A US federal appeals court on Monday reversed a trial judge’s decision to dismiss lawsuits against Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol. This judgment effectively revived hundreds of cases that were filed by families who claim that their children developed autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) after the women took Tylenol during pregnancy.  The 64-page [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida sharply criticized President Donald Trump and his attorneys in a ruling on his suit seeking damages from the IRS, saying that it was filed for “an improper purpose—to gain the imprimatur of judicial legitimacy for a ‘settlement’ that had no viable basis [...]

A coalition of 12 state attorneys general (AG) on Monday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block Paramount’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. under antitrust concerns, threatening what would be the largest merger in the history of Hollywood. The AGs, led by California AG Rob Bonta, filed the complaint in the Northern District [...]

The US will launch a diplomatic campaign aimed at dismantling the International Criminal Court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday. In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, Rubio wrote that the US would work alongside allied governments to take the court apart “brick by brick, if necessary,” using all tools at the [...]

Apple filed a federal lawsuit Friday accusing OpenAI, its hardware subsidiary io Products, and two former Apple employees of using stolen trade secrets to accelerate the development of OpenAI’s planned consumer devices. The case places the companies in direct legal conflict while they remain partners in integrating ChatGPT into Apple products. The 41-page complaint, filed [...]

The UN Human Rights Office on Friday urged Sri Lankan authorities to conduct a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into recent incidents of prison violence following deadly clashes and allegations of torture involving transferred inmates. UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani called for accountability after violence erupted at Negombo Prison on July 5, leaving [...]

New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez publicly released a letter to Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche Thursday accusing the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of withholding unredacted copies of documents that are pertinent to New Mexico’s investigation of Zorro Ranch, which was owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. New Mexico reopened its investigation [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the state of Maryland and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown on Thursday, alleging that the state’s Community Trust Act obstructs federal immigration enforcement in violation of the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the District of [...]

President Donald Trump said Friday he will refuse to sign a bipartisan housing bill that cleared Congress by veto-proof margins, escalating a standoff over an unrelated voting measure and testing the limits of a president’s power to block legislation lawmakers have already approved. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he would withhold his [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) employed excessive force against demonstrators protesting a proposed constitutional reform that could extend President Félix Tshisekedi’s term. HRW stated that security officials used batons and tear gas canisters against protesters to prevent a sit-in in front of [...]