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Shohei Ohtani’s 50-50 ball sells for $4.39 million amid ownership dispute
The baseball that cemented Shohei Ohtani’s status as the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season has sold at auction...
Carl Samson
Business
Over a dozen US states sue TikTok for harming children by ‘addiction’
Attorneys General from 13 U.S. states — including New York and California — and the District of Columbia filed separate lawsuits against Tik...
Teen who claims to have caught Ohtani’s historic 50-50 ball sues sellers
An 18-year-old man who purportedly caught Los Angeles Dodgers hitter Shohei Ohtani’s historic 50-50 season baseball is suing the auction hou...
Bryan Ke
Education
Court revives suit alleging anti-Asian student bias in NYC school admissions
A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit alleging that changes to New York City’s admissions process for selective public high schools ...
Film & TV
Indian director’s lawsuit calls Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ a ‘blatant rip-off’
Indian filmmaker Soham Shah filed a lawsuit against Netflix and “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk on Friday, claiming the hit series plag...
Ryan General
Gaming
Nintendo, The Pokemon Company sue ‘Palworld’ developer for patent infringement
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company (TPC) have begun legal action against Pocketpair, the developer of the popular open-world survival game ...
Temu slams Shein for lawsuit alleging design theft, trademark infringement
On Aug. 19, Chinese retail company Shein filed a lawsuit against rival Chinese fast-fashion retailer Temu, accusing it of stealing designs a...
Michelle De Pacina
Civil Rights
Asian students sue California massage school over alleged discrimination
Six Asian students are suing the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) for allegedly denying them certification based on their English ...
Asian-owned businesses in Portland say they’re being targeted by disability lawsuits
Asian business owners in Portland suspect being unfairly targeted by two lawyers who have filed multiple Americans with Disabilities Act (AD...
Editorial Staff
Family of California Navy vet who died after police restraint gets $7.5M settlement
The city of Antioch in California has agreed to pay $7.5 million to the family of a Filipino American veteran who died after being restraine...
Florida
4 fair housing groups sue Florida over law banning Chinese citizens from owning property
Four fair housing and real-estate groups are suing Florida over its new law preventing buyers from China and six other foreign countries fro...
News
Hundreds gather in Paris to support agent orange lawsuit against US companies
Over 200 overseas Vietnamese and French supporters reportedly gathered in Paris to show solidarity with French Tran To Nga’s lawsuit against...
Issues & Racism
ACLU in Labor Board fight after firing of Asian American lawyer over alleged racism
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) fired a Korean American employee over allegations of racial bias, leading to controversy and an un...
Crime
Houston woman paralyzed in robbery sues plaza where attack took place
Nhung Truong, a 44-year-old Vietnamese mother of three, is suing Houston’s Dun Huang Plaza after she was left paralyzed from the waist down ...
Group suing Pfizer over alleged anti-Asian, anti-white program loses appeal
The Virginia-based nonprofit accusing Pfizer of discriminating against Asian and white applicants for a coveted fellowship program has lost ...
$1.5M lawsuit accuses California DA of racism against Asian Americans
Patti Lee, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s former spokesperson, filed a legal claim on Monday, accusing Price of “constantly...
Federal judge rules minority business agency must also assist white people
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), created 55 years ago to assist minority-owned busin...
NYC sushi restaurant owner accuses Wegmans of stealing his concept and trade secrets
A New York City sushi restaurant owner has filed a lawsuit against Wegmans, accusing the grocery giant of stealing his restaurant concept an...
Chinese American passenger sues United Airlines for $100K over lunchbox dispute
A Chinese American passenger is suing United Airlines, claiming he was discriminated against by a flight attendant. A passenger’s legal dema...
Michigan village to pay $320K to Japanese man mistakenly accused of DWI
A village in Michigan will be paying a $320,000 settlement to a man from Japan who was wrongly accused of drunk driving due to a mistake mad...
Ive’s Wonyoung wins suit against YouTuber over false claims
Ive member Wonyoung has reportedly emerged victorious in a civil lawsuit against a YouTube channel she and her label have accused of spreadi...
S. Korean students sue after 8-hour college admission exam ended 90 seconds early
A group of high school students in Seoul is suing the government after a teacher ended their crucial eight-hour college admission exam 90 se...
Filipino American nurse wins $41 million retaliation lawsuit against Kaiser
Filipino American nurse Maria Gatchalian has won a $41.49 million lawsuit against her former employer, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaise...
Labor lawsuit against Samsung R&D hub alleges exclusion of workers with ‘dark skin’
Samsung Research America (SRA) in Silicon Valley, an advanced research and development subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, is facing accusati...
University of Chicago research center to pay $95,000 discrimination settlement to Asian job applicants
NORC at the University of Chicago has agreed to pay $95,000 to 107 Asian adults who applied as COVID-19 contact tracers in the early months ...
San Francisco sues 3 Chinatown building owners over unsafe living conditions
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu has filed a lawsuit against the owners of three Chinatown buildings, all single occupancy hotels, ove...
China
Chinese grandma successfully sues daughter, son-in-law for years of care for grandson
The grandma concluded in July that her efforts had not been adequately rewarded and that she deserved more compensation ...
Judge dismisses suit v. Yale Law alleging retaliation on students who refused to testify against Amy Chua
A federal judge dismissed a retaliation lawsuit by two Yale Law School (YLS) students against their dean and other administrators in connect...
New York cafe owner accused of sexually assaulting, harassing Asian employees
The owner of the popular Marie Eiffel Market on Shelter Island, New York, is facing a lawsuit filed by eight workers, including six women an...
Law group asks Supreme Court to hear new race-based admissions case at elite high school
The group alleges the school’s new admissions plan was designed to “achieve the same results as overt racial discrimination” ...
Woman sues Tesla after her husband dies trapped in Model 3 after fiery crash
She asserted that the vehicle was “unreasonably dangerous for its designed and intended purposes” ...
Elon Musk says X will pay legal fees of users discriminated by employers for posting on the platform
X owner Elon Musk has offered to pay the legal bills of users who have been allegedly discriminated against by their employers due to their ...
Government
Asian Americans win back basic right to water in California’s Siskiyou County
Asian Americans have won back the basic right to water in California’s Siskiyou County. Humanitarian crisis: On Tuesday, the Siskiyou County...
Japanese sushi chain drops $480,000 suit against 17-year-old over licking prank
The operator of Japanese sushi restaurant chain Sushiro has reportedly dropped its lawsuit against a high school student who contaminated fo...
Utah’s largest Asian grocer ordered to pay $525,000 for violating labor laws
Utah’s largest Asian grocer was ordered to pay $525,000 in back wages, penalties and damages as a result of a U.S. Department of Labor...
Chandler Treon
Bay Area
California Thai restaurant’s dish so spicy it caused ‘chemical burns,’ lawsuit alleges
A woman is suing a Thai restaurant in San Jose, California, over a spicy appetizer that allegedly gave her “permanent bodily injuries.” The ...
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