Today: September 11, 2024
Today: September 11, 2024

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Australia's Mayne Pharma sues Indian drugmaker Sun Pharma over patent infringement

Mayne Pharma has filed a lawsuit against India's Sun Pharma over infringements of patents related to a certain product used for menopause-related vaginal pain, the Australian drugmaker said

Australia's Mayne Pharma sues Indian drugmaker Sun Pharma over patent infringement
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Rudy Giuliani sued by former lawyer, accused of failing to pay $1.36 million in legal bills

Rudy Giuliani’s former lawyer has sued him, alleging the ex-New York City mayor has paid only a fraction of nearly $1.6 million in legal fees he’s racked up from investigations into his efforts to keep Donald Trump in the White House

Rudy Giuliani sued by former lawyer, accused of failing to pay $1.36 million in legal bills
Entertainment|News|Technology

'Game of Thrones' creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement

John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R

'Game of Thrones' creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement
Education|News

Debate over a Black student's suspension over his hairstyle in Texas ramps up with probe and lawsuit

The debate over whether a Black high school student in Texas should be serving in-school suspension for wearing twisted dreadlocks to class has intensified as the student’s family and his school district both took legal action

Debate over a Black student's suspension over his hairstyle in Texas ramps up with probe and lawsuit
News

Baltimore Archdiocese files for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect

The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore on Friday filed for Chapter 11 reorganization days before a new state law goes into effect removing the statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims and allowing victims to sue their abusers decades after the fact

Baltimore Archdiocese files for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect
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Disney, DeSantis legal fights ratchet up as company demands documents from Florida governor

The legal fights between Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis ratcheted up this week

Disney, DeSantis legal fights ratchet up as company demands documents from Florida governor
News

Court tosses $223.8 million verdict against J&J in talc cancer case

A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday threw out a $223.8 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a trial over four plaintiffs' claims that they developed cancer

Court tosses $223.8 million verdict against J&J in talc cancer case
News|Political

'Tennessee Three' Democrat sues over expulsion and House rules that temporarily silenced him

Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Jones has filed a federal lawsuit challenging his expulsion and House rules restricting lawmakers’ floor comments that Republicans applied to silence Jones for part of one day

'Tennessee Three' Democrat sues over expulsion and House rules that temporarily silenced him
Business|News|Political

A test case of another kind for the Supreme Court: Who can sue hotels over disability access

The Supreme Court wrestled with a case that could make it harder to sue hotels when their websites aren't clear enough about their accommodations for people with disabilities

A test case of another kind for the Supreme Court: Who can sue hotels over disability access
News|Political|Sports

US appeals court hears arguments over 2010 hush-money settlement of Ronaldo rape case in Vegas

Lawyers for international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo were back in court in a legal battle over hush money he paid in 2010 to a woman who accused him of raping her in Las Vegas

US appeals court hears arguments over 2010 hush-money settlement of Ronaldo rape case in Vegas
Entertainment|News|Political

Julia Ormond sues Harvey Weinstein saying he assaulted her; accuses CAA, Disney, Miramax of enabling

Actor Julia Ormond has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her in 1995 and then hindering her career

Julia Ormond sues Harvey Weinstein saying he assaulted her; accuses CAA, Disney, Miramax of enabling
Business

Tesla engineer defends 'Full Self-Driving' name at crash trial

A Tesla engineer in court on Wednesday rejected a lawyer's suggestion that the company named its driver-assistant feature "Full Self-Driving"

Tesla engineer defends 'Full Self-Driving' name at crash trial
Business

Factbox-Elon Musk's growing legal challenges

Elon Musk was sued by the U.S. securities regulator related to his takeover of Twitter, the latest court battle against the billionaire whose empire spans electric carmaker

Factbox-Elon Musk's growing legal challenges
Health|News|Political

Transgender residents in North Carolina, Montana file lawsuits challenging new state restrictions

Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added to a growing list of lawsuits challenging the recent onslaught of Republican state laws aimed at transgender individuals

Transgender residents in North Carolina, Montana file lawsuits challenging new state restrictions
Business

Drug retailer Rite Aid files for bankruptcy, gets $3.45 billion commitment

Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, a move that would halt lawsuits the drugstore chain is facing over its alleged role in the U.S. opioid crisis and named a new CEO.

Drug retailer Rite Aid files for bankruptcy, gets $3.45 billion commitment
News|Political|Technology

Trump scheduled to be questioned in lawsuits from ex-FBI employees who sent negative texts about him

Donald Trump is scheduled to be questioned under oath as part of lawsuits from two former FBI employees who provoked the former president’s outrage after sending each other pejorative text messages about him

Trump scheduled to be questioned in lawsuits from ex-FBI employees who sent negative texts about him
Business

Google executive defends search quality in US antitrust trial

Alphabet's Google called its first witness on Wednesday in a once-in-a-generation U.S. antitrust trial, putting on the witness stand an executive who detailed the

Google executive defends search quality in US antitrust trial
Business|News

Starbucks, Workers United union sue each other in standoff over pro-Palestinian social media post

Starbucks and the union organizing its workers sued each other Wednesday in a standoff sparked by a social media post over the Israel-Hamas war

Starbucks, Workers United union sue each other in standoff over pro-Palestinian social media post
News|Political|World

A Japan court says North Korea is responsible for the abuses of people lured there by false promises

A Japanese high court on Monday said the North Korean government was responsible for the human rights abuses of plaintiffs who said they were lured to the North by Pyongyang’s false promise of living in the “paradise on Earth."

A Japan court says North Korea is responsible for the abuses of people lured there by false promises
Business

Bayer ordered to pay $332 million in Roundup cancer trial -Law.com

A California jury found Bayer liable in a case brought by a man who claimed his cancer was due to exposure to the company's Roundup weed killer, and ordered it to pay $332 million in

Bayer ordered to pay $332 million in Roundup cancer trial -Law.com
News|Political

Minnesota justices appear skeptical that states should decide Trump's eligibility for the ballot

Minnesota Supreme Court justices appear skeptical states have the authority to block ex-President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot

Minnesota justices appear skeptical that states should decide Trump's eligibility for the ballot
Business

Factbox-The other crypto bosses in US authorities' crosshairs

Onetime crypto poster child Sam Bankman-Fried was on Thursday found guilty of defrauding customers of his now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, in a

Factbox-The other crypto bosses in US authorities' crosshairs
News|Political

Judge, citing Trump's 'repeated public statements,' orders anonymous jury in defamation suit trial

A New York judge has cited former President Donald Trump's “repeated public statements” among reasons why a jury will be anonymous when it considers damages stemming from a defamation lawsuit by a writer who says Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s

Judge, citing Trump's 'repeated public statements,' orders anonymous jury in defamation suit trial
Business

Elliott Management sues US SEC for records on swaps rules

Elliott Investment Management, one of the world's biggest hedge fund firms, on Friday sued the U.S.

Elliott Management sues US SEC for records on swaps rules
Business

Nike sues New Balance, Skechers for patent infringement over sneaker technology

Footwear giant Nike filed federal lawsuits on Monday against rivals New Balance and Skechers, accusing them of infringing patents related to Nike's technology for making

Nike sues New Balance, Skechers for patent infringement over sneaker technology

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