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PAUL v. LAM RESEARCH, et al. 5,405 views
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
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USA v. Acct 263226700, et al 1,270 views
Illinois Northern District Court
NigeriaNarcotraffickingMoney LaunderingBola TinubuAsset ForfeitureDrug Trafficking ProceedsCivil ForfeitureNarcotics
Nigerian President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu was named as the owner of several bank accounts that were used to launder money for a heroin distribution network in Chicago, IL in the early 1990s. The members of the heroin ring were criminally charged in a separate case, Northern District of Illinois Case No. 2:92-cr-00113-RL. For unknown reasons, Tinubu was not. Instead, the U.S. Government seized the contents of the bank accounts based on several different seizure warrants across three different dockets, of which this is one. The other two, from 1992, are in the Southern District of New York and a separate docket in the Northern District of Illinois—both with unknown case numbers since the documents pre-date the federal court's PACER system by so many years. In total, about $2.4 million USD was seized from Tinubu's global bank accounts pursuant to these seizure warrants. While working for Mobil Oil Company in Nigeria, Tinubu used a variety of shell companies to move the money around, including Compass Finance & Investment Co., incorporated in Washington, D.C. Though he was not charged, Tinubu committed at least five federal crimes, according to the IRS Special Agent's affidavit in this case: 1) Money laundering (18 U.S.C. § 1956); 2) Using funds from unlawful activity (18 U.S.C. § 1957); 3) Bank fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1344);
4) Failure to file tax returns (26 U.S.C. § 7203); and 5) Lying to federal agents (18 U.S.C. § 1001). Tinubu was elected to be the next President of Nigeria in February 2023.
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PLAINTIFF v. DEFENDANT 1,132 views
New Jersey District Court
This is a general administrative docket used by the New Jersey District Court to post new complaints. It's not actually a real lawsuit.
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Jane Roe 424 E.l., An Individual v. Doe 1, A Public Entity 655 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Giuffre v. Maxwell 639 views
New York Southern District Court
Sexual PredatorsJeffrey E. EpsteinSEX TRAFFICKINGDefamationJeffrey EpsteinGhislaine MaxwellSealed RecordsCourt TransparencySexual Abuse
Virginia Giuffre sued Ghislaine Maxwell for defamation after Maxwell alleged that Giuffre's claims about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, which ensnared Giuffre as a minor, were not true. Thousands of pages of documents regarding Epstein and his associates, including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, have been released in this case as a result of the discovery process.
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Sega Of America, Inc. v. Dustin Hensley 584 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Battlebots, Inc. v. Battlebyte Games Llc. 441 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Treatment of roasted metal sulphide ores and ferrites by leaching with peroxysulphuric acid 386 views
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Simon Barlava et al v. Roosevelt Lofts Inc et al 364 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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DITHRICH v. DHOOGHE 341 views
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
Dismissed
This case was brought before the court because Justin R. Dhooghe found out about an affair between his then fiance Laura V. Rivera and Charles W. Dithrich and wanted information. Charles W. Dithrich wanted to settle out of court for a list of demands including the deletion of all information and pictures Justin R. Dhooghe had in his possession of the affair along with the sum of five thousand dollars in exchange for a non-CLETs restraining order, one that was not on his permanent record. Justin R. Dhooghe eventually refused and the case was brought before the judge and ultimately was dismissed due to insufficient grounds. No restraining order is in effect.
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USA v. Branche-Jones et al 330 views
Nevada District Court
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Wyer v. Tesla, Inc. et al. 325 views
California Court of Appeal
Tesla Worker RightsEmployment DiscriminationPersonal injuryAppellateTeslaAppeal
The heart of my case is that Tesla, Inc. illegally terminated me in
violation of the FEHA and well-established public policy.
More specifically, Tesla illegally fired me for the following reasons:
1) I have a disability (ASD and hypertension that required
emergency care).
2) I requested accommodations and unilaterally attempted to engage
in a good faith interactive process and was denied.
3) I am an older person. I was almost 62 years old when I was
illegally fired. I was replaced immediately (3-days-later) by a
software engineer who was approximately half my age.
Coworkers made comments about my age and indicated that I
was an “old man.”
4) I complained that Rollins and my co-workers were engaging in
sexual harassment and offensive communications referring to
their penis sizes on Tesla’s communications network. Also,
sexual videos of women twerking were placed in the team’s chat
that displayed women’s breasts. Reporting was required by
Tesla’s own Sexual Harassment and Bullying Training Program.
