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Watson Clinic agreed to pay $10 million after hackers posted sensitive medical images on the dark web following a January 2024 breach affecting 280,278 patients. Victims whose full-face photos with exposed sensitive areas appeared online receive automatic $75,000 payments without filing claims—but others must submit forms by February 5, 2026 for compensation. The Dark Web…
Emergency Medical Services Authority agreed to a $1.5 million class action settlement after unauthorized access to patient data between February 10-13, 2024 compromised information for 611,743 people. Affected individuals can claim up to $3,000 for documented losses, $60 for lost time, and two years of free credit monitoring—but must file by March 5, 2026. What…
Taylor Schabusiness, convicted of murdering and dismembering Shad Thyrion in 2022, attacked her defense attorney Curtis Julka during an April 2025 court hearing—marking the second time she has assaulted legal counsel. The 27-year-old was in court facing charges for attacking a prison guard when she lunged at Julka before being tackled by deputies. She has…
State Farm faces multiple 2025 class actions alleging systematic undervaluation of total loss vehicle claims using CCC software, with recent lawsuits filed in Alabama (December 2025), North Carolina (October 2025), and PHL life insurance fraud claims (November 2025). Separately, Delta Air Lines’ $78.75 million settlement for dumping 15,000 gallons of jet fuel over Southern California…
Mariah Carey won a decisive legal victory on December 23, 2025, when Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani ordered songwriters Andy Stone and Troy Powers to pay $92,303.20 in sanctions for filing a “baseless” copyright lawsuit claiming her 1994 holiday anthem “All I Want for Christmas Is You” infringed their 1989 song of…
Students for Fair Admissions filed a federal lawsuit against Kamehameha Schools on October 20, 2025, claiming the private institution’s 137-year-old admissions policy giving preference to Native Hawaiian students violates federal civil rights law (42 U.S.C. § 1981). The complaint seeks a permanent injunction stopping the school from considering ancestry in admissions, arguing the preference constitutes…
Don Julio lawsuit alleges that Diageo falsely markets Don Julio and Casamigos tequilas as “100% agave” when laboratory testing reveals both brands contain significant amounts of non-agave alcohol—potentially as little as 33-42% agave-derived ethanol. Multiple class action lawsuits filed in federal courts across New York, California, and Florida in 2025 claim Diageo violated consumer protection…
The 3M earplug lawsuit—one of the largest mass tort cases in U.S. history—reached a critical milestone in 2024 when 3M finalized a $6 billion settlement to resolve approximately 260,000 claims from military veterans alleging the company’s Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) were defectively designed and caused permanent hearing damage and tinnitus. The settlement, approved…
A Los Angeles federal judge denied Miley Cyrus’ motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming her Grammy-winning hit “Flowers” copied Bruno Mars’ song “When I Was Your Man.” The March 18, 2025 ruling by Judge Dean D. Pregerson clears the path toward trial after finding Cyrus’ legal team had a “misunderstanding” of copyright law….