Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. This week: A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday ordered Southern California Edison to […]
Diplo Accuser Drops Lawsuit After Judge Says She Must Use Real Name
A woman accusing Diplo of sharing “revenge porn” has dropped her lawsuit against the DJ, just weeks after a federal judge ruled she would need to reveal her […]
Diddy Sex Abuse Case Judge Denies Request for Gag Order on Victims
The federal judge overseeing Sean “Diddy” Combs’ racketeering and sex trafficking case has denied his request for a gag order against his victims and their lawyers, ruling the […]
DJ Asks Judge to Dismiss Case
Electronic music producer Bassnectar is asking a federal judge to dismiss a long-running civil lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing three underage girls, arguing that all three alleged […]
Judge Orders Rudy Giuliani to Court Amid Allegations He’s Hiding Assets Under Receivership
A Manhattan federal judge has ordered former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to report to court on Thursday following allegations he’s hiding assets from two Georgia poll […]
Judge Approves $795K Settlement in Class Action Over Misclassification of Delivery Drivers
Litigators who took on “gig economy” companies and other employers for misclassifying Massachusetts delivery drivers as independent contractors successfully earned final approval of a nearly $800,000 settlement. Attorneys […]
Decongestant MDL on Death’s Door After Judge Strikes Key Claims
A federal judge in New York dismissed threshold consumer claims brought in a test complaint over decongestants, such as Sudafed PE and NyQuil Severe Cold & Flu, that […]
6th Circuit Judge Thapar on Making Originalism Work in Trial Courts
Happy Friday, and welcome to another roundup of the week’s news about the judiciary. This week, Judge Amul Thapar of the Sixth Circuit shared his views on challenges to applying […]
Young Thug Mistrial Possible as Judge Weighs Ending Atlanta RICO Trial
A Georgia judge is weighing whether to declare a mistrial in Young Thug’s long-running Atlanta gang trial, a move that would require prosecutors to either start from scratch […]
New York Judge Consolidates Harvey Weinstein Cases, Pushes Retrial to 2025
Harvey Weinstein will now face trial on a consolidated case sometime next year, following a decision on Wednesday from the New York judge overseeing the ailing mogul’s sex […]