Tag: lawsuit

Cleveland Browns Quarterback Watson Scheduled to Give Deposition in Civil Lawsuit

As Deshaun Watson prepares for his second season with Cleveland, his legal troubles in Houston linger. The Browns quarterback is scheduled to give a deposition on Monday in one of the two remaining civil lawsuits filed against him for sexual misconduct. According to court documents filed in Harris County, Texas, Watson was asked to provide…


3M’s Bid to Shield Itself From Earplug Lawsuits Faces Skeptical Judges

Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical of 3M’s bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies to shield itself from nearly 260,000 lawsuits over allegedly defective military-issue earplugs. Paul Clement, a lawyer for Aearo, urged a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to reverse a…


Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student Files $40 Million Lawsuit

RICHMOND, Va.—A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood.”…


Elon Musk Seeks to End $258 Billion Dogecoin Lawsuit

NEW YORK—Elon Musk asked a U.S. judge on Friday to throw out a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. In an evening filing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Musk and his electric car company Tesla Inc. called the lawsuit by Dogecoin investors a “fanciful…


Gwyneth Paltrow’s Ski Collision Trial Continues With Defense

PARK CITY, Utah—Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys are expected to continue relying mostly on experts to mount their defense on Wednesday, the seventh day of the trial over her 2016 ski collision with a 76-year-old retired optometrist. The judge presiding over the trial in Park City has made it clear that he wants Paltrow’s defense team to…


Who Was Uphill? Gwyneth Paltrow Trial Spotlights Skier Code

PARK CITY, Utah—Skiers have likely noticed signs at mountain resorts across the country saying, “Know the code.” They refer to universal rules of conduct that apply to people who partake in inherently risky snow sports that involve navigating down crowded slopes, often at high speeds. But whether they actually understand the code is another question….


Gwyneth Paltrow’s Experts to Testify in Utah Ski Crash Case

PARK CITY, Utah—Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys are expected to call a series of experts and read depositions from her two teenage children on Tuesday in the first full day of the movie star’s trial that they have to call witnesses to make their case. Due to the trial’s judge-imposed eight-day clock, Paltrow’s defense team is expected…


Amazon Loses Bid to Toss Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit

Amazon.com Inc. must face consumer claims that its pricing practices artificially drove up the cost of goods sold by other retailers in violation of U.S. antitrust law, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle on Friday came in a prospective antitrust class action that has estimated damages…


Man Suing Gwyneth Paltrow Testifies in Utah Ski Crash Trial

PARK CITY, Utah—The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 skiing collision at one of the most upscale resorts in North America took the stand Monday, saying he was rammed into from behind and sent “absolutely flying.” The trial in Utah hinges on who crashed into who. Paltrow testified days earlier that Terry Sanderson, a…


Crypto Platform Binance Sued by CFTC Over ‘Secret Plot’ to Evade US Laws

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued crypto platform Binance and several top executives, alleging that they offered unregistered crypto futures and other derivatives for trading in the United States in violation of U.S. laws and devised a “secret plot” to help customers evade restrictions. Binance stands accused of running a cryptocurrency derivatives-trading operation…