#lawsuits

#lawsuits

James Heaps, 70, pleaded guilty to 13 felonies, including multiple counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person, and must register as a sex offender for life.

New Yorkers filed 1,269 suits under the Federal Labor Standards Act against employers for violations such as underpayment and unpaid overtime, significantly outpacing other states.

The lawsuits argue that the shipping companies never should have charged the fees in the first place, and that the shippers, not the government, owe the customers.

One of the most dramatic cases involves Larry Bushart, a retired police officer in Lexington, Tenn, according to NPR. A self-described progressive and "keyboard warrior," he posted memes that mocked Republican officials' mourning over Kirk. He was arrested by local police at the request of Sheriff Nick Weems of Perry County, Tenn. Prosecutors later dropped the charges, and Bushart is now suing, represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

Artificial intelligence has taken the medical device industry by storm - even adding a layer of complexity to the operating room that's resulting in patients being hurt, some health professionals claim. As Reuters reports, the TruDi Navigation System by device maker Acclarent was designed to treat chronic sinusitis, inflammation of the nasal sinuses, by inserting a tiny balloon to enlarge the sinus cavity openings.

BILL MAHER: Okay, for the panel, should there be a law that says the president can't sue people? Well, he's suing everybody. I mean, he is, that is one thing that he never changed one bit from, from when he, I mean he sued me. Remember with the, with the orangutan thing? CHRYSTIA FREELAND: Did you apologize for that? BILL MAHER: No, f*ck no! Why would I ever CHRYSTIA FREELAND: I thought you had supper with him and you talked about it. BILL MAHER: Yeah, I had supper with him, I didn't apologize.

While many of us were heading to the gym, embarking on Dry January, or trying to meditate, McDonald's was starting out 2026 on a particularly bad note. The fast food giant came into the new year with a lawsuit. Yep, in January 2026, four people filed legal action against McDonald's, claiming that its popular McRib is lying to everyone because it's not really made with rib meat.

Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. Shooting oneself in the foot. Tripping over your own feet. Sawing off the tree branch while sitting on it. Such acts of self-sabotage pale in comparison to the utter lunacy surrounding President Trump's decision to stymie federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel project, a vital and necessary construction of two new rail tunnels to replace the crumbling infrastructure that Amtrak and New Jersey Transit use every day to crisscross the Hudson River.

Over the weekend, Trump also threatened legal action against both Wolff and the Epstein estate. In a defiant Instagram video posted on Monday, however, the author welcomed Trump's threats: I woke up this morning and found that last night Donald Trump had threatened to sue me again. I think this is the third or possibly fourth time the president of the United States has threatened to sue.

TikTok is moving to settle a lawsuit with a woman who alleged that the company and other social media giants designed their platforms to addict young users, the first such case to go to trial. A lawyer for the woman confirmed that an agreement in principle had been reached hours before jury selection started in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The woman's similar claims against Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and Instagram and Google's YouTube will proceed as planned for now.

In the same post, Altman noted that in 2025, the world received a taste of the impact that AI models can have on human mental health. OpenAI has been named in several lawsuits accusing the company of negligence related to users' mental well-being. Previously, the role of Head of Preparedness was held by Joaquin Quiñonero Candela and Lilian Weng. Weng left the company in November 2024, while Quiñonero Candela's role was changed to Head of Recruitment in July 2025.

The Trump administration has temporarily paused plans to divert billions of dollars in homelessness spending away from permanent housing, a funding shift state officials warned could push tens of thousands of formerly homeless Californians back to the street. The administration had sought to redirect the money toward transitional housing and outreach efforts, prioritizing programs that impose work requirements, mandate addiction or mental health treatment and help police close encampments.

The lawsuits spawned a nightmare (and very telling) deposition; a Megyn Kelly news cycle after Justin Baldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, went on her show to claim Blake Lively lied about everything; a possible falling out between Lively, Taylor Swift, and Ryan Reynolds (and maybe even Travis Kelce); and an abhorrent Hollywood Reporter cover story painting Justin Baldoni as a feminist who might not know any better because of his religious-cult upbringing. And this is just the short list.

Some of these users, like 48-year-old Allan Brooks, survived, but allege that ChatGPT wrought emotional and psychological harm, and in some cases led to crises requiring emergency psychiatric care. Others, the suits claim, tragically took their lives following obsessive interactions with the consumer-facing chatbot. Per the WSJ, the suits include claims of assisted suicide, manslaughter, and wrongful death, among other allegations.

Seddio's alleged machinations have stymied the overseas investors' nearly year-long effort to claw back the millions they put into an escrow account as they explored a potential business venture with real estate investor Sam Sprei, according to their federal suit filed this month. It's one of multiple lawsuits filed in state and federal court that the former Brooklyn Democratic Party chairman is facing over his ties to Sprei.

A hiker clambers across a scorched landscape of ash, his footsteps crunching on charred earth as he peers over a ridge at a burn scar pocked with blackened stumps. Below are thickets of green chaparral and densely packed homes. Suddenly, he stops. He zooms the camera in to wisps of white smoke rising from the dirt. "It's still smoldering," he whispers - apparently to himself. No firefighters or state park rangers are visible.