Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs

Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the opioid crisis.

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BBC Apologizes to Trump Over Film Edit but Declines to Pay Compensation

The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”

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Who Pays When A.I. Is Wrong?

New court cases seek to define content created by artificial intelligence as defamatory — a novel concept that has captivated some legal experts.

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Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches

Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.

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Prison Guards Shaved His Dreadlocks. The Supreme Court Will Decide if He Can Sue.

Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money.

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Jury Awards $10 Million to Abigail Zwerner, Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student

The teacher, Abigail Zwerner, was shot in the hand and chest by a first grade student who brought his mother’s gun to class in 2023.

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Supreme Court Grapples With Suit by Soldier Injured in Bombing on U.S. Base

The lawsuit stemmed from a 2016 suicide attack in Afghanistan by a former Taliban member hired as a subcontractor on an American military base.

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Southern California Edison Offers Compensation to Los Angeles Fire Victims

The utility whose equipment has been linked to the devastating Eaton fire in January is offering to pay fire survivors. But if they accept, they would be giving up their right to sue.

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Jury Awards $42 Million in Death of Inmate at Private Jail in Louisiana

Erie Moore, a retired millworker and father of three, died in 2015, a month after guards slammed him headfirst to the floor at the Richwood Correctional Center, lawyers for his family said.

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Unlike Trump, Most Who Seek Money for Official Misconduct Face Long Odds

The Federal Tort Claims Act, the law the president invoked to try to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars, is ordinarily a legal labyrinth that few can navigate.

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