Federal Courts

Rental owner sues Largo over excessive fines for 'minor' code violations

Florida Record

Rental owner sues Largo over excessive fines for 'minor' code violations

Michael Carroll
15 hrs ago

The former owner of a small multi-unit rental property has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Largo in central Florida, arguing that …

Environmental groups fight licenses for offshore LNG project

Louisiana Record

Environmental groups fight licenses for offshore LNG project

Michael Carroll
15 hrs ago

NEW ORLEANS – Three environmental groups are challenging the Trump administration over its recent approval of a proposed liquefied natural gas…

NIMBYs are using green laws to fight green projects

Legislation & Government

NIMBYs are using green laws to fight green projects

Daniel Fisher
Updated 15 hrs ago

BUFFALO, N.Y. - For more than half a century, Kensington Parkway has slashed through a historically African-American neighborhood in Buffalo, …

Hospital Sisters Health can’t discharge genetics privacy class action

Madison - St. Clair

Hospital Sisters Health can’t discharge genetics privacy class action

Scott Holland
Updated May 21, 2025

SPRINGFIELD - A federal judge in Springfield won’t let a hospital system discharge a class action complaint accusing it of utilizing pre-emplo…

Airboat tour company seeks exoneration from liability

Louisiana Record

Airboat tour company seeks exoneration from liability

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated May 21, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – A popular airboat tour operator claims it is not at fault for injuries allegedly sustained during a June 2024 swamp tour, accord…

Next up for the FDA, and probably class action lawyers: Talc in food and pills

Legislation & Government

Next up for the FDA, and probably class action lawyers: Talc in food and pills

John O’Brien
May 21, 2025

WASHINGTON - New leaders at the Food and Drug Administration are sounding the alarm on talc, which could lead to lawsuits against the makers o…

Woman says hotel janitor sexually assaulted her in her room

Louisiana Record

Woman says hotel janitor sexually assaulted her in her room

Chris Dickerson
Updated May 20, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – A Georgia woman says she was sexually assaulted by a janitor in her hotel room.

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Chicago 'climate disinfo' suit vs oil companies headed to Cook County court

Cook County Record

Chicago 'climate disinfo' suit vs oil companies headed to Cook County court

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated May 20, 2025

Chicago City Hall has won clearance from a federal judge to move ahead in Cook County's Democrat-stacked and famously plaintiff-friendly court…

FDA 'expert panel' could help RFK Jr.'s son’s firm win lawsuits

Legislation & Government

FDA 'expert panel' could help RFK Jr.'s son’s firm win lawsuits

Daniel Fisher
Updated May 21, 2025

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Commission today plans to convene an “independent panel of scientific experts” to discuss the safety of talc, t…

Judge deletes man's suit over comments on 'Are We Dating the Same Guy?' Facebook page

Cook County Record

Judge deletes man's suit over comments on 'Are We Dating the Same Guy?' Facebook page

Scott Holland
Updated May 19, 2025

CHICAGO - A federal judge has swiped left on a man’s attempt to bring a defamation lawsuit against Facebook and a group of users whom he alleg…

'A growing chorus': Pa. judge rejects climate change lawsuit

Pennsylvania Record

'A growing chorus': Pa. judge rejects climate change lawsuit

John O’Brien
May 19, 2025

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania County "violated the spirit" of state transparency laws when suing 14 energy companies over climate change, a…

Lawyer seeks to restart tossed GameStop class action

Madison - St. Clair

Lawyer seeks to restart tossed GameStop class action

Steve Korris
Updated May 19, 2025

EAST ST. LOUIS - Plaintiffs who claim Game Stop stores shouldn’t sell games they remove from packages seek to salvage a class action complaint…

Goodwin sentences CO, says prison cruelty 'must be punished'

West Virginia Record

Goodwin sentences CO, says prison cruelty 'must be punished'

Chris Dickerson
Updated May 16, 2025

CHARLESTON – A former Southern Regional Jail supervisor has been sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for his role in covering up the 202…

Judge says suit against La. anti-abortion law can proceed

Louisiana Record

Judge says suit against La. anti-abortion law can proceed

Chris Dickerson
Updated May 16, 2025

BATON ROUGE, La. — A lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s law that recategorized two commonly used abortion medications as controlled substances ca…

Encinitas school can't force religious fifth graders to participate in pro-trans activities, judge rules

Northern California

Encinitas school can't force religious fifth graders to participate in pro-trans activities, judge rules

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated May 15, 2025

SAN DIEGO - An Encinitas school district cannot force fifth graders to participate in a program that requires them to discuss gender identity …

Sisters sue city of Belleville over failure to develop hotels near Shrine

Madison - St. Clair

Sisters sue city of Belleville over failure to develop hotels near Shrine

Steve Korris
Updated May 16, 2025

BENTON - Royal Banks of Missouri and Oblate Shrines and Renewal Centers of Belleville claim Belleville breached its contract to subsidize four…

Harvey escapes suit over bid to force O'Reilly's Auto to pay landlord’s unpaid taxes

Cook County Record

Harvey escapes suit over bid to force O'Reilly's Auto to pay landlord’s unpaid taxes

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated May 15, 2025

CHICAGO - A federal judge has shut down, for now, an attempt by O'Reilly's Auto Parts to sue the city of Harvey for ordering their location in…

Family behind Allegheny Wood Products cleared of all charges

Federal Courts

Family behind Allegheny Wood Products cleared of all charges

Chris Dickerson
Updated May 15, 2025

Attorneys for the former owners Allegheny Wood Products have announced all criminal charges against the Crites family have been dropped.

