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The United States Supreme Court handed a unanimous victory to Chevron and the oil and gas industry on April 17, 2026, ruling that a landmark environmental damage lawsuit against the energy giant must be moved from Louisiana state court to federal court. The decision — decided 8-0 — puts into immediate question a $745 million…
The Justice Department has removed the career federal prosecutor leading the criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan — a prominent Trump critic — after she resisted internal pressure to move quickly toward charges, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The removal, which became public on April 17, 2026, immediately raised concerns…
Twelve families have filed a lawsuit against Texas Leadership Charter Academy (TLCA) in San Angelo, Texas, after coaches allegedly forced approximately 80 student athletes to perform hundreds of continuous push-ups without water or rest as punishment for a jersey mix-up — an error the lawsuit says was caused by the coaches themselves. Twenty students were…
Lawyers for President Donald Trump have confirmed they are engaged in active settlement negotiations with the Internal Revenue Service over a $10 billion lawsuit Trump filed against his own tax collection agency — a case that legal experts say is unprecedented, legally fragile, and rife with constitutional conflicts of interest. In a federal court filing…
Millions of patients who use MyChart — the patient portal operated by Epic Systems and deployed by hospitals across the United States — are at the center of a wave of class action lawsuits and government legal actions that span privacy violations, antitrust monopoly allegations, and improper access to nearly 300,000 medical records. Multiple settlements…
A former nursing director at Shady Side Academy, a prestigious Pittsburgh-area private school, is suing the institution for wrongful discharge after she says administrators repeatedly overrode her clinical authority, ignored state health regulations, and then fired her without warning when she refused to comply. Diane Dean, 62, filed the 21-page complaint on April 15, 2026,…
Three of the world’s largest advertising holding companies — Dentsu, WPP (operating as GroupM Worldwide), and Publicis — reached simultaneous settlements with the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of eight state attorneys general on April 15, 2026, resolving federal antitrust allegations that the firms illegally conspired to block advertising revenue from conservative publishers. The…
A federal judge in Providence dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit demanding the private voter records of nearly 750,000 Rhode Islanders on April 17, 2026 — the fifth consecutive court loss for the Department of Justice in an unprecedented nationwide campaign to collect unredacted voter data from states across the country. The ruling adds to a…
A new class action lawsuit filed in March 2026 accuses Tapestry, Inc. — the parent company of Kate Spade — of deceiving shoppers at Kate Spade Outlet stores with inflated “comparable value” reference prices that create the illusion of deep discounts on handbags, wallets, and accessories. The lawsuit is in active litigation. No settlement exists…