Warner Bros. had a big weekend at the box office as Suicide Squad broke records with $135.1 million, shattering the August debut set by Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy ($94.3 million) two years ago. Regardless of its commercial success, the movie was not a hit with critics, and apparently not with an unnamed fan in the U.K., who is filing a lawsuit against Warner Bros. for “false …
After a Monday hearing in federal court, a United States district court judge is
set to determine whether a lawsuit challenging magistrates’ rights to recuse themselves from performing same-sex weddings will go forward.
The parents of two Americans who were killed in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Freedom Watch announced Monday that Charles Woods and Pat Smith, the parents of victims Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith, filed the lawsuit against Clinton in …
Two brothers used their company’s money as a “personal piggybank,” a new lawsuit by their former bookkeeper claims, before the startup shut down suddenly last week. Among the expenses attributed to the cofounders were thousands spent on vacations to Hawaii, personal rent for their apartments, trips to competitions in Las Vegas, and a visit to astrip club, the lawsuit states. …
A group of advocacy organizations filed a federal lawsuit against Gwinnett County Monday over district lines and at-large voting, claiming the voting method prevents minority voters from being able to elect candidates of their choosing. The suit argues that no minority has ever been elected to the county’s Board of Commissioners and Board of Education.
A federal agency has settled its $5 million civil lawsuit against Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC by agreeing to seek restitution for a lesser amount when claims filed by unsecured creditors against the bankrupt mill’s estate are processed, officials said Monday. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission agreed as part of the deal to place its claim for $379,016 in profits that FERC …
The NFL’s definition of “making it right” may not mesh with Ohio’s definition of the term. The lawyer who sued on behalf of fans who showed up for Super Bowl XLV with tickets that didn’t correspond to actual seats plans to sue the NFL for fans who showed up in Canton on Sunday night with tickets for a game that wasn’t played. “We plan on filing a class [action] within days,” Michael Avenatti …
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson is vowing to keep fighting after a judge dismissed his lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates. Johnson and one of his rivals, presumptive Green …
So here’s something we should have all seen coming: A guy is trying to sue pretty much everyone involved with Pokemon Go because the game placed Pokemon in his yard without asking his permission first. Yes, he is quite literally suing Niantic, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company because those damn kids won’t get off his lawn. A quick bit of back story, in case you’ve missed the other 5,362 …
Attorneys filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Friday on behalf of the family of Joseph Mann, who was fatally shot by Sacramento, California, police last month. The lawsuit says Mann displayed “overt signs of being in the midst of mental crisis” before he was shot, and that police should not have used lethal force. Video shot by a bystander and released at a news conference Friday …