5) I was forced to open a workers’ compensation case for injuries I
sustained as a result of work. I was awarded $45,000 for this
claim.
6) Moreover, I was fired because I engaged in whistleblowing
regarding sexual harassment, sabotage, and other security issues.
Whistleblowing is a protected activity.
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Hilliard v. Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office 315 views
Idaho District Court
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Jamal Hamadah v. Samer Sannoufi 294 views
California Central District Court
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Mathis et al v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. et al 287 views
Florida Southern District Court
Fair Labor Standards ActMinimum WageTip PoolingRestaurant IndustryCollective ActionWage TheftDarden RestaurantsOlive GardenRed Lobster
Current and former servers and bartenders at Darden Restaurants — the parent company of Olive Garden, Red Lobster, LongHorn Steakhouse, Seasons 52, and Bahama Breeze — filed this nationwide collective action in September 2012 in the Southern District of Florida, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The plaintiffs claimed that Darden illegally required tipped employees to participate in mandatory tip-sharing arrangements and otherwise failed to pay them the federal minimum wage applicable to tipped workers. The proposed class ultimately encompassed more than 216,000 servers and bartenders who worked for Darden brands during the three-year period covered by the claims.
The case generated extensive procedural litigation over conditional certification, the scope of the class list, and discovery. In November 2013, the parties discovered that Darden had inadvertently omitted approximately 1,586 bartenders from the class list — those coded under a "Bartender Tip Share" designation introduced at Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52 when those brands rolled out mandatory tip-share programs around 2011. The parties jointly moved to extend the opt-in period to cover these workers. The case proceeded to mediation before a private mediator in June 2014.
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Braden Glavich et al v. Eureka Pediatrics et al 283 views
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
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A To Z Remodeling And Construction Inc v. Aracelli Castillo 279 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Dymtrow v. Swift et al 278 views
New York Southern District Court
Pop StarsMusic IndustryChild StarsTalent ManagementBreach of ContractEntertainment LawTaylor Swift
Pop star Taylor Swift's early manager Daniel Dymtrow sued the Swift family after his services were terminated just before a meeting with Sony ATV that he alleges he helped to arrange, cutting him out of payments. He also sued Swift's new record label, Big Machine Records, and its founder, Scott Borchetta.
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Flores v. ACCO Engineered Systems, Inc. (Included in Acco Wage and Hour Cases, JCCP5172, Santa Clara) 271 views
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
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PLAINTIFF v. DEFENDANT 250 views
New Jersey District Court
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Ricardo Pereira v. Sukhi Sander et al 248 views
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
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Design Collection Inc v. Carole Katz Clothing Company Inc 236 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Massoud Aron Yashouafar 233 views
California Central Bankruptcy Court
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Greenspan v. Random House, Inc. et al 216 views
Massachusetts District Court
Fake Non-Fiction BooksFalse AdvertisingThe Social Network (2010 Movie)Defamation By OmissionAaron SorkinConsumer ReviewsFake AccountsFacebook OriginsHarvard UniversityCopyright InfringementDefamationFacebookThe Social NetworkHollywoodUnfair CompetitionHarvard
Aaron Greenspan, creator of the 2003 predecessor to The Facebook at Harvard University, sued popular author Benjamin Mezrich, his publisher Random House, and Columbia Pictures for copyright infringement, defamation and false advertising due to the statements made by Mezrich in and about his book "The Accidental Billionaires." Mezrich's book, which cites Greenspan's as a source, has been marketed as supposed non-fiction, even though the story is full of inconsistencies and outright falsifications, many of which Mezrich admits to. Mezrich notably omitted Greenspan's role in the creation of the web site, and helped to prop up Mark Zuckerberg as a "genius" in his book, leading to the eventual motion picture "The Social Network," and contributing to the frenzy surrounding Facebook's problematic IPO.
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USA v. Houck 207 views
Missouri Western District Court
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AMA Multimedia LLC v. Spankbang.com et al 195 views
Washington Western District Court
Copyright InfringementAdult ContentOnline VideoDigital PiracyTube SitesInternational Jurisdiction
AMA Multimedia, LLC, a Nevada-based producer of adult video content, filed this copyright infringement lawsuit in March 2016 in the Western District of Washington against Spankbang.com and its operator, Nivun PTE Ltd, a Singapore-incorporated company. AMA alleged that SpankBang — one of the largest pornographic tube websites — was hosting and distributing AMA's copyrighted video content without authorization, generating advertising revenue from the infringement at AMA's expense. The complaint asserted claims for direct copyright infringement and sought damages and injunctive relief.
