#lawsuits

#lawsuits

One of the most dramatic cases involves Larry Bushart, a retired police officer in Lexington, Tenn, according to NPR. A self-described progressive and "keyboard warrior," he posted memes that mocked Republican officials' mourning over Kirk. He was arrested by local police at the request of Sheriff Nick Weems of Perry County, Tenn. Prosecutors later dropped the charges, and Bushart is now suing, represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

BILL MAHER: Okay, for the panel, should there be a law that says the president can't sue people? Well, he's suing everybody. I mean, he is, that is one thing that he never changed one bit from, from when he, I mean he sued me. Remember with the, with the orangutan thing? CHRYSTIA FREELAND: Did you apologize for that? BILL MAHER: No, f*ck no! Why would I ever CHRYSTIA FREELAND: I thought you had supper with him and you talked about it. BILL MAHER: Yeah, I had supper with him, I didn't apologize.

While many of us were heading to the gym, embarking on Dry January, or trying to meditate, McDonald's was starting out 2026 on a particularly bad note. The fast food giant came into the new year with a lawsuit. Yep, in January 2026, four people filed legal action against McDonald's, claiming that its popular McRib is lying to everyone because it's not really made with rib meat.

Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. Shooting oneself in the foot. Tripping over your own feet. Sawing off the tree branch while sitting on it. Such acts of self-sabotage pale in comparison to the utter lunacy surrounding President Trump's decision to stymie federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel project, a vital and necessary construction of two new rail tunnels to replace the crumbling infrastructure that Amtrak and New Jersey Transit use every day to crisscross the Hudson River.

TikTok is moving to settle a lawsuit with a woman who alleged that the company and other social media giants designed their platforms to addict young users, the first such case to go to trial. A lawyer for the woman confirmed that an agreement in principle had been reached hours before jury selection started in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The woman's similar claims against Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and Instagram and Google's YouTube will proceed as planned for now.

In the same post, Altman noted that in 2025, the world received a taste of the impact that AI models can have on human mental health. OpenAI has been named in several lawsuits accusing the company of negligence related to users' mental well-being. Previously, the role of Head of Preparedness was held by Joaquin Quiñonero Candela and Lilian Weng. Weng left the company in November 2024, while Quiñonero Candela's role was changed to Head of Recruitment in July 2025.

The Trump administration has temporarily paused plans to divert billions of dollars in homelessness spending away from permanent housing, a funding shift state officials warned could push tens of thousands of formerly homeless Californians back to the street. The administration had sought to redirect the money toward transitional housing and outreach efforts, prioritizing programs that impose work requirements, mandate addiction or mental health treatment and help police close encampments.

The lawsuits spawned a nightmare (and very telling) deposition; a Megyn Kelly news cycle after Justin Baldoni's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, went on her show to claim Blake Lively lied about everything; a possible falling out between Lively, Taylor Swift, and Ryan Reynolds (and maybe even Travis Kelce); and an abhorrent Hollywood Reporter cover story painting Justin Baldoni as a feminist who might not know any better because of his religious-cult upbringing. And this is just the short list.

Some of these users, like 48-year-old Allan Brooks, survived, but allege that ChatGPT wrought emotional and psychological harm, and in some cases led to crises requiring emergency psychiatric care. Others, the suits claim, tragically took their lives following obsessive interactions with the consumer-facing chatbot. Per the WSJ, the suits include claims of assisted suicide, manslaughter, and wrongful death, among other allegations.

A hiker clambers across a scorched landscape of ash, his footsteps crunching on charred earth as he peers over a ridge at a burn scar pocked with blackened stumps. Below are thickets of green chaparral and densely packed homes. Suddenly, he stops. He zooms the camera in to wisps of white smoke rising from the dirt. "It's still smoldering," he whispers - apparently to himself. No firefighters or state park rangers are visible.

Nearly two dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its cancellation of a $7bn grant program aimed at expanding solar energy in low-income communities, according to court papers. In a statement on Thursday, California's attorney general, Rob Bonta, announced two lawsuits by a group of states that received grants under the Environmental Protection Agency's Solar for All program. The EPA's administrator, Lee Zeldin, announced the termination of the program in August.

DLA Piper is implementing a policy requiring attorneys to return to the office four days a week, allowing them an additional day for interviews and client meetings.

In May 2024, Remick was accused of using excessive force against a man filming a police chase, showing a pattern of alleged police misconduct.

For each dollar the state has spent in litigation with Trump, it has recouped $33,600 in funds that the federal government has tried to take away from the Golden State.

"Scout Motors, the new SUV brand from Volkswagen Group, has raised controversy with its intention to sell cars directly, leading to lawsuits from VW and Audi dealers..."

School districts across the country have filed different lawsuits to try to get the U.S. Department of Education to release funds frozen by the Trump administration.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Kentucky, Minnesota, and Texas over laws allowing noncitizens who grew up in these states to pay in-state tuition rates.