Tort Law

It Hasn’t Ended With Them: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni lawsuit not fully settled

Actor Blake Lively, who recently settled her lawsuit against actor Justin Baldoni's production company, is still seeking damages from the actor and director whom she accused of sexual harassment during the filming of their 2024 movie It Ends With Us.

May 8, 2026 9:40 AM CDT

It Ends With Them: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni lawsuit reaches settlement

The legal battle between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni concluded uncharacteristically without drama, as the litigants reached a settlement Monday following months of allegations from both sides regarding the 2024 film It Ends With Us.

May 5, 2026 10:59 AM CDT

King Charles’ flyover tribute pauses Supreme Court arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court, during a recent hearing about the Alien Tort Statute, paused when Chief Justice John Roberts stopped the courtroom questioning to make an announcement.

May 1, 2026 11:23 AM CDT

LASIK malpractice plaintiff can keep $7.2M award, judge rules

A judge in the Denver suburbs ruled last week that a pilot could keep the $7.2 million jury award in his medical-malpractice case involving LASIK eye surgery, even though Colorado has a $1 million cap on economic damages.

Apr 23, 2026 10:42 AM CDT

Supreme Court allows soldier to sue contractor over suicide bombing

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a soldier seriously wounded while attempting to thwart a suicide bombing in Afghanistan to sue a contractor that the military found was negligent in the incident.

Apr 22, 2026 9:50 AM CDT

This lawyer can fight for you in court or the cage

It’s not that personal injury lawyer Victor Demesmin Jr. was looking for a fight, exactly. But he was certainly looking for a challenge. That’s just the kind of guy he is—so throwing himself into the ring as a bare-knuckle fighter is on brand for the South Florida father of three. “The idea of going into a ring, bare-knuckled, it was the scariest thought for me,” says Demesmin, 37. “And because it was so scary for me, I decided I would have to do it.”

Apr 9, 2026 10:37 AM CDT

TikTok creator sued by immigration firm, accused of making defamatory comments online

A TikTok creator from Indiana is being sued by a Houston-based law firm over comments that she allegedly made about the firm online, according to Law360.

Apr 3, 2026 10:27 AM CDT

Expelled white student’s discrimination claims against law school tossed

Discrimination and breach of contract claims against the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., by an expelled white student was tossed out of federal court last week.

Mar 31, 2026 11:02 AM CDT

2 lawyers convicted in staged truck accidents scheme

Two personal injury lawyers have been convicted by a federal jury in New Orleans for participating in a scheme to stage collisions with tractor-trailer trucks to collect large settlement payouts.

Mar 23, 2026 9:48 AM 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

Law requiring Ten Commandments to be visible inside schools blocked by court

A law stipulating that the Ten Commandments be displayed inside the elementary and secondary classrooms and libraries of six Arkansas school districts was blocked by a district court Monday.

Mar 17, 2026 1:52 PM CDT

Judge says spiciness ‘is often the point,’ in (too) hot salsa lawsuit

A federal judge has ruled against a German tourist who sued a New York City taqueria complaining the restaurant sold him salsa that was dangerously spicy.

Mar 16, 2026 9:02 AM CDT

Medical providers who allegedly mishandled rape examination at center of lawsuit

A woman is claiming that medical providers in Florida mishandled her sexual assault forensic examination in what her attorney describes as an unusual lawsuit.

Mar 9, 2026 10:57 AM CDT

District attorney drops charges against lawyer who shot man outside cigar bar

The Philadelphia district attorney’s office has dropped charges against a prominent personal injury attorney who was accused of shooting a man outside a downtown cigar bar in 2023.

Mar 2, 2026 9:58 AM CST

Federal appeals court throws out bias case over grants for Black-owned businesses

An appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that a white commercial trucking business owner lacked standing to bring a discrimination lawsuit challenging an insurance company’s grant contest for Black-owned companies because he never applied, the National Law Journal reports.

Feb 26, 2026 9:42 AM CST