Juries

Jury finds for DLA Piper in pregnancy discrimination case

A federal jury on Monday found that DLA Piper should not be held liable in a case stemming from allegations that the law firm discriminated against a pregnant ex-associate by firing her for requesting maternity leave.

Apr 14, 2026 10:11 AM CDT

Verdicts against Meta, YouTube reshape legal protections for Big Tech

A Los Angeles jury delivered a rare verdict against Silicon Valley giants Wednesday—the second finding in two days—boosting hopes of safety advocates that courts will deliver a long-sought reckoning over social media’s harms to children.

Mar 25, 2026 2:36 PM CDT

Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors in $44B buyout, jury finds

Technology billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk committed securities fraud with false or misleading statements about Twitter’s fake bot accounts as he attempted to scrap or renegotiate the $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform, a California jury for a civil trial unanimously found Friday.

Mar 23, 2026 9:35 AM CDT

Jury rules for Afroman in case over ‘Lemon Pound Cake’ video that used home raid surveillance footage

A jury found Wednesday that Grammy-nominated rapper Joseph Foreman, better known as Afroman, should not be held liable for a song that he wrote and a video that he made after several local sheriff's deputies raided his home in Adams County, Ohio.

Mar 19, 2026 1:49 PM CDT

Plaintiff testifies about addiction in trial against social media companies

The lead plaintiff in a high-profile trial against social media companies told jurors in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday that her addiction to Instagram and YouTube led to her depression and body-image issues.

Feb 27, 2026 9:42 AM CST

SCOTUS allows limits on midtrial lawyer-client conversations

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that judges can bar criminal defendants from speaking with their lawyers about their testimony during an overnight recess in the middle of testifying in their own defense.

Feb 26, 2026 10:22 AM CST

Trump picks former personal lawyer from E. Jean Carroll case for 8th Circuit judicial vacancy

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he has picked a former personal lawyer for a judical vacancy on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis.

Feb 20, 2026 1:20 PM CST

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in first social media addiction trial

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., refuted allegations that Instagram manipulates users younger than age 13 during a daylong testimony in the first trial connecting teenage mental health problems and social media.

Feb 19, 2026 11:44 AM CST

SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein denies tax fraud charges in jury trial testimony

SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein testified in court Wednesday at his white-collar criminal jury trial, admitting to tax-filing mistakes but denying criminal tax fraud.

Feb 12, 2026 10:41 AM CST

Google and Meta social media mental health trial set to start as jury selected

A trial to consider claims that Google’s YouTube, as well as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms harmed young people’s mental health is set to start Monday after the jury was selected for the test case Friday.

Feb 9, 2026 1:15 PM CST

$8.5M jury verdict awarded in Uber driver sexual assault trial

A federal jury in Arizona awarded $8.5 million on Thursday to a woman who claimed that she was raped by her Uber driver.

Feb 6, 2026 11:51 AM CST

Sex abuse conviction of former UCLA gynecologist overturned by appeals court

A California appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former gynecologist at the University of California at Los Angeles who was sentenced for sexually abusing his patients.

Feb 4, 2026 11:30 AM CST

Patient awarded $2M by jury in malpractice suit over gender-care surgery

In a legal first, a jury in New York has awarded $2 million in damages to a patient who received gender-affirming surgery as a minor.

Feb 4, 2026 9:24 AM CST

Judge indicted after ordering attorney to be handcuffed inside jury box

A dramatic courtroom dispute involving a defense attorney being handcuffed and confined to a jury box resulted in the indictment of a Texas judge last week.

Feb 2, 2026 12:04 PM CST

Jurors are as attentive, engaged during online proceedings as those in courtroom, study finds

As more courts turn to remote proceedings, a new study has found that jurors who deliberate online may be just as attentive, engaged and fair-minded as those who meet face-to-face, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Jan 29, 2026 9:40 AM CST