Judge: Sanctions may be warranted in E. St. Louis officials' firing suit

Madison - St. Clair

Judge: Sanctions may be warranted in E. St. Louis officials' firing suit

Steve Korris
Updated May 15, 2025

EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge David Dugan gave East St. Louis 14 days to produce answers and documents about the terminations of assist…

UCLA sued for anti-white, anti-Asian med school bias

Federal Courts

UCLA sued for anti-white, anti-Asian med school bias

Michael Carroll
Updated May 14, 2025

LOS ANGELES - UCLA’s medical school has been hit with a federal class-action lawsuit alleging that the David Geffen School of Medicine illegal…

Judge: Ex-Quincy U. tennis player owes coach almost $2M for spreading rumor about affair

Federal Courts

Judge: Ex-Quincy U. tennis player owes coach almost $2M for spreading rumor about affair

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated May 14, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS - A Springfield federal judge has sliced $1 million from an award a Quincy University tennis coach could receive from a …

Judge’s order means some NIOSH jobs return to Morgantown

Federal Courts

Judge’s order means some NIOSH jobs return to Morgantown

Chris Dickerson
Updated May 14, 2025

CHARLESTON – A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction that would halt the job cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safe…

Appeals court: 'Statutory violations' policy exclusions don't nix coverage for biometrics lawsuits

Federal Courts

Appeals court: 'Statutory violations' policy exclusions don't nix coverage for biometrics lawsuits

Scott Holland
Updated May 13, 2025

A federal appeals panel has ruled an insurance company can’t use a so-called "statutory violations" catch-all policy exclusion to avoid its ob…

Anti-Israel protesters claim excessive force in UCLA clash

Federal Courts

Anti-Israel protesters claim excessive force in UCLA clash

Michael Carroll
Updated May 14, 2025

Four plaintiffs who took part in an anti-Israel protest at UCLA are suing the city of Los Angeles and state of California over what they say w…

Christian's COVID vaccine-refusal case sent elsewhere

Federal Courts

Christian's COVID vaccine-refusal case sent elsewhere

John O’Brien
Updated May 13, 2025

PITTSBURGH - A Christian physical therapist fired over refusing the COVID-19 vaccine won't be able to sue her former employer in court, a Phil…

Court: Groups can defend CFPB rule to remove medical debt from credit reports

Federal Courts

Court: Groups can defend CFPB rule to remove medical debt from credit reports

Phil Davidson
Updated May 13, 2025

PLANO – A federal court has granted two individuals and two consumer groups the right to defend a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule.

Supreme Court declines to answer 4th Circuit opioid question

Federal Courts

Supreme Court declines to answer 4th Circuit opioid question

Chris Dickerson
Updated May 13, 2025

CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court decided not to answer a certified question from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals about whether…

SD actor says library cancelled show because she is white

Federal Courts

SD actor says library cancelled show because she is white

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated May 12, 2025

A white actor, Annette Hubbell, sued the San Diego County Library, alleging discrimination for cancelling her show where she portrayed black h…

Judge blocks Glen Ellyn from enforcing ban on Airbnbs

Federal Courts

Judge blocks Glen Ellyn from enforcing ban on Airbnbs

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated May 12, 2025

A federal judge has blocked a western Chicago suburb from enforcing an ordinance that bans all Airbnbs and other so-called short term housing …

Jonathan Bilyk

Texas group upset over USSC snub of Vineyard Wind case

Federal Courts

Texas group upset over USSC snub of Vineyard Wind case

Phil Davidson
Updated May 12, 2025

AUSTIN – TheTexas Public Policy Foundation is expressing disappointment over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to deny review of a case assert…

Phil Davidson

Eli Lilly sues telemedicine firm over alleged marketing of untested weight-loss compounds

Federal Courts

Eli Lilly sues telemedicine firm over alleged marketing of untested weight-loss compounds

Michael Carroll
Updated May 14, 2025

The pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is suing a telemedicine company that allegedly markets untested weight-loss drug compounds, resulting in …

Michael Carroll

Judge: Not enough evidence to sue Tylenol over autism link

Federal Courts

Judge: Not enough evidence to sue Tylenol over autism link

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated May 12, 2025

A woman who claims taking Tylenol while pregnant caused her son's autism can't sue the makers of the pain relief medication, after an Alameda …

Jonathan Bilyk

Bally's drops anti-white racial rules for Chicago casino investors

Federal Courts

Bally's drops anti-white racial rules for Chicago casino investors

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated May 13, 2025

Attorneys who helped lead one of the legal actions challenging actions by casino operator Bally's and Chicago City Hall to allegedly illegally…

Jonathan Bilyk

Inquirer settles Facebook Pixel class action for $1.1 million

Federal Courts

Inquirer settles Facebook Pixel class action for $1.1 million

John O’Brien
May 8, 2025

PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge has approved another class action settlement over privacy concerns at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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