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California’s most comprehensive plastic bag ban is now in effect. Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1053, authored by Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D–Encinitas), banning the distribution of plastic bags at grocery stores, pharmacies, and retail checkout counters beginning January 1, 2026. This is not a lawsuit or settlement — it is a state law already…
Tennessee has passed a first-of-its-kind child labor law for the social media age. Senate Bill 1469 is headed to Governor Bill Lee’s desk after passing both the House and Senate. It puts new child labor law regulations in place aimed at protecting kids who are heavily featured in monetized online content. This is not a…
Between 2022 and 2025, professional golfer Patrick Reed filed multiple lawsuits — against Golf Channel, analyst Brandel Chamblee, the Associated Press, and other media figures — after he left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf. All of Reed’s federal defamation lawsuits were ultimately dismissed. Rory McIlroy was never sued directly by Reed, but was…
The Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach is facing a lawsuit from condo owners in its Tresor and Sorrento towers who claim new rules governing unit rentals have the potential to financially ruin them. This is not a class action. Six individual unit owners filed the lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. No settlement exists. This article…
A Queens homeowners group sued New York City after the NYPD repeatedly closed their private streets to manage concert crowds at Forest Hills Stadium — without permission or payment. The city settled the federal lawsuit on March 16, 2026, agreeing to pay $150,000 to the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation (FHGC). No individual consumer claims are…
The Trump administration filed a federal lawsuit against Washtenaw County, Michigan, on April 9, 2026, claiming that three county policies unlawfully interfere with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. The county says it will fight the case in court. No settlement exists. This article explains who filed the lawsuit,…
Florida’s spotted seatrout rules changed significantly on April 1, 2026. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) replaced the old statewide system with nine separate regional management zones — each with its own bag limits, slot limits, and closed seasons. If you fish for trout anywhere in Florida, your rules are almost certainly different…
A New Orleans family sued The Willow School — one of the city’s most competitive public charter schools — after it refused to waive its admissions test for their 9-year-old son, Oscar, who has profound intellectual and physical disabilities. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in March 2026, ruling that individual charter schools in New…
Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler is a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist with 3.4 million TikTok followers, known for debunking health misinformation and promoting a controversial permanent eye color surgery called ColorEyes keratopigmentation. Court records in Los Angeles County show multiple malpractice lawsuits filed against him over more than a decade, alongside a 2024 employment complaint from a…