All articles tagged with #lawsuit
A coalition sues NYC Mayor Mamdani over a plan to open five city-owned grocery stores run by private grocers, arguing it will siphon customers from immigrant- and minority-owned bodegas and hurt small grocers, while the city says the stores will be about 30% cheaper and won’t sell high-revenue items like cigarettes; the first Bronx location is planned for next year with others in Harlem (La Marqueta) in 2029.
Nevada filed the first lawsuit opposing the Trump administration’s plan to force about a 20% cut in Colorado River water deliveries to Nevada, Arizona, and California for two years, with potential larger reductions later to protect the river’s depleted reservoirs. The state argues the plan violates the National Environmental Policy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Law of the River, and would devastate Southern Nevada’s economy and water supply. While California and Arizona share concerns, four upstream states are not required to cut this round; Nevada says it remains open to negotiation but seeks a court halt to the plan.
Raquel Lee Bolleau, a former child actor, filed a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. alleging a middle-aged Disney employee repeatedly raped and supplied alcohol to her when she was 14 during the 2001 film The Poof Point, with abuse said to be visible on set and not intervened. The suit claims Disney executives blamed her for the deterioration of her health and canceled a future role, and it frames the case as part of a broader pattern of failures tied to Weinstein and a convicted coach. Disney denies the allegations.
A federal judge dismissed seven of ten claims in Ben & Jerry’s lawsuit accusing Unilever of censoring activism, with Magnum taking Unilever’s place as the primary defendant; two breach-related claims over unpaid merger payments survive, while most governance/activism-related claims are narrowed or dismissed.
A Twitch streamer has filed a proposed class action in the Northern District of California accusing Twitch and Amazon of copying vast quantities of streamer content—including broadcasts, clips, chat logs and photos—to train Amazon's generative AI without licenses or consent. The suit cites breach of implied contracts and unfair competition. Twitch had announced plans to train AI on platform content with an opt-out that is not retroactive and is tied to individual channels. Amazon acquired Twitch in 2014; the case underscores growing legal scrutiny of AI training on creator content.
Former child actor Raquel Lee filed a lawsuit alleging a Disney staffer sexually assaulted her at age 14 during the 2001 film The Poof Point, claiming he pressured her to drink and assaulted her on set while Disney failed to protect minors. Disney declined comment, and the suit accuses the company of unsafe set conditions and insufficient adult oversight.
A San Francisco class-action alleges Oura’s $300 ring misleads consumers about its ability to track sleep and identify sleep stages, arguing that finger-based data and AI estimates cannot match clinical sleep studies. The suit cites claimed accuracies of 79% and 95% for sleep-staging and seeks injunctions plus restitution for buyers; Oura has not commented.
Wendy Williams was spotted in New York saying I want out amid a long-running conservatorship that began in 2022 after Wells Fargo sought to deem her incapacitated. The case has included a 2023 dementia diagnosis and ongoing legal disputes, including a 2025 ex-husband lawsuit challenging the guardianship, with conflicting medical opinions about her condition.
A federal lawsuit filed Aug. 22, 2026 accuses Taylor Sheridan of copying Lauren J. Salkin’s idea for a tribal-governance drama called Sovereign Nation to create Yellowstone and its spin-offs; the suit recounts Salkin’s submission to Sheridan’s reps and seeks injunctive relief and damages.
A California proposed class action accuses Oura of overstating the accuracy of its sleep-tracking, arguing the sleep-stage results rely on AI estimates based on finger signals rather than clinical sleep-staging sensors and that some results have little more than a coin flip’s chance of being correct. The suit cites a 2025 study showing 53.18% sleep-stage accuracy, contrasts with Oura’s prior 79% and 95% claims, and seeks to stop the misleading claims and restitution for affected customers, naming Oura Ring 5, Ring 4, and Ring 4 Ceramic.
A California lawsuit filed by writer Lauren J. Salkin alleges that Taylor Sheridan, Paramount, NBCUniversal and associated producers copied her 2016 pitch Sovereign Nation to create Yellowstone, claiming the show replicates Salkin’s expressive choices and elements (such as a tribal casino hub, land disputes, and lease structures). She seeks an injunction and damages, with reps for the parties not commenting.
California and 28 states accuse Meta of designing addictive features that hook users, harvest data on children under 13 without parental consent, and hide safety flaws. The landmark Oakland trial could award up to $200 billion in damages and force product redesigns, with an advisory jury and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to issue the verdict; Meta denies the allegations as testimony from former employees and safety expert Arturo Béjar is heard.
Former Paramount Domestic Theatrical Distribution head Chris Aronson has sued Paramount for over $4 million, alleging age discrimination and breach of contract after being replaced by a younger executive following the Skydance takeover; at 69 at termination, he says Paramount shortened his contract and cut healthcare benefits, and he cites workforce data showing older employees bore a disproportionate share of layoffs while the company sought to avoid full payout of his fixed-term deal. The case is in L.A. Superior Court and adds to turbulence around Paramount under Ellison’s WBD takeover.
A California class-action alleges Oura Ring overstated its ability to measure sleep quality and stages, arguing that sleep occurs in the brain and cannot be accurately read from a finger sensor; the suit seeks to halt alleged deceptive advertising and restitution for buyers who paid hundreds for the device, while Oura defends its methodology and cites supporting studies, highlighting ongoing scrutiny of wearable sleep trackers in a multibillion-dollar market.
A San Francisco-based class-action accuses Oura of false advertising, arguing its AI-powered sleep-tracking rings cannot accurately measure sleep stages and rely on AI-generated guesses rather than clinical-grade data, despite marketing claims of high sleep-staging accuracy; the suit seeks class-action status and a jury trial, with no immediate comment from Oura.