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Bill Cosby Faces New Civil Trial
Jury Finds Cosby
Liable for 1972
Sexual Assault
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Mar 23, 2026 4:35 PM CDT

Jury Finds Cosby Liable for 1972 Sexual Assault

Woman who accused comedian of drugging, raping her is awarded $19M

(Newser) - A California jury on Monday found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $19.25 million. Deliberations took one day after a nearly two-week civil trial in Santa Monica in which Cosby did not testify. Jurors awarded Donna Motsinger $17.5 million...

Nursing Home Co-Owned by Trump Pick Is Suing Feds

Facility is fighting effort to reclaim Medicare overpayments

(Newser) - Benjamin Landa is awaiting a Senate hearing on his nomination as US ambassador to Hungary, while co-owning a Bronx nursing home that's taking the Trump administration to court. After federal inspectors said Pinnacle Multicare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center improperly collected at least $31.2 million from Medicare, the government...

Tennessee's Lone Woman on Death Row Fights to Get Off

Christa Gail Pike challenging state's lethal injection protocol

(Newser) - Tennessee is moving to execute a woman for the first time in more than two centuries, though the 50-year-old death row inmate convicted of torturing and killing a romantic rival at 18 argues she's changed. Christa Gail Pike is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Sept. 30 for...

Kathy Ireland Says Ex-Partners Stole $100M From Her

Former model says she was forced to sell her home, has no retirement funds

(Newser) - Kathy Ireland says the empire that made her one of America's most famous "model-turned-moguls" was quietly crumbling behind the scenes, she says in a new interview with Good Morning America . The former Sports Illustrated swimsuit star alleges that longtime business partners carried out a years-long financial scheme that...

Justice Department Sues Harvard Over Antisemitism

Administration wants to claw back 'billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies'

(Newser) - Harvard is once again in the Trump administration's crosshairs , this time over accusations it failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students and staff. The administration on Friday filed a civil-rights lawsuit in federal court in Boston, claiming the university ignored antisemitic harassment and discrimination in the wake of Hamas' Oct....

Dogue Is in Hot Water With Vogue
Dogue Is in
Hot Water With Vogue
Mar 20, 2026 7:47 AM CDT

Dogue Is in Hot Water With Vogue

Condé Nast claims trademark infringement in lawsuit as indie creator cites parody rights

(Newser) - One dog magazine has gotten a little too cute with its branding for the publisher of Vogue. As People reports, Condé Nast has sued Dogue, a tiny Los Angeles-based print and digital outlet devoted to canine fashion, alleging its name and logo infringe on Vogue's trademark and could mislead...

Jury Sides With Rapper in Free-Speech Case

Afroman was sued by deputies after he used raid footage in music videos

(Newser) - "I didn't win, America won," rapper Afroman said Wednesday after a jury ruled in his favor in a lawsuit brought by Ohio deputies he mocked in music videos after they raided his home. "America still has freedom of speech. It's still for the people, by...

Hospital Seeks Court Order on Patient Who Won't Leave

Florida hospital says woman is still occupying room more than 5 months after discharge

(Newser) - Florida's Tallahassee Memorial Hospital says one of its former patients checked out on paper months ago—but never actually left. Now the hospital has turned to the courts, filing a lawsuit to force the woman from the inpatient room she's occupied since her discharge on Oct. 6, 2025, according to...

Teens Sue Elon Musk's xAI Over Alleged AI-Made CSAM

Teens allege xAI enabled AI-generated child sexual abuse images

(Newser) - A group of Tennessee teens say Elon Musk's AI start-up helped turn their school photos into child sexual abuse material—and they're suing. In a proposed class-action filed Monday in federal court in California, three plaintiffs allege xAI's Grok chatbot was used to digitally strip clothing from...

Sesame Workshop Sues SeaWorld
Sesame
Street
Sues
SeaWorld
Mar 13, 2026 2:55 PM CDT

Sesame Street Sues SeaWorld

Nonprofit Sesame Workshop claims unpaid royalties, contract breaches, and brand damage

(Newser) - After decades together, Big Bird and Shamu are heading to court. The nonprofit Sesame Workshop has sued SeaWorld and its parent company United Parks & Resorts, accusing the theme-park operator of mishandling the Sesame Street brand and failing to pay royalties tied to Sesame-themed attractions, reports NBC News . In the...

