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What Is the James Cameron Lawsuit About? Animator Eric Ryder filed a $500 million copyright infringement lawsuit on December 15, 2025 against James Cameron, Lightstorm Entertainment, and Disney over Avatar: The Way of Water. Ryder alleges Cameron copied plot elements, character architecture, and specific story devices from his 1990s science fiction story KRZ, particularly the…
What Is the CarShield Lawsuit Settlement? The FTC distributed $9.6 million to 168,179 consumers in December 2025 who purchased CarShield vehicle service contracts between September 2019 and September 2024 and had claims denied. CarShield and American Auto Shield agreed to a $10 million settlement in July 2024 after the Federal Trade Commission charged them with…
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane formally approved Purdue Pharma’s $7.4 billion settlement on November 18, 2025, ending thousands of lawsuits over OxyContin’s role in the opioid crisis. The Sackler family will pay up to $6.5 billion over 15 years while Purdue contributes $900 million. Individual victims who prove they were prescribed OxyContin will receive payments…
The University of Southern California faces multiple class action lawsuits involving alleged sexual abuse, COVID-19 tuition disputes, ranking manipulation, and misleading online program marketing. The most significant case resulted in a $215 million settlement for nearly 18,000 women who received care from former gynecologist George Tyndall. Additional cases include a $10 million COVID-19 tuition settlement…
Jennifer Shah, the former “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star, was sentenced to 78 months (6.5 years) in federal prison in January 2023 for running a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that defrauded thousands of elderly victims out of millions. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing. Shah was…
AT&T agreed to pay $177 million to settle class action lawsuits over two massive data breaches that exposed personal information of over 180 million current and former customers. The claim deadline is December 18, 2025. Eligible customers can receive up to $7,500—$5,000 for the first breach, $2,500 for the second breach. The 2019 breach affected…
Federal judge grants class certification for nationwide antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, covering 400 million ticket purchases since 2010. Plaintiffs seek treble damages under Sherman Act for alleged monopolistic pricing practices that inflated ticketing fees to supracompetitive levels. What Is the Ticketmaster Class Action Lawsuit About? U.S. District Judge George Wu certified a…
Jason Killinger filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Reno Police Officer R. Jager after the officer arrested him based on a casino’s faulty AI facial recognition system that flagged him as a “100% match” for a banned patron. Despite showing multiple valid IDs proving his identity, Killinger was detained for 11 hours and handcuffed…
Blizzard Entertainment faces a class action lawsuit alleging systemic workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation against women employees. The California Civil Rights Department reached an approximately $54 million settlement in December 2023 to resolve allegations that Activision Blizzard discriminated against women by denying promotion opportunities and paying them less than men. The case exposed what…