The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said Friday it might declare bankruptcy in the coming months as it faces “staggering” legal costs in dealing with some 400 lawsuits alleging priests and others sexually abused children. In a letter to parishioners, Bishop Robert McElroy said the cases were filed after
On Friday, a jury reached a verdict that Elon Musk did not defraud investors with his tweets in 2018 regarding a proposed deal for electric automaker Tesla. Despite concerns about the billionaire potentially misleading investors, the verdict was reached after only two hours of deliberation by the nine-member jury,
JPMorgan Chase is suing 30-year-old entrepreneur Charlie Javice, claiming he lied about the number of users for Frank, a financial-planning site that the bank bought for $175 million. According to a lawsuit filed on Dec. 22, Javice led the bank to believe that Frank had 4.265
DreamBone, a brand of dog chews made by conglomerate Spectrum Brands Holdings, is facing accusations from pet owners and food safety watchdogs of sickening hundreds of pets and causing the recent death of a Pekingese. Liz Brannen, the owner of the Pekingese, Boogie, claims that her dog became violently ill
A passenger has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines, alleging that the company failed to issue refunds to individuals who were left stranded due to the cancellation of over 15,000 flights in December 2021. The proposed class action, filed in a New Orleans federal court, claims that Southwest breached
Three parents in Quebec have filed a lawsuit against Epic Games, the maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," claiming that the game is intentionally designed to be addictive and has caused their children to neglect their personal care. The lawsuit, which has been granted class-action status,
A consumer has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Hershey, claiming that the company's Special Dark Mildly Sweet Chocolate, Lily's Extra Dark Chocolate, 70% Cocoa, and Lily's Extreme Dark Chocolate, 85% Cocoa, contain harmful levels of lead and cadmium. The plaintiff, in the
A recent lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court accuses fitness influencer Brian Johnson and his companies, Ancestral Supplements, LLC and The Fittest Ever, LLC, of misleading consumers into buying his products through false advertising. The lawsuit claims that Johnson promoted his "Nine Ancestral Tenets" lifestyle, including the controversial
🚨3 Hours after our announcement, Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are reportedly under arrest 🤦♂️ His home was raided by Romanian police re the abduction of two girls. Allegations: Human trafficking Sources: libertatea and spynews *No official statement https://t.co/9L276jGp4R pic.twitter.com/LtayXvreWA — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December
Four customers of FTX have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company and Alameda Research. They seek to recover losses they incurred following FTX's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last month. The lawsuit, which was filed in Delaware bankruptcy court, asks the judge to determine that the remaining
Multiple studies conducted on women who took Tylenol® while pregnant have found links between Tylenol® use and the development of attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in their children. A 2021 study published in the European Journal of Epidemiology found that Tylenol exposure during pregnancy may
Facebook owner Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media company of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, of accessing users’ personal information. Lawyers for the plaintiffs called the proposed settlement the largest to ever be achieved in a US