in January. This payment aims to address the profits lost by Alaska Air in the first quarter of the year, with expectations of further payouts in the coming months. The incident led to the temporary…

  • Google Drags Alleged Scammers To Court Over Fake Crypto Investment Apps

    On Thursday, Google filed a lawsuit against two Chinese individuals in a New York federal court, alleging their exploitation of the Google Play app store to perpetrate scams involving fake cryptocurrency investment applications. Yunfeng Sun, based in Shenzhen, and Hongnam Cheung, located in Hong Kong, are accused of orchestrating a scheme that defrauded thousands of…

  • Massachusetts Top Court Considers Allowing Website Tracking Class Actions

    Massachusetts’ Supreme Court recently entertained the notion that a law dating back to the 1960s, originally intended to prevent eavesdropping on phone calls and telegraphs, might also encompass the collection of users’ browsing data by website operators without their explicit consent. This potential interpretation emerged during oral arguments as the court considered two proposed class…

  • Travis Scott Requests Dismissal from Astroworld Lawsuits, Claims Lack of Responsibility for Crowd Safety

    Travis Scott’s legal team files motion in Houston court seeking dismissal from lawsuits related to the deadly Astroworld crowd rush, arguing that the rapper was not responsible for event safety and crowd management. Travis Scott, the rapper and performer at the Astroworld festival where a deadly crowd surge occurred, is seeking to be dismissed from…

  • Trump Ally Files Complaint On Judge Who Criticized Trump Attacks On Judiciary

    A conservative ally of Donald Trump has filed a formal complaint against U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, following a rare television interview where Walton criticized Trump’s verbal attacks on the New York judge overseeing his impending criminal trial. Mike Davis, the founder of the conservative legal advocacy group, the Article III Project, expressed concerns that…

  • Two Men Hauled To Court For Distributing Drugs That Killed Transgender Activist Cecilia Gentili

    Two men in New York, Michael Kuilan and Antonio Venti, have been charged with distributing fentanyl-laced heroin, which allegedly led to the death of transgender activist Cecilia Gentili in February. Breon Peace, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced the arrests, emphasizing the tragic loss of Gentili and the accountability of…

  • Striking the Perfect Balance: LSAT Preparation And Life Harmony

    One major problem that law school applicants studying for the LSAT face is mostly overlooked. You might think that it is reading comprehension passages, common flaws, or logic games. However, the main problem most students have is balancing between studying for the LSAT and work, among other responsibilities. Aspiring to get into law school is a…

  • Court Says Meta Cannot Delay US FTC From Reopening Privacy Probe

    The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that Meta Platforms cannot delay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from reopening an investigation into alleged privacy failures by its Facebook unit, despite Meta’s pursuit of a lawsuit challenging the agency’s authority. The ruling, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

  • Texas Appeals Court Blocks Probing Of Transgender Kids’ Parents

    On Friday, a Texas appeals court upheld a previous injunction from a lower court, preventing the state from investigating parents who provide gender-affirming medical treatments to their transgender children.

  • Family of Black Man Fatally Shot By Police During Mental Health Crisis To Receive $4.7 Million

    Boston has reached a settlement of $4.7 million with the mother of Terrence Coleman, a young Black man who was fatally shot by police officers in 2016. The settlement resolves the wrongful death suit filed by Hope Coleman, with a significant portion of the compensation going to her as a measure of justice for her…