Entertainment Law Digest

19 hours ago | courthousenews.com | Caitlyn Rosen

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CN) — A Highland Park man convicted of a mass shooting at a suburban Fourth of July parade was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday. Robert Crimo III entered a guilty plea on March 3 in connection to the 2022 parade massacre that left seven people dead and dozens more injured. The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to 69 felonies, including 21 counts of murder — three counts for each person killed — and 48 counts of attempted murder.

3 days ago | courthousenews.com | Joe Duhownik

PHOENIX (CN) — An Arizona jury found Lori Vallow Daybell, the media-dubbed “Doomsday Mom” who murdered her two children whom she said were turned to zombies, guilty on Tuesday of conspiring to murder her ex-husband Charles Vallow. “This is a good day,” Vallow’s younger brother Jerry Vallow said. “We won.”More then 40 spectators, including 16 reporters and true crime podcasters and five members of Vallow’s family, sat silently in a Phoenix courtroom as the bailiff read the verdict.

3 days ago | courthousenews.com | Lucía Cholakian Herrera |Lucia Herrera

BUENOS AIRES (CN) — The Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires is often filled with tourists and school visits, but Monday morning, they blended with mourners gathering from everywhere in the city after hearing the news of the death of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old leader of 1.4 billion Catholics died at 7:35 a.m. Vatican time, or 3:35 a.m. in Argentina, meaning most citizens woke up to the news on the radio, TV and newspaper covers. It was a nationwide shock to the many gathered in sacred places.

3 days ago | courthousenews.com | Joe Duhownik

PHOENIX (CN) — "Doomsday Mom" Lori Vallow Daybell took one last stab at proving her innocence Monday before a jury began considering her guilt in the 2019 killing of her ex-husband. Vallow Daybell’s fourth husband, Charles Vallow, was shot twice in the chest in Chandler, Arizona, around the same time Vallow Daybell and her lover Chad Daybell murdered Vallow Daybell’s two children and Daybell’s wife Tammy, for which the lovers were convicted in Idaho in 2023.

3 days ago | courthousenews.com | Michael Gennaro

The FTC says in its complaint that Uber billed consumers prematurely and made it prohibitively difficult to cancel its Uber One service. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit on Monday against Uber, accusing the ride-share giant of enrolling users in its Uber One subscription service without consent, failing to honor promised savings and creating a labyrinthine cancellation process in violation of federal consumer protection laws.