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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Shein US Services LLC on February 20, 2026, accusing the fast-fashion retailer of two things at once: selling clothing laced with toxic chemicals — including items for newborns and pregnant women — and quietly routing Americans’ personal data to the Chinese Communist Party. No settlement exists…
Annie Altman filed an amended civil lawsuit on April 1, 2026 in federal court in St. Louis, accusing her brother Sam Altman — the CEO of OpenAI — of sexually abusing her over a span of nine years during their childhood. The original lawsuit, filed in January 2025, was dismissed by the court on timing…
Two Florida shoppers filed a class action against Amazon on March 19, 2026, accusing the company of charging sales tax on baby and toddler products that Florida law permanently exempts from taxation — items like cribs, strollers, diapers, and baby wipes. The exemption has been in effect since July 1, 2023. No settlement exists yet….
A class action lawsuit filed in February 2026 accuses INIU International Corp. and its Chinese manufacturer of selling power banks with a dangerous lithium-ion battery defect that can cause fires and explosions — and staying silent about it. The case follows a December 2025 CPSC recall of 210,000 INIU units and covers potentially millions of…
A cyberattack on HEXPOL Compounding Americas in December 2024 exposed the names and Social Security numbers of roughly 1,723 current and former employees. Two plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit alleging HEXPOL failed to protect that data. HEXPOL has agreed to settle without admitting wrongdoing. The claim deadline is June 15, 2026, and eligible individuals…
Investors who bought Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) stock between June 12, 2025 and December 16, 2025 may have legal options after a securities fraud class action was filed against the company in federal court. The lawsuit — Barrows v. Oracle Corporation et al., Case No. 1:26-cv-00127-JLH — alleges Oracle and several of its top executives…
The Webster County Supervisors approved a $2.75 million mediated settlement payment for a 2022 motor vehicle accident involving a county snowplow. The payment from the Iowa Communities Assurance Pool (ICAP) to Regina Rhea will resolve the contested civil matter in exchange for full release of all claims against the county. Rhea required multiple surgeries as…
More than a year after an elderly man with dementia’s forcible arrest at Walmart, his family has reached a settlement. The family of John Hardwick reached a settlement with the City of Danville and the Danville Police Department on March 3, 2026. The settlement amount, per the headline of recent reporting, is $500,000 — a…
A proposed $37 million settlement would end nearly two decades of legal battles over Captain Sam’s Spit — 170 acres of dunes, beach, and wildlife habitat on the southern tip of Kiawah Island, South Carolina — and permanently block any future development on one of the state’s most contested stretches of coastline. The State Fiscal…