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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued Pfizer Inc. and its chairman and CEO, Albert Bourla, on October 1, 2026. The state claims Pfizer misled Floridians about the safety of its COVID-19 vaccine and about whether the shot stopped the spread of the virus, and that the company then profited heavily from that marketing. Pfizer says…
A putative class action filed in New York federal court says Gatorade’s “hydrates better than water” label is false for most people who drink it. The lawsuit, Walsh v. PepsiCo, Inc. and The Gatorade Company, also says Gatorade’s “no artificial flavors” and “naturally flavored” labels are misleading because the drinks contain citric acid and sodium…
On Monday, October 5, 2026, U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. of the District of Massachusetts blocked the Department of Homeland Security from continuing to impose the civil immigration fines at the center of Maria L. v. Mullin (formerly Maria L. v. Noem), No. 1:25-cv-13471. The fines run $998 per day, applied retroactively for…
Emanuel County, Georgia, agreed to create a $650,000 Aggregate Refund Fund to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging its flat $30-per-parcel fire protection fee was an illegal tax. Property owners who paid the fee on or after April 3, 2020, may be included. Official settlement website: https://www.emanuelco-ga.gov/494/Fire-Fee-Settlement-Webpage Claims administrator: (800) 345-0837 | Class counsel: (912) 638-5200…
A securities class action was filed on October 2, 2026, against Coastal Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CCB) and three current or former executives. The complaint alleges they misled investors about the credit quality and risk protections in the company’s CCBX banking-as-a-service business. The allegations are unproven. This is a newly filed, putative (proposed) class action. There…
On October 5, 2026, attorneys for the family of Saveion McConnell, a 19-year-old from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, released two excerpts of body-camera video from his fatal shooting by a Lafayette County sheriff’s deputy on May 1, 2026. The release came about three weeks after the Johnson County Prosecuting Attorney decided not to file criminal charges…
A federal court in Little Rock has set a bench trial for the week of August 3, 2027, in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the widow of Bryan Malinowski, the former executive director of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. He was fatally shot during an ATF search of his home on March 19, 2024….
A teenage passenger died in a single-vehicle crash on Center Road in Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, on the morning of Saturday, October 3, 2026. The Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office says speed and alcohol are believed to have contributed. The investigation is ongoing. This is a developing crash investigation, not a lawsuit or…
True Food Kitchen and affiliated companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 4, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The company closed 12 restaurants and says its remaining 34 restaurants across 14 states are open and serving guests. It plans a court-supervised sale process. Official case information: https://cases.stretto.com/FRCBalance…