A federal regulator sued JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America on Friday, claiming the banks failed to protect hundreds of thousands of consumers from rampant fraud on the popular payments network Zelle, in violation of consumer financial laws. In the federal civil complaint, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asserts that the banks rushed to … Read more
What can we expect of Donald Trump’s second term, besides mass deportations, January 6 pardons, a “virtual closure of [the] Department of Education,” and a potential end to some lifesaving childhood vaccines? A war on the media, it would seem! During a press conference on Monday, Trump was asked if he planned to file additional … Read more
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban. TikTok and ByteDance on Monday filed the emergency motion with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking for more … Read more
Attorneys general in Minnesota and New Jersey sued Glock on Thursday, accusing the company of making handguns that are easily modified to fire as illegal machine guns through a cheap add-on known as a “Glock switch.” The lawsuits said that the $20 switches transform Glock handguns into easily concealable weapons that can fire 1,200 rounds … Read more
A Texas bankruptcy judge blocked The Onion’s bid to purchase Infowars Tuesday, leaving the future of the infamous conspiracy site uncertain—and reigniting the national debate around founder Alex Jones’s accountability. In his ruling against The Onion, the satirical news site that had planned to turn Infowars into a parody after winning the site at auction … Read more
When Donald Trump was reelected last month, he didn’t just win a second term as the most powerful person in the world; he also escaped any and all accountability concerning the federal criminal cases against him, which were dropped in a matter of weeks. Since then, the president-elect’s legal team has attempted to get the … Read more
Tesla Supercharger stations are seen in a parking lot in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 16, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Tesla is being sued by the family of a driver who died in a 2023 collision, claiming that the company’s “fraudulent misrepresentation” of its Autopilot technology was to blame. The Tesla driver, Genesis Giovanni … Read more
A Connecticut appeals court on Friday largely upheld a nearly $1.3 billion defamation verdict against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a case accusing the Infowars founder of spreading lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. A three-judge panel of the Connecticut Appellate Court found that a jury’s October 2022 decision to award $965 million in damages plus attorneys … Read more
UKRAINE – 2022/01/07: In this photo illustration a Microsoft Azure logo seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — Microsoft on Tuesday was accused of unfairly overcharging customers of rival cloud companies in a lawsuit claiming damages of more than £1 … Read more
A cyclist in Oregon has filed a lawsuit after an incident in which an ambulance allegedly struck him, causing injuries and destroying his bicycle, only to then charge him nearly $1,800 for transporting him to the hospital. The lawsuit, filed by 71-year-old William Hoesch, raises questions about medical billing practices, the cost of emergency care, … Read more
