The world’s largest social media companies have been accused Monday of pushing highly addictive apps on children as a landmark social media trial began in earnest in a California court. The case is being heard before a jury in Los Angeles. The trial is being treated as a bellwether case, meaning its outcome could influence…
US President Donald Trump sued the BBC on Monday for defamation over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the US Capitol, opening an international front in his fight against media coverage he deems untrue or unfair. President Donald Trump speaks during a presentation in the Oval Office…
(The Center Square) – A federal lawsuit challenging California’s congressional redistricting had its first day in court Monday in Los Angeles. Josephine L. Staton is the presiding judge in the case at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The U.S. Department of Justice is among the plaintiffs in the legal challenge to Proposition 50,…
Veteran FBI employee claims he was fired for displaying Pride flag – CBS News Watch CBS News A 16-year FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired last month because he had a Pride flag draped near his desk. Scott MacFarlane has details. Source link
Male drivers for Uber and Lyft have claimed gender discrimination and are suing the rideshare companies. getty Male drivers for Uber and Lyft have claimed gender discrimination and are suing the rideshare companies because of a feature in the rideshare apps that allows women to request non-male drivers. According to Time, the dual class action…
Why is Trump threatening to sue the BBC? – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump has threatened legal action against the British broadcaster BBC. Haley Ott has the details. Source link
The parents of at least two babies sickened in an infantile botulism outbreak are suing the makers of the ByHeart baby formula at the heart of a nationwide recall. Stephen and Yurany Dexter, of Flagstaff, Arizona, said their 4-month-old daughter, Rose, had to be flown by air ambulance to a children’s hospital two hours from…
Amazon was sued on Wednesday in a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the e-commerce giant has used “punitive attendance policies” against its employees. The complaint claims Amazon uses an automated system to track employee attendance, and then threatens employees with discipline and possible termination when they make legally protected accommodation requests. “Under this system,…
President Donald Trump’s threatened $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC over an edited broadcast of his January 6, 2021, speech would confront formidable legal obstacles, according to Mark Stephens CBE, a leading international media lawyer. In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Stephens said Trump’s claim “isn’t the legal hill to die on—it might just as…
London — The outgoing director of the BBC addressed staff of the publicly-funded British national broadcaster in a call on Tuesday admitting mistakes were made but urging them to “fight for our journalism” after President Trump threatened to sue the corporation for $1 billion over a program it aired in 2024 about the Jan. 6, 2021…