When ‘We Accept’ Becomes A Contract: A Claims Lesson From Farmers V. Wood August 17, 2026 By Jordan R. Plitt Claims files often describe settlement as a sequence: obtain authority, communicate acceptance, issue the check, secure the release and close...
Shein Loses UK Suit Against Temu Over Copyright Allegations August 14, 2026 By Upmanyu Trivedi Shein lost a U.K. lawsuit against PDD Holdings Inc.’s Temu over allegations its rival engaged in large-scale copyright violations. The...
Anti-Bias Agency Says Nike Complied With Subpoena, Drops Lawsuit August 14, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination has dropped a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena in an...
UnitedHealth Investor Suit Alleges Security, Governance Lapses August 13, 2026 By John Tozzi and David Voreacos UnitedHealth Group Inc. board members ignored a raft of governance and oversight risks for years before catastrophic failures triggered billions...
Court Rules Lawsuit Not Allowed for Heat-Stricken Worker Despite Previous Death August 13, 2026 By William Rabb One farm worker died from heat exposure in 2020, resulting in a fine and citation from the U.S. Occupational Safety...
FlightAware Sues Kalshi Over Flight-Cancellation Markets August 12, 2026 By Preetika Parashuraman Flight-tracking service FlightAware is suing prediction markets giant Kalshi accusing the company of using its data and name to run...
Meta, 29 States Head to Court in Biggest Test Yet of Youth Social Media Litigation August 12, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over...
Judge OKs $106 Settlement in Deadly 2019 Hard Rock Hotel Collapse in New Orleans August 12, 2026 By Josh Kelety A judge approved a $106 million settlement last week that ends a yearslong legal battle over the deadly 2019 collapse...
Trump Wins Permission to Revise BBC Suit to Remove Brand Damage August 11, 2026 By Erik Larson and Zoe Tillman President Donald Trump won court permission to revise his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. by excluding...
Appeals Court Allows Thousands of Social Media Suits Over User Addiction Claims to Proceed August 10, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, ByteDance’s TikTok,...