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Organizers of the now-scrapped Fyre Festival — a promised “luxury” music festival in the Bahamas that left guests who paid tens of thousands of dollars scrambling immediately to find flights home — have been hit with a $100 million lawsuit alleging the whole enterprise was a “get-rich-quick scam” from the beginning.

The federal appeals court in Richmond has asked Justice Department lawyers and pro-refugee plaintiffs whether the full panel of 15 serving judges should accelerate the review of a leading lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s popular Executive Order on immigration and refugee reform.

The family of a former FBI agent who disappeared while on a business trip in Iran a decade ago filed a lawsuit on March 21 demanding damages for the abduction and torture of their relative.

A teenage girl was allegedly forced to have sex with more than 1,000 men over two years at a Philadelphia motel, according to a lawsuit.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives smuggled tens of millions of dollars from cigarette sales into a secret bank account in an operation not authorized by the Justice Department.

Melania Trump has won a “substantial” amount of money in a settlement with a Maryland blogger who published claims that Melania once worked as an escort, the New York Post reported.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The family of a migrant who died when she was reportedly struck by a U.S. Coast Guard boat is suing the federal government for damages. They allege that the government is responsible for the woman’s death since the craft was moving at a high rate of speed in area known for human smuggling.

A former California high school student forced to urinate in a bucket in class after her request for a bathroom break was denied won a $1.25 million lawsuit.

The families of three victims from the jihad attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando have filed suit against Twitter, Google, and Facebook for allegedly providing “material support” to the Islamic State.

A New York City lawyer is suing his socialite neighbor to force her to turn off what he says is nonstop Christmas music blaring from a loudspeaker through her Christmas display, the New York Post reported.

Joining the woman who sued McDonald’s for serving coffee that was “too hot,” a trio of customers have decided to sue Chipotle for making the burritos “too full.”

Former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean called incoming White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor Stephen K. Bannon a “Nazi” on Sunday during an interview with journalist Evan Solomon of Canada’s CTV.

A Minnesota mother is suing county health boards, a local school district, a pair of local health care non-profits and her 17-year-old son, after the state secretly gave sex-changing transgender hormones to her son without her consent.

The NAACP is suing in federal court to stop several county boards of election in North Carolina from removing people from voter rolls through challenges filed by individuals.

Government watchdog group Judicial Watch announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to obtain Federal Bureau of records relating to its “investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a non-government email server during her tenure.”

A New York woman is going after Kentucky Fried Chicken for what she alleges are false advertising practices.

A California mother is suing a hospital for discrimination after staff called her transgender son a girl.

A Texas judge likened a black Dallas Police Sergeant to a clueless slave in response to the cop’s lawsuit against Black Lives Matter and its high-profile supporters.

The head of a Dallas police organization is suing a collection of Black Lives Matter figureheads and other prominent individuals for allegedly inciting racial violence against American police officers.

A hallway mural of the Ten Commandments and a painted Bible verse came under fire by Wisconsin atheist group Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), which sent a letter demanding a west Texas school district cover it or risk a lawsuit.

A civil court judge dealt a blow to taxpayers suing the Houston Independent School District seeking intervention to stop the costly and politically correct re-branding of eight schools named for historical figures associated with the Confederacy.

Glenn Beck filed a lawsuit in a Texas court against former TheBlaze CEO and Mercury Radio Arts COO Christopher Balfe over allegations of contract breach, fraud, unjust enrichment and other matters Monday.

Fourteen Donald Trump Supporters filed a class action lawsuit on Thursday against San Jose, its mayor and police chief for the “dangerous situation” at a June 2 Donald Trump campaign rally where supporters were “exposed to brutal assault, intimidation, false imprisonment, and threats by an angry mob of hundreds of anti-Trump protesters.”

Lawsuits are beginning in Texas over injuries suffered by high-pressure water jets from personal watercraft. The water forces into bodily orifices causing injuries to vaginas, anuses, and rectums. Some have died from the injuries.

A group of parents and organizations sued the State of California last Friday in an attempt to stop the vaccine mandate that now stands in effect for the upcoming school year.

A $200,000 settlement between the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and George P. Bush’s Texas General Land Office has apparently rubbed the Lone Star State’s governor the wrong way. The deal also relinquishes thousands of Alamo artifacts.

Attorneys for Amber Heard filed a defamation lawsuit on Friday against comedian Doug Stanhope that included yet more details of alleged abuse against her husband Johnny Depp.

The widow of Tony Gwynn, and his two adult children, filed a wrongful death suit against various corporate tobacco interests and individuals associated with the industry on Monday.

Hugh Hefner is being sued by a model, who at one time accused Bill Cosby of sexually abusing her, suggesting the Playboy icon and founder was an enabler of Cosby’s behavior with her and other women.

Olympic gold medalist and musician Shaun White is being sued by the female drummer in his band, “Bad Things,” who is alleging that White sexually harassed her and did not pay her for her performance in the group.

A Chicago woman is suing Starbucks alleging that they are putting too much ice in their iced drinks. She has brought the suit as a class action.

The conservative American Freedom Law Center is defending a trendy California restaurant, Urth Caffé, and plans a countersuit against seven Muslim women who sued the cafe claiming they were targeted because of Islamophobia.

Mississippi resident Larry Christmas Jr. claims his dreadlocks were the reason the Gulf Port Fire Department didn’t hire him. Christmas has filed a $2.5 million racial discrimination lawsuit for compensation and damages.

A federal appeals court ruled against former NFL players seeking a better settlement against the league in the landmark concussion lawsuit.

A proposed class-action lawsuit filed on Tuesday is asking a federal judge to prevent a group of surfers, known as the Lunada Bay Boys, from continuing with over a decade of violence and intimidation tactics to prevent “outsiders” from surfing in their spot along the coast in Palos Verdes Estates, one of California’s most coveted surf breaks.

A Nashville jury has awarded a staggering $55 million to Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews from her lawsuit targeting the man who videoed her naked, then posted it online, and the Nashville Marriott, where the incident occurred.