Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in US federal court on Friday to killing UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson and federal stalking charges, admitting to shooting him in Manhattan in December 2024.
A Californian lawyer, Keith Griffin, received a 1-day prison sentence (with time served) for contempt of court regarding undistributed Lion Air crash settlement funds, deepening the pain for Indonesian victim families seeking justice.
A Texas federal court's ruling against National Firearms Act regulations on firearm suppressors and short-barreled guns took effect after the U.S. Justice Department missed the appeal deadline, allowing unregistered purchases in the affected jurisdiction.
The FTC agreed not to enforce fair lending obligations against auto dealers and a former manager, abandoning disparate-impact claims and drawing criticism from state partners like Arizona.
The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation sued in New York to halt Truth API, a subscription service selling early access to Trump's social posts to trading firms for up to $100,000 monthly.
A US federal judge in Boston dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit claiming Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment post-Gaza war, citing lack of evidence for ongoing civil rights violations.
US prosecutors charged 11 people in a decade-long scheme arranging over 1,000 sham marriages mainly for Chinese nationals seeking green cards, including matches with 14 active-duty American soldiers.
A US Federal court ruled that Meta failed to preserve key evidence in a lawsuit brought by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest over scam ads using his likeness.
Attorneys for Andrew and Tristan Tate filed a motion for release in Miami federal court, arguing their high-profile status prevents flight as they fight extradition to the U.K. on rape and sex trafficking charges.
A federal judge ruled that Utah can enforce its strict anti-gambling laws on prediction markets like Kalshi, a significant win for states seeking to regulate these platforms.
A North Georgia convenience store, Teddy's Market, has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Buc-ee's and strip the mega-chain of trademark protections, accusing it of being a trademark bully and fraudulently obtaining its beaver logo.
Former Hellyer mine executives Brad Monks and Rodger Johnston failed to set aside a bankruptcy ruling in the federal court, ordered to repay $8.5M in misappropriated funds.
A Guardian investigation found that the Trump administration quietly attempted to subject at least 10 hunger strikers in US immigrant detention to involuntary medical procedures, including force-feeding. At least three detainees were confirmed subjected to these procedures, which human rights groups widely consider torture, with others breaking their strikes as procedures loomed.
xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to block the state's new law (HF 1606) targeting AI 'nudification,' arguing it's an overbroad ban on free speech. The law imposes strict liability on platforms for AI-generated images of real people showing intimate parts, even if consensual or not shared, with fines up to $500,000 per image.
Elon Musk's xAI has sued Minnesota over its new law banning AI "nudification" technology, set to take effect Saturday. The lawsuit argues the law is overly broad, bans constitutionally protected images, and lacks safe harbor provisions, despite xAI's agreement with the state's goal to prevent non-consensual AI-generated nude images.
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay up to $5.5 billion to settle nearly 76,000 lawsuits alleging its talc products caused ovarian cancer, ending a decade-long legal battle.
A Federal Court judge has criticized Maurice Blackburn Lawyers for delaying compensation to 1,820 former Qantas workers. The court will now deal with the request for more time on August 6.
Rebel Wilson won a defamation lawsuit brought by Australian actor Charlotte MacInnes, who claimed Wilson's social media posts implied she lied about a sexual harassment complaint. Justice Elizabeth Raper ruled the posts were not defamatory, but questioned the truthfulness of testimonies from Wilson, MacInnes, and co-producer Amanda Ghost.
Peter Barber, co-founder of Australian video tech firm Blackmagic Design, is suing the company and co-founders Grant Petty and Douglas Clarke in Federal Court, alleging he's been denied dividends, information, and the ability to sell his $98M stake due to hostility.
Two descendants of Black people enslaved by the Muscogee Nation are suing Principal Chief David Hill and the Muscogee Nation Citizenship Board in federal court, seeking to compel them to issue citizenship cards as ordered by a tribal court in July 2025, citing an 1866 treaty.
Danielle Wilson's lawsuit against Matt Wright and CASA over her husband Chris "Willow" Wilson's 2022 helicopter crash death could take another year to reach trial, with a judge warning against further delays as Wright cites ongoing legal and financial burdens.
Vance Boelter, 59, is set for federal sentencing in Minnesota after pleading guilty to killing House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and critically wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. He faces two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years for the June 2025 attacks.
Two passengers in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van told a federal court that the ICE officer who fatally shot him in Houston was not in danger of being run over, contradicting DHS's self-defense claim. They allege officers were on the sides of the van, not in front, and that the ICE vehicle hit theirs. The passengers, now in immigration detention, seek release.
A US judge set a June 1, 2027, trial date for ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on drug-trafficking charges in Manhattan federal court. Their defense lawyer plans to seek dismissal based on immunity as a head of state.
