allege
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California and the 11 other states, including New York, New Jersey, Washington and Colorado, allege the merger would devastate the theatrical film business by combining two historic film studio rivals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Prosecutors allege Robinson was in a romantic relationship with his transgender roommate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Prosecutors allege that an Indonesian woman named Lie Siu Luan, who is among those on trial, is the ringleader.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
United States that allows additional habeas motions to challenge convictions that inmates allege were unconstitutional.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Lyons did not allege race discrimination, but if he had, that claim would almost certainly have been a loser too.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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The lawsuit alleges the replacement tickets many fans were given by StubHub were worse than their original tickets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Gies was fired days later, he alleges in a federal lawsuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Yet park rangers continued to cite Hubbard under that section, issuing two misdemeanor citations in May 2025, as well as a third that cited a different section of the ordinance, the most recent lawsuit alleges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The lawsuit alleges Ghana is violating domestic and regional law by "facilitating removals to unsafe countries", a statement from the legal coalition said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
But if the defendant alleges new evidence that could lead to a different outcome in the case—or that undermines the reliability of the trial—there is typically a hearing.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The states also alleged that Paramount’s deal would harm workers because the company could reduce the number of movies it distributed as it would no longer face tough competition from Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Hydee Feldstein Soto sued rental giant Airbnb for alleged price gouging last summer in the wake of the devastating Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
At the other end of Zhang's alleged operations sits China.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
In a lawsuit filed Friday, Apple alleged that a senior OpenAI executive, who once sat atop Apple’s own product design team, was involved in a monthslong campaign to steal Apple trade secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Two days later, Friday the thirteenth, six hundred men gathered at the park to protest McArthur’s use of what they alleged were “imported” workers.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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A international luxury hotel corporation will pay $320,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it unfairly raised prices on Pasadena guests in the wake of the Eaton fire last year, prosecutors said Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
MetroLoft faces a more than $30 million lawsuit alleging that the roof and walls at a Tribeca luxury building were ‘literally falling apart.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Following the defeat, the Egyptian Football Association asked Fifa to banish from the tournament the French referee Francois Letexier and the team of officials who were in charge, alleging bias in favour of Argentina.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Bloomberg reported in May that OpenAI was itself considering legal action against Apple, alleging the tech giant had failed to adequately promote the ChatGPT integration.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Nearly all of the cases alleging racial profiling in drug-law enforcement were brought pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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