Verdicts & Settlements

After lawyer sues airport for banning harassment practice ad, it now takes up 2 walls

After officials at a Syracuse, New York, airport refused to place an attorney's small sign advertising her sexual harassment law firm's services, she sued—and she now has a massive ad covering two walls, according to Syracuse.com.

Mar 30, 2026 1:56 PM 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

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

DOJ settles antitrust lawsuit with Live Nation and Ticketmaster; 25 states vow to continue fight

The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster for $280 million. However, the show might not be over yet.

Mar 10, 2026 12:27 PM CDT

NDAs, while more common, aren’t always ironclad, legal experts say

Before Travis Kelce proposed to Taylor Swift, rumors began swirling about their prenuptial agreement and what it might and might not contain. One thing is probable: It likely contains confidentiality clauses and nondisclosure agreements—tools that have become common in this day and age when private lives don’t often stay that way.

Feb 24, 2026 9:25 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

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

California bar investigating law firm over alleged fake sex abuse claims

The State Bar of California is investigating the Downtown Los Angeles Law Group over allegations that the law firm told its clients to “fabricate stories of abuse.”

Jan 30, 2026 10:39 AM CST

Record number of trade secret case filed in 2025, new report says

An all-time high of 1,500 federal cases regarding trade secrets were filed in 2025, nine years after the enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act in 2016, according to a new report.

Jan 29, 2026 9:53 AM 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