Joel Rosenblatt

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosiand her husband agreed to let lawyers defending the man charged with assaulting Paul Pelosi inspect their home in preparation for his trial.

Hawaii property owners are seizing on a legal shortcut used by fire victims in California to secure compensation from Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. for damages following the fires that ravaged Maui.

Hawaii property owners are seizing on a legal shortcut used by fire victims in California to secure compensation from Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. for damages following the fires that ravaged Maui.

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. was sued by investors who claim that its share price has been hit because its wildfire safety procedures were inadequate, and the company failed to disclose the weaknesses.

A Republican National Committee lawsuit accusing Google of routing emails to Gmail users’ spam folders was tossed out by a judge who said the internet giant fairly concluded they were unwanted messages.

Law and legal issues

The founder and former chief executive officer of apparel licenser Iconix Brand Group was sentenced to 18 months in prison, after his second trial in a criminal case, according to a spokesperson for federal prosecutors in New York.

"It was hell working on it," says the developer.

Montana faced skepticism over its statewide ban of TikTok Inc. from a federal judge who said the state might have overreached in enacting a law that appears to be out of step with the rest of the US.

Minors and parents suing Meta Inc.’s Facebook and other technology giants for the kids’ social media platform addictions won an important ruling advancing their collection of lawsuits in a California court.