A Houston law firm alleging that it was defamed by 99 fake three-star reviews on its Google business page can sue for defamation for 62 of those reviews, an Ohio appeals court has ruled.
A federal judge in California last week refused to toss an amended gender-bias and retaliation lawsuit filed against Kirkland & Ellis by a fired associate, saying “it is past time to proceed to the merits.”
A California woman who created a company ostensibly to loan money to personal-injury attorneys is accused of spending millions of dollars in investor funds to support her "lavish lifestyle."
A federal appeals court has ruled that a mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died after copying a “Blackout Challenge” that appeared on her TikTok “For You Page” can sue the social media company.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a Republican, is entitled to a new trial in her defamation case against the New York Times, partly because a jury finding of no liability was marred by push notifications received by jurors, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
If you’re nervous about cybersecurity threats to your law firm, you’re not alone. While cybersecurity will always be a threat, especially if you’re using artificial intelligence, there are ways to combat it.
A woman who contracted human papillomavirus after car sex isn’t entitled to damages from her sexual partner’s auto insurance policy, a federal appeals court has ruled.
A mother who heard her daughter’s car crash while giving her directions by cellphone is entitled to recover for emotional distress, even though she wasn’t aware of the defendants’ alleged role in causing the accident, the California Supreme Court ruled last week.
A restaurant customer can’t sue for negligence after a chicken bone became lodged in his throat while eating boneless chicken wings, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in a 4-3 decision affirming summary judgment for the defendants.
A victim witness advocate has sued for privacy invasion and defamation following his firing for mistakenly sending a “wacky email” to the entire San Francisco district attorney’s office that read, “What color panties you have on.”
In 1991, personal injury lawyers Zachary Bravos and Todd Smith took on the strangest medical malpractice case of their careers—a case that led them to tales of satanic cults, child abuse and cannibalism.