Dec 30 Google settles $5 billion lawsuit alleging it tracked 'incognito mode' activity By Associated Press Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 4:19 Giuliani ordered to pay $148 million for defamation of election workers By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan A federal jury in Washington ordered Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former campaign attorney, to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers for distress caused by lies he spread following the 2020 election. Geoff Bennett discussed the case with NPR's… Continue watching
Jun 12 JPMorgan reaches settlement with victims of Jeffrey Epstein By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court in November sought to hold JPMorgan financially liable for Epstein’s decades-long abuse of teenage girls and young women. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 6:53 Biden's student loan forgiveness plan faces challenge in federal court By Laura Barrón-López President Biden's executive order to cancel student debt is facing its most serious legal challenge to date. A federal judge in Missouri heard arguments from six states hoping to block the plan from taking effect. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 5:05 News Wrap: Data shows U.S. economy shrank in the second quarter In our news wrap Thursday, revised government data confirmed the U.S. economy shrank in the second quarter, U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss defended her economic plan that includes billions in tax cuts for high earners without offsetting spending reductions and… Continue watching
Apr 14 Abortions stop in Kentucky as rights groups seek to block new law By Bruce Schreiner, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Associated Press Abortion-rights groups have gone to court seeking to restore abortion services in Kentucky. Their lawsuits come a day after the Republican legislature imposed new abortion restrictions. Continue reading
Feb 16 Here are the criminal investigations and lawsuits looming over Trump after impeachment By Michael R. Sisak, Jim Mustian, Associated Press A Democratic congressman filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Trump of conspiring with far-right extremists in the Capitol riot, and the attorney general of Washington, D.C., is weighing charges over the riot as well. Continue reading
Nov 19 Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Fighting to challenge an election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has launched a barrage of lawsuits across at least five states. But his attorneys have repeatedly made elementary errors in those high-profile cases. Continue reading
Oct 08 Lawsuits say feds used marriage interviews as a trap to deport immigrants By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press Six couples have joined a class action accusing federal agents of luring families to marriage interviews in Baltimore, only to detain the immigrant spouse for deportation. Continue reading
Sep 20 Judge orders Trump to give deposition in protesters' lawsuit By Associated Press New York State Supreme Court Judge Doris Gonzalez of the Bronx denied Trump's effort to quash a subpoena, ordering him to videotape a deposition for the trial before jury selection begins Sept. 26. Continue reading