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For once, the people getting sued in the Johnson & Johnson talc litigation aren’t cancer patients. They’re the doctors who study them. A Virginia federal judge handed three doctors a win in a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary’s libel lawsuit over a 2020 study linking cosmetic talc exposure to mesothelioma, finding the subsidiary’s evidence didn’t show…
If you’ve ever picked up a container of Driscoll’s berries and felt reassured by words like “environmental stewardship,” a new lawsuit says that reassurance doesn’t match how the fruit actually gets grown. National environmental and health groups sued Driscoll’s, the fresh berry company, alleging it misled consumers about its hazardous practices and claims that its…
She couldn’t see the stairs. That’s the core of it. Cynthia Manning says a Disney entertainment crew member pointed “excessively bright” stage lights straight into the crowd as she walked into the Disney Wish‘s theater — and she fell down a flight of steps because of it. Manning is now suing Magical Cruise Company, the…
If your OCTROT heated throw or blanket has ever smelled hot, sparked, or smoked — you’re not the only one. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission just recalled 178,000 of these Sherpa blankets and throws, citing 27 fires and 15 burn or shock injuries tied to a cord that can detach and ignite. Here’s how…
October 5, 2026. That’s your deadline to file for reimbursement in the Volkswagen Atlas water pump settlement — closer than the calendar makes it look, since this one only takes mail. Volkswagen is paying back 80% of water pump and head gasket repair costs for certain Atlas owners, plus extending the warranty going forward. Filing…
if you got a notice from Ernst & Young saying your info was caught up in the 2023 MOVEit breach — yes, you’re likely included. There’s a $2.5 million settlement fund, a flat $100 cash option or documented-loss reimbursement up to $10,000, and two years of free identity theft protection. The deadline to file is…
If you bought Steve Madden shoes, bags, or clothing at a “sale” price from stevemadden.com or its stores — you’re probably included. A new class action, Beaver v. Steve Madden, No. 2:26-cv-07782, claims the company’s crossed-out “original” prices were never real prices at all, just a way to make ordinary prices look like bargains. No…
Paramount Skydance’s $110–111 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery is now the subject of two separate federal antitrust lawsuits, a court-ordered freeze on closing the deal, and a fight over who pays for the delay. Here’s where things actually stand. The States Sue First On July 13, 2026, a coalition of 12 state attorneys…
A federal appeals court has upheld the sweeping antitrust settlements that reshaped how Americans buy and sell homes, closing the door — for now — on a wave of objections from home buyers and sellers who argued they got shortchanged. What the Court Decided On August 19, 2026, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S….