The case was part of a broader wave of litigation by adult content producers against tube sites that aggregate user-uploaded videos, many of which include professionally produced content uploaded without the rights holders' consent. Establishing jurisdiction over foreign-operated websites and piercing corporate structures to identify liable parties were recurring challenges in such cases. The case settled confidentially.
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Nyx Entertainment, Inc v. Trans-lux Experience Corporation 192 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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CONNECTUS, LLC d/b/a EDEGREE ADVISOR v. Ampush Media, Inc. et al 173 views
District Of Columbia District Court
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PLAINTIFF v. DEFENDANT 167 views
New Jersey District Court
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Perfect Pushup Llc v. Kevin Moses 164 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Ananova Limited v. Nanova Corporation 162 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Bj Acquisition LLC v. Analpa, Inc. 158 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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GREENSPAN v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR U.S. ATTORNEYS et al 154 views
District Of Columbia District Court
Bola TinubuNigeriaFOIAGovernment TransparencyFBIDEAFederal RecordsInvestigative JournalismContempt of Court
Based on the fact that a 1993 civil forfeiture lawsuit became one of the most popular dockets on PlainSite, PlainSite founder Aaron Greenspan sued six United States government agencies over their denial of FOIA requests and subsequent administrative appeals about Nigerian President Bold Tinubu, newly elected as of May 2023 in a highly controversial election.
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Willie Moncree v. Brody Heating, Air Conditioning & Electrical Contractors, LLC, et al. 152 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Glastic Corporation v. Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a. 147 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Apparatus for blow molding 144 views
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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USA v. Lalemi et al 144 views
Texas Eastern District Court
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Donald H. Lake v. California Department of Financial Institutions 143 views
Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
Money TransmissionEmployment DiscriminationAge discriminationHostile Work EnvironmentState AgencyFEHA
Donald Lake filed suit in November 2009 in San Diego Superior Court against the California Department of Financial Institutions, Julio Prada, and Robert Venchiarutti in case 37-2009-00102604, represented by attorney Daniel Kodam of Kodam & Associates. The complaint alleged causes of action including hostile work environment, age discrimination in employment, and related DFEH claims — a wrongful employment action against Lake's employer, the state banking regulator.
The California Attorney General's office (Attorney General Edmund Brown Jr., represented by Deputy AG Patti Ranger) appeared for the state defendants. The case management conference was held on July 9, 2010 before Judge William Nevitt, and a trial readiness conference was held January 21, 2011. The case involves employment discrimination claims against a California state agency.
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Levon Armandaryan v. Ashton Curtis Krahenbuhl, et al. 141 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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LeClair v. Vermeer Corporation et al 131 views
New Hampshire District Court
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United States v. Arencibia 124 views
Florida Southern District Court
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USA v. Gilbert 123 views
California Northern District Court
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Fraserside IP LLC v. Slutload et al 113 views
Iowa Northern District Court
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Rovio Entertainment Ltd. and Rovio Animation Oy v. Angel Baby Factory d/b/a Angelbaby_Factory 111 views
New York Southern District Court
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Andrew A. Loffredo, III 106 views
Rhode Island Bankruptcy Court
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USA v. Pouncy et al 106 views
Louisiana Western District Court
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Gina Bisignano v. Harvey Levin, et al. 103 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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O'Malley v. Lakhany 101 views
Texas Southern District Court
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Small et al v. City of New York et al 100 views
New York Southern District Court
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Vessie Ortiz, et al. v. Seafood City Supermarket, et al. 100 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Eric Bigone v. Alamo-rent-a-car, LLC et al 98 views
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
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Plaintiff v. Defendant 95 views
Georgia Northern District Court
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Shelby Verdian Abbas v. Joseph Walewangko et al 95 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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USA v. Left 94 views
California Central District Court
Short SellingShort and Distort
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XXXXXXXXXX v. ZZZZZZZZZ 92 views
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
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IN RE: CERTAIN TIRES AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING SAME 91 views
District Of Columbia District Court
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Lobyoc v. Headway Technologies, Inc., et al. (Class Action) 90 views
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
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Applied Power, Inc. v. Greene, Tweed & Co., Inc. 89 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Infineon Technologies Ag v. International Rectifier Corporation 88 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Seco Tools Ab v. Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab, et al 87 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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USA v. Jeremy J. Giguere 87 views
Rhode Island District Court