Lawsuit: Cybertruck Tried to Drive Itself Off Overpass

Driver seeks over $1M, alleges Autopilot malfunction and negligence

(Newser) - Tesla's controversial pickup is back in the spotlight, this time in a lawsuit that claims a Cybertruck on Autopilot tried to steer itself off a Houston overpass. In a complaint filed in Harris County, Houston resident Justine Saint Amour says she was driving on the 69 Eastex Freeway in...

Protein Bar Suit Makes Claim Straight Out of Mean Girls

David Protein founder insists 'no one is getting Regina Georged' and consuming hidden calories

(Newser) - Diet food drama is unfolding around David Protein bars . Per NBC News , a January class-action suit claims that the buzzy bars, popular with wellness influencers, pack roughly 80% more calories and more than four times the fat than their labels suggest. Independent testing cited in the complaint reportedly found 268...

Costco Customer Sues Chain Over Tariffs
Costco Just Got
Sued Over Tariffs
Mar 12, 2026 12:20 PM CDT

Costco Just Got Sued Over Tariffs

Customer wants the company to pass along any refunds

(Newser) - Costco is getting sued by a customer who wants his money back over tariffs. Matthew Stockov of Illinois is seeking class-action status for the suit filed Wednesday in federal court, reports the Wall Street Journal . The lawsuit demands that Costco pass along to customers any refunds it might get from...

Plasma Donors' Deaths Like Being 'Struck by Lightning'

Health Canada probes Winnipeg's for-profit Grifols clinics after 2 donors die

(Newser) - Two plasma donors in Winnipeg have died just months apart after visiting the same for-profit clinic system, prompting a federal probe and questions about transparency in Canada's growing paid-plasma industry. Health Canada says it's investigating fatal "adverse reactions" reported by Grifols clinics in October and January, with...

Suit: Woman Fired Lawyer on ChatGPT's Advice

Insurer sues OpenAI for $10M, claims chatbot illegally practiced law

(Newser) - OpenAI is facing a novel accusation in federal court: that its chatbot is effectively playing lawyer without a license. Nippon Life Insurance Company of America sued the ChatGPT maker in Chicago, claiming the AI tool encouraged a former disability claimant to undo a settled case, then helped her bombard the...

Suit: OpenAI Knew of School Shooter's Plans

Family alleges chatbot maker ignored employee recommendations to alert police

(Newser) - OpenAI is now facing a lawsuit over its decision to not inform authorities about violent ChatGPT user messages from the perpetrator of last month's school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC. The family of 12-year-old Maya Gebala, critically wounded in the shooting that killed 8 , alleges the teenage suspect described...

Anthropic Sues Over Hegseth's Security Blacklist

AI firm challenges Pentagon's designation of it as a 'supply chain risk'

(Newser) - Anthropic just took its fight with the Trump administration to federal court. The AI firm sued on Monday after the Pentagon branded the company a security risk and moved to cancel its government contracts, reports the Wall Street Journal . In a complaint filed in the Northern District of California, Anthropic...

Developer Ordered to Rebuild Gutted Condo—for $65M
Developer Ordered to Rebuild
Gutted Condo—for $65M
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Mar 7, 2026 2:35 PM CST

Developer Ordered to Rebuild Gutted Condo—for $65M

Court order forces Two Roads' costly restoration of Biscayne 21 in Miami

(Newser) - A real estate developer that tried to change the rules to suit itself has been ordered to rebuild a condo tower it spent nearly a year ripping apart. The Wall Street Journal 's Deborah Acosta reports that a Florida court has ordered developer Two Roads to restore Biscayne 21—...

Suit: Bestselling Memoir Stole Details of My Sexual Abuse

Complaint alleges that venture capitalist Amy Griffin swiped woman's personal story for The Tell

(Newser) - A woman has sued author and venture capitalist Amy Griffin over her bestselling 2025 memoir The Tell, saying that Griffin's descriptions of childhood sexual abuse in the book were stolen from her experience. The plaintiff IDs herself as Jane Doe in the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior...

Kennedy Center Lawsuit Seeks to Block Trump's Remodeling

Filing argues president lacks authority to close and rebuild the landmark

(Newser) - A Democratic lawmaker is asking a judge to hit pause on President Trump's plan for the Kennedy Center to go dark for two years. Rep. Joyce Beatty, a congressional trustee of the performing arts venue, has amended her existing lawsuit—intended to keep his name off the building—to...

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