Courthouse News Service

Courthouse News Service is a national news outlet catering to attorneys and media organizations. Located in Pasadena, California, Courthouse News specializes in civil litigation, covering everything from the initial filing to appeals. Unlike many online publishers that just collect information from other sources, Courthouse News creates and publishes its own original news articles written by a team of reporters and editors located throughout the United States.

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Erewhon urges judge to block nearby housing development

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Hillel Aron

LOS ANGELES (CN) — Upscale Los Angeles grocery store chain Erewhon asked a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Thursday to block a large housing development next to one its locations in the San Fernando Valley, on a site once occupied by the iconic Sportsmen's Lodge and Hotel.
Man faces 28 attempted murder charges for Colorado firebombing

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Amanda Pampuro

Prosecutors say Mohammed Sabry Soliman called for the death of “Zionists” and to “free Palestine” as he attacked a group that regularly gathers in Boulder to honor Israeli hostages held by Hamas. BOULDER, Colo. (CN) — Prosecutors on Thursday filed 118 charges against a man arrested following an attack on Jewish demonstrators who regularly gather in Boulder, Colorado, to raise awareness of Israeli hostages being held captive by Hamas.
Cambridge criminologist uncovers new evidence in medieval murder mystery

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Amanda Pampuro

(CN) — As sunset approached after evening prayer on May 3, 1337, John Forde was walking along London’s Westcheap street with a fellow priest when three men connected to an ex-lover rushed in and stabbed him to death. A group of 33 local men quickly assembled in a jury to investigate the crime, coming to the conclusion that Forde hadn’t just been slain in public, but that his death had been an outright assassination, likely ordered by the noblewoman Ela FitzPayne.
Can learning from past policy save future users of the Colorado River?

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Amanda Pampuro

BOULDER, Colo. (CN) — In 1858, the U.S. Army ordered Second Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives to provide the government with a better understanding of the Colorado River by exploring the length of the waterway in a steamboat. The New Yorker’s account of the trip is rife with accounts of the watercraft running aground in the rocky, twisting river that ran from Colorado to the Pacific Ocean through mountains and canyons.
Wife of ‘Ghost Adventures’ star gets up to seven years for murder plot

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Alan Riquelmy

LAS VEGAS (CN) — Aaron Goodwin, one of the stars of reality TV show “Ghost Adventures,” told the judge at his wife’s sentencing that he’ll never feel safe again. His wife, 32-year-old Victoria Goodwin, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to commit murder in Eighth Judicial District Court in Las Vegas. On Thursday, she tearfully apologized to Judge Nadia Krall and her husband, saying regret consumed her. “This is my rock bottom,” Victoria Goodwin said.
Wall Street Journal denies falsely linking ketamine therapy provider to Matthew Perry’s death

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

(CN) — The Wall Street Journal on Thursday refuted claims it defamed a ketamine therapy business by falsely attributing it to the death of American and Canadian actor, Matthew Perry. Mindbloom, a telehealth provider of medically supervised at-home ketamine therapy, filed suit in Delaware this week against the newspaper's publishing company, Dow Jones & Company.
Nationwide strikes highlight France’s struggle to close its gender pay gap

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Lily Radziemski

MARSEILLE, France (CN) — On Thursday, France’s largest workers’ union led over 150 strikes across the country calling for a rollback on the country’s controversial retirement reforms, better working conditions and increased protection of public services. Narrowing the gender pay gap in France, where men earn an average of 22% more Euros than women do, was also part of the action plan.
Case over petroleum jelly product labels beats rash of dismissal motions

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Alan Riquelmy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A woman claiming false advertising of petroleum jelly products received a healing balm on Wednesday when a federal judge ruled her two putative class actions survived motions to dismiss. Lacey Timmins filed suit in the Eastern District of California last year against Walmart and Unilever United States, arguing that their respective baby petroleum jelly products, labeled as “hypoallergenic,” had fragrance — a known allergen.
Florida’s ghost orchid grows closer to Endangered Species Act protections

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Joe Dodson

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed adding the rare white orchid as an endangered species after population steeply declined due to poaching, hydrological changes resulting in habitat loss and hurricanes HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (CN) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Wednesday adding conservation protections for Florida's infamous ghost orchid. "The ghost orchid is Florida's most famous flower, and it deserves a chance to live.
Colorado aims to tax Netflix as legal battle begins

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Amanda Pampuro

DENVER (CN) — With Coloradans streaming over 100 billion hours of Netflix last year, the state Department of Revenue urged the Court of Appeals on Wednesday to let it tax subscription fees like any other sale of entertainment. “Netflix’s argument is based on an unexamined assumption of what was for sale in 1935, when the legislature purposely chose a broad term,” argued senior assistant attorney general Emma Garrison.