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lawsuit

[law-soot] / ˈlɔˌsut /


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Between January 2023 and March of this year, Dollar General received over 29,000 customer complaints categorized internally as “did not honor marked price” in all 48 states it operates in, according to the lawsuit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: When this Alaska lawsuit first hit, it did not pass the laugh test, right?

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

Simon Stephenson, a screenwriter behind “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” and “Luca,” is accusing Payne of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in a California federal court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

One of those efforts, known as the buyback program, is a major focus of the lawsuit.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

But a lawsuit brought by more than four hundred sailors who were aboard the USS Ronald Reagan during the disaster alleged that they had developed cancer and other ailments as a result of their exposure.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The price discrepancies between shelf labels and registers described in overcharging lawsuits are small, often a few dollars on a basket of goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

"We will not back away from defending ourselves against baseless lawsuits," Meta told AFP in July.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Multiple lawsuits alleged that the coaster caused serious brain injuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Walter also is a defendant in multiple civil lawsuits filed by investors alleging fraud and breach of contract.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

In fact, Cofield had served years in various prisons for fraud, much of it involving bad checks, and he’d spent his jail time taking law courses and launching what one judge called “frivolous” lawsuits.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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