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A federal judge struck down parts of a North Carolina law that restricted patients’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has become the subject of legal battles nationwide. Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles struck down the state’s requirements on Tuesday, including that mifepristone be prescribed only by doctors and only in person, as…
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In Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, the judge, Justice Juan Merchan, fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday. Merchan warned that he would consider imprisonment if Trump continued to violate a gag order. Merchan imposed the gag order to prevent Trump from criticizing witnesses and other participants in the…
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Johnson & Johnson announced on Wednesday that it is pushing ahead with a $6.475 billion proposed settlement for tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc products contain asbestos and cause ovarian cancer. The deal, if approved, would resolve the lawsuits through a third bankruptcy filing of a subsidiary company.…
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When the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately rules on Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, a third of those deciding the matter will be justices he appointed to their lifetime posts. Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch, comprising half of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority, posed questions from various angles as the…
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The Supreme Court has been petitioned to strike down $667 million in legal fees and costs that plaintiffs’ lawyers won in a $2.7 billion class-action settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield, accusing it of nationwide insurance overcharges. A member of the class filed the petition, arguing in the lower court that the fee amount was…
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Megan Thee Stallion has swiftly denied all allegations brought against her in a harassment lawsuit filed on Tuesday, April 23, asserting that the claims hold no legal merit and are an attempt to exploit her celebrity status for financial gain. According to reports from Page Six, Megan’s attorney, Alex Spiro, refuted the accusations, stating: “This…
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On Friday, a Colorado judge sentenced Jeremy Cooper, a paramedic convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, to 14 months in a work-release program and four years of probation. The 23-year-old Black man died after police slammed him to the ground and put him in a chokehold at least twice. Paramedics injected him with…
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On Friday, a former McKinsey & Co partner filed a lawsuit against the global consulting firm, accusing it of defaming him and making him a “scapegoat” to divert attention from its work advising OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other manufacturers of opioid pain medications. Arnab Ghatak, fired in 2021, lodged the lawsuit in New York…
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David Pecker, former National Enquirer publisher, testified on Friday at Donald Trump’s criminal trial that he suppressed a story about an alleged affair to aid Trump’s 2016 presidential bid. He acknowledged that it would have boosted sales of his tabloid. Testifying for a third day, Pecker, 72, agreed with a prosecutor who asked whether it…
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SpaceX has requested a Texas federal judge to block the National Labor Relations Board from pursuing claims alleging that the Elon Musk-led rocket maker required workers to sign illegal severance agreements. The company seeks to halt the proceedings pending the outcome of its second challenge to the agency’s structure. Late Thursday, SpaceX filed a motion…
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