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John Roe 488 R.r. v. County Of Los Angeles 86 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Mip Metro Group Intellectual Property Gmbh & Co. Kg v. Chw, LLC 85 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Packaging Machine With Continuous Motion Top Sealer 85 views
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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MACTAGGART v. MACTAGGART 85 views
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
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Malika Kinison V. Troy L Pierson And Does 1-50 84 views
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
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Yaser A. Albahri, Petitioner v. Florida 83 views
Supreme Court of the United States
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Irsie Henry v. John Hamilton et al 82 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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USA v. Frischknecht 82 views
Utah District Court
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Western Alliance Bank, An Arizona Corporation v. Cantor Group V, LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company, et al. 82 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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United States v. Torres 81 views
North Carolina Western District Court
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Westguard Insurance Company v. The Prudential Insurance Company Of America 81 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Donald Anderson v. Thaddeus Michael Bullard et al 80 views
California Central District Court
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United States Environmental Services, LLC v. AMS Services, LLC 80 views
Mississippi Northern District Court
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Shelton v. Bonham Independent School District 77 views
Texas Eastern District Court
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ROE 461 v. DOE 1 DIOCESE, et al. 77 views
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
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Elevator Drive Fault Detector 74 views
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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World Gold Group Inc v. Daniel Derhy 74 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Microbes, Inc. et al v. The Espoma Company et al 73 views
Texas Eastern District Court
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Zhejiang Zhongda Textiles Co Ltd v. Design Collection Inc Et 73 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Jiries Qritiem v. Tigran Jesse Tatulian 73 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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DENIS J ARTILES 72 views
Arizona Bankruptcy Court
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Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v. Smith International, Inc. 72 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Martin Eberhard v. Elon Musk et al 72 views
Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo
BillionairesDefamationSlanderTeslaELON MUSKBreach of ContractFounder DisputeWage ClaimElectric Vehicles
Martin Eberhard, co-founder of Tesla Motors and its first CEO, filed this lawsuit against Elon Musk and Tesla Motors in May 2009 in San Mateo County Superior Court. Eberhard alleged that after he was pushed out of Tesla in 2007, Musk and the company launched a coordinated campaign to defame him by publicly blaming him for Tesla's early production delays and financial difficulties, spreading false narratives about his management of the company, and attempting to rewrite the company's origin story to diminish his role as a co-founder. The complaint asserted eleven causes of action including libel, slander, breach of contract, specific performance, unpaid wages, and conversion.
Eberhard had originally co-founded the company with Marc Tarpenning in 2003 and served as CEO through 2007, overseeing the development of the original Tesla Roadster. After his departure — which he alleged was effectively a forced ouster — Musk had assumed a more prominent public role and, Eberhard claimed, began making statements that falsely cast Eberhard as responsible for the company's technical and financial problems.
The parties reached a confidential settlement in September 2009, less than four months after the complaint was filed. As part of the resolution, both sides agreed to treat each other with respect and to acknowledge each other's contributions to Tesla's founding.
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LASITER v. HAYWARD SISTERS HOSPITAL DBA ST. ROSE HOSPITAL 72 views
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
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Elinor Sitrish v. United Independent Taxi Drivers Incorporat 71 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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A&A DEVELOPERS, INC. v. BLUE PINE CONSTRUCTION CORP., et al. 71 views
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
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REV 973 LLC v. John Mouren-Laurens, et al 70 views
California Central District Court
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Frances Alley Vs. Rick James, et al., 70 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Herach Abedi et al v. Farmers Group Inc et al 70 views
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Rain Bird Corporation v. Irritec S.p.a. 69 views
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Methods and materials for fabrication of alumoxane polymers 68 views
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Exhibition Employees Local 829 I.A.T.S.E. Annuity Fund v. Showtime on the Piers, LLC 68 views
New York Southern District Court
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USA v. Irby, et al 67 views
Maryland District Court
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Stress Relieved Filament Support Assembly 67 views
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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USA v. BARR, et al 66 views
Pennsylvania Western District Court
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Coultrip et al v. Pfizer, Inc 66 views
New York Southern District Court
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Petersen Products Co LLC v. Hibbard Inshore LLC 66 views
Wisconsin Eastern District Court
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Carlos Ramirez 65 views
New Mexico Bankruptcy Court