A women’s roller derby league has asked a New York court to invalidate a Republican official’s order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from …
Actor Julia Ormond has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein of assaulting her in 1995 and then hindering her …
Exclusive: former staff member at equality watchdog says she was vilified, silenced and punished for speaking up on race A former staff member at the …
A group of homeless people in Portland, Oregon, has filed a class action lawsuit challenging new restrictions the city placed on daytime camping in an …
The company, formerly known as Twitter, argued an assembly bill violates its free speech rights under the first amendment Elon Musk’s X sued California on …
Maui County has sued Hawaiian Electric Company over the fires that devastated Lahaina, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high …
Calls for overhaul of defamation laws in Italy after legal action brought against Brian Molko The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is suing Placebo frontman, …
A Nebraska lawmaker is suing a conservative political action committee for defamation, saying the group targeted her with online attacks that led to violent threats …
Former President Donald Trump has sued the key witness in his criminal case, accusing one-time lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen of “vast reputational harm” for …
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has asked a federal court to enjoin House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan from interfering in his office’s prosecution of …
The federal government has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled …
The Biden administration is suing to block JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines, saying the deal would reduce competition and drive up air fares for …
Federal officials are suing a Louisiana chemical maker, alleging that it presented an unacceptable cancer risk to the nearby majority-Black community and demanding cuts in …
Exclusive: civil servant who gave anonymous interview to BBC about Afghan withdrawal says service ‘dangerously politicised’ A whistleblower who revealed Britain’s chaotic response to the …
Hans Moke Niemann, a 19-year-old chess grandmaster who has become the focus of an alleged cheating scandal, is suing world champion Magnus Carlsen and others …
Report suggested Dyson was complicit in abuse and exploitation at Malaysia factory, claim inventor’s lawyers The billionaire businessman James Dyson is attempting to sue Channel …
Cable news has tried to smear ex-president ‘with a series of ever-more scandalous, false, and defamatory labels’, says court filing Donald Trump has sued cable …
Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin has filed a lawsuit against his nephew accusing him of extortion, malicious persecution, abuse of law and damages stemming from …
UK Lotto operator challenges the Gambling Commission’s decision to award £6.4bn contract to its rival, Allwyn More than £1bn for good causes could be lost …
Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor is suing the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, contesting its legal ability to …