Connecticut’s zoning laws a focus in racial equity debate
After the police killing of George Floyd, a Connecticut law professor invited architects, planners and land use attorneys to a discussion of how local zoning worsens the state’s racial inequities. Over 200 people logged onto her impromptu Zoom meeting.
California sues Brookdale Senior Living for allegedly manipulating nursing home ratings system
The nation's largest nursing home operator is also accused of discharging patients without adequate notice or preparation
UK drivers face £1,000 fines for social media posts about speed traps
A judge will consider the wider context of the actions in determining whether to enforce the fine.
Cuomo accuser Lindsey Boylan plans PAC targeting Schumer, Gillibrand over delay in calling for governor to resign
Lindsey Boylan, one of several former staffers who have accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, said Friday that she intends to support efforts to unseat Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand after they trailed behind other party leaders in calling for the governor to resign.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is pregnant, fraud trial delayed
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ upcoming trial for alleged felony fraud will be delayed several weeks after attorneys for the prosecution and defense revealed in court documents that she is pregnant, according to multiple reports Friday.
Tesla investor sues Musk, claims tweets violate SEC settlement
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has been sued by a shareholder who accused him of violating his 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his Twitter use.
Apple sues former employee over leaking trade secrets to reporter
The suit alleges Lancaster "used his seniority" to get into meetings and access documents to gain company secrets.
Sackler family boosts opioid settlement offer to $4.3 billion - sources
Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP have offered roughly $4.3 billion to resolve sprawling opioid litigation, up from $3 billion initially proposed in settlement discussions underway in the OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy proceedings, four people familiar with the matter said.
Former Panda Express employee alleges she was 'forced to strip down to her underwear' at cult-like seminar
A former Panda Express employee alleged in a lawsuit Wednesday that the fast-food chain pressured her to attend a "bizarre" self-improvement seminar that "quickly devolved into psychological abuse" when she was "forced to strip down to her underwear" in front of strangers and coworkers.
Ken Feinberg's law firm to oversee $500M Boeing 737 Max victim compensation fund
The Justice Department has tapped victim compensation attorneys Ken Feinberg and Camille Biros to oversee the $500 million fund set up for the families of victims of fatal plane crashes involving Boeing 737 Max Aircraft.
Reported Biden FTC pick Lina Khan a prominent Big Tech critic
President Biden will nominate Lina Khan, a prominent antitrust scholar and critic of Big Tech companies, to serve on the five-member Federal Trade Commission, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.
Bezos wins small portion of legal fees sought in clash with girlfriend Lauren Sanchez's brother
A Los Angeles judge awarded Amazon founder Jeff Bezos a fraction of the legal fees he sought to recover following a lengthy court battle with his girlfriend’s brother, Michael Sanchez.
Pentagon threatens to walk from $10B contract with Microsoft over legal disputes, bias allegations
The deal is worth $10B over a decade, which set off a frenzied contract process between over a dozen companies.
Dolce&Gabbana seeks over $600M damages from US fashion blog over boycott in Asia
The Milan fashion house Dolce&Gabbana has filed a defamation suit in an Italian court seeking over $600 million in damages from two U.S. fashion bloggers who reposted anti-Asian comments attributed to one of the designers that led to a boycott by Asian consumers.
SEC suing AT&T for telling analysts nonpublic information
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing AT&T and three of its investor relations executives for telling Wall Street analysts about the telecom giant's sales data before it released quarterly results.
Boy Scouts offer sex-abuse settlement, aiming for end to bankruptcy
The Boy Scouts of America are offering cash, artwork and other assets to sex-abuse victims under a bankruptcy plan filed Monday, an opening gambit by the youth group to move past the failures to protect children that have threatened its standing in American society.
Former Amazon Studios executive who wouldn't fly coach sues for wrongful termination
Amazon Studios' former global head of visual effects, Marc Sadeghi, was terminated from the company in December for "multiple policy infractions," including misusing company funds by upgrading to "premium economy" on a 14-hour New Zealand flight
ByteDance reaches $92 million settlement with U.S. TikTok users over data privacy concerns
Under the proposed terms of the agreement, TikTok will no longer collect or store a user's biometric information, including facial characteristics, or track users' GPS data. The company will also be prohibited from storing U.S. user data in databases outside of the country.
A Theranos database is useless. What happened?
Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes is sparring with federal prosecutors over an inaccessible database recording millions of the company's blood tests, arguing the government can't prove the test results were unreliable without the database's information.
Elizabeth Holmes' attorneys blame prosecutors for missing or 'destroyed' evidence
Attorneys for Elizabeth Holmes have slammed prosecutors in her fraud case for their efforts to show the ousted Theranos former “destroyed” evidence, arguing instead that the government “sat on their hands” failed to “preserve” the data.


















