By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Video game maker Activision Blizzard has been hit with a U.S. lawsuit claiming it restricts competition for organized gaming involving its flagship franchise “Call of Duty.” Professional gamers Hector Rodriguez and Seth Abner said in an antitrust lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court on Thursday that Activision is unlawfully […]
A GoFundMe for a Michigan man who suffered severe injuries after being brutally attacked by three dogs has raised over $40,000. Harold Phillips of Detroit was walking home from a bus stop after running errands at a mall when the animals came out of a backyard and charged him on Monday, Fox 2 reported. “The dogs bit […]
Former employees at The Messenger filed a class action lawsuit against the media company Thursday, a day after the failed start-up shut down and dismissed all of its roughly 300 employees. The lawsuit alleges that The Messenger violated the WARN Act — a labor law that protects employees from mass layoffs or shutdowns — by […]
Japanese citizens have launched a civil lawsuit against the country’s police, accusing the authorities of racial profiling and discrimination and demanding an end to the alleged practice. The case, to be heard in Tokyo District Court, comes as Japan in recent years has seen an influx of workers from abroad. The number of non-Japanese living […]
A group of transgender veterans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to begin providing and paying for gender-affirming surgeries. The lawsuit from the Transgender American Veterans Association seeks to compel the VA to codify in its regulations verbal assurances the department has made that it would begin providing those […]
The estate of George Carlin is suing the media company behind a fake hour-long comedy special that purportedly uses artificial intelligence (AI) to recreate the late stand-up comic’s style and material. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday asks that a judge order the podcast outlet Dudesy to immediately take down […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky gun shop that sold an AR-15 to a man who used it to kill five co-workers and wrote in his journal the gun was “so easy” to buy is facing a lawsuit filed Monday from survivors and families of the victims. The civil suit filed in Louisville alleges River […]
At least eight lawsuits from people who say they were injured or affected by the explosion at the Sandman Signature Hotel in downtown Fort Worth have been filed, asking for damages of more than $270 million in total. So far, attorneys have filed lawsuits on the behalf of at least 28 plaintiffs, including employees, guests, […]
A man shot by Phoenix police in August has informed the city he’s planning to sue because of his injuries. Devin Thompson’s notice of claim, a required precursor before filing a lawsuit against a municipality, stems from an encounter Aug. 1 near 35th Avenue and Bell Road. Police said officers arrived at the location of […]
A 92-year-old Australian man won $642,664 in the lottery. He paid his daughter $195,051, but later sued her, claiming he was bullied into giving the money. But a judge dismissed the case, ruling that the man was unlikely to have been coerced into it. A 92-year-old Australian man unsuccessfully attempted to sue his daughter, alleging in […]
Kevin O’Leary dismissed the fraud case against Donald Trump as a charge that ‘doesn’t even make sense’ — quips that ‘you’ve got to sue every real estate developer everywhere.’ Here’s why New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against former president Donald Trump, accusing him of inflating the stated values of his […]
Guy and Richard Madison, brothers and members of the Tulalip Indian Tribe, are suing the Bureau of Indian Affairs for failing to comply with a request for their familiar records. The suit, filed this week, states that at issue is the BIA’s unreasonable delay in responding to the brothers’ October 20, 2020, Freedom of Information […]