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  • August 04, 2026

    Fla. Court Rules In Favor Of LGBCoin Investors

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday granted a default judgment in favor of "Let's Go Brandon" meme coin investors in a class action alleging securities violations, saying that a purported founder of the digital currency vexatiously litigated the case. 

  • August 04, 2026

    WWE Says It Will Pay $105M Toward Merger Suit Settlement

    World Wrestling Entertainment expects to contribute $105 million toward a proposed settlement of Delaware shareholder litigation challenging its 2023 merger with UFC parent Endeavor, with most of that amount covered by insurance, according to a quarterly filing by parent company TKO Group Holdings Inc. filed Monday.

  • August 04, 2026

    UMB Bank Suit Over Failed Hard Rock Hotel Headed To Trial

    UMB Bank NA's lawsuit over a failed $80 million development of a Hard Rock hotel and events center in Kansas is set to proceed to trial, with a federal judge holding that the suit asserts triable issues regarding whether some of the defendants shared a common purpose to defraud and to participate in a fraudulent enterprise. 

  • August 04, 2026

    Ex-Team Owner Says PR Baseball League Can't Escape Suit

    The former owner of a Puerto Rican baseball team is looking to keep his antitrust suit against the league afloat, telling a federal judge that the league's efforts to snuff out the case are premature.

  • August 04, 2026

    Yankees Fan Struck By Bat Brings $10M Negligence Suit

    A woman struck by a bat during a New York Yankees game alleges in a $10 million federal lawsuit that a negligent lack of adequate protective netting in the stadium could have prevented her traumatic brain injury.

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