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Entertainment
Four LOONA members win lawsuit to terminate contracts with agency BlockBerry Creative
Before you read: LOONA’s Chuu expelled from group over ‘violent language and misuse of power’ LOONA members file injunctions to cancel contr...
Daniel Anderson
OMEGA X announce lawsuit victory against their label
Before you read: K-pop Weekly: OMEGA X takes legal action against label; BIBI releases first full album; The Rose rocks Seattle K-pop label ...
Business
Former Apple lawyer sues company for discrimination, colleague who allegedly sent her death threats
A former patent attorney at Apple is suing the multinational tech company for discrimination and for failing to protect her from a colleague...
Carl Samson
Civil Rights
Pfizer beats suit claiming anti-Asian, anti-white discrimination in fellowship program
A federal lawsuit alleging that pharmaceutical company Pfizer is discriminating against Asian and white applicants for a coveted fellowship...
Art
Chinese teen regrets $115 tattoo sleeve, receives compensation nearly 7 times original price
Tattoos and regret: It’s a pairing that’s especially common in societies where body ink is traditionally frowned upon. For most individuals ...
Editorial Staff
Ex-CEO fired for alleged LSD use files discrimination suit, says startup sacked him for being Asian
Justin Zhu, co-founder and former CEO of Iterable, has filed a federal lawsuit against the company, citing anti-Asian discrimination. Zhu ...
Government
Retired Asian captains sue NYPD over alleged promotion bias
Four retired Asian police captains are suing the New York Police Department (NYPD) over alleged bias after they were passed over for promot...
Ryan General
Chinese American scientist accused of spying for China wins $1.8 million settlement
Sherry Chen, a hydrologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the National Weather Service, was arrested in 201...
Khier Casino
Crime
Mistrial declared in lawsuit over Sacramento police shooting of troubled 19-year-old
Darell Richards, 19, was carrying a pellet gun that resembled a handgun and was experiencing mental health issues when Officers Todd Edgert...
Michelle De Pacina
Culture
Professors sue California State University system over caste anti-discrimination policy
California State University (CSU) became the first U.S. university system to name “caste” as a protected status under its non-discriminatio...
Texas woman sued by Indian American over viral racist meltdown
The incident, which was caught in a now-viral video, occurred in the parking lot of the restaurant Sixty Vines at around 8:15 p.m. on Aug. ...
News
Lawsuit accuses Sacramento utility company of racially profiling Asians in cannabis crackdown
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is facing a lawsuit for allegedly targeting Asian communities when providing customer data to ...
Family of Chinese student who died in sand dune accident while working on film sues USC
The parents of Peng Wang, a 29-year-old Chapman University student who died in a sand dune accident while working on a student film, have f...
Education
Harvard asserts notifying insurer about high-profile Asian discrimination lawsuit unnecessary
During a federal-court filing on Monday, lawyers representing Harvard University asserted that the institution did not have to notify Zuric...
China
Chinese parents sue daughter they abandoned for not buying her brother an apartment
A 29-year-old woman in China is being sued by her estranged parents for refusing to buy her younger brother an apartment. The woman was le...
Rebecca Moon
Texas A&M faces class-action suit alleging discrimination against Asian and white men
Richard Lowery, a finance professor at University of Texas at Austin, filed a federal class-action suit against the Texas A&M Universit...
Former (G)I-DLE member Soo-jin drops lawsuit against bullying allegations
Former (G)I-DLE member Soo-jin will stop taking legal action against the bullying allegations made against her. In a statement released on...
Amazon discriminating against Asians, whites in grant program, class action lawsuit says
A new class action lawsuit is accusing Amazon of discriminating against Asian and white applicants through its so-called “Diversity Grant.”...
Asian American attorney says she was passed up for promotions because of her race in federal lawsuit
An Asian American attorney based in Darien, Connecticut, has launched a federal lawsuit against her former employer for allegedly discrimina...
AAPI voters are suing Texas for allegedly discriminatory gerrymandering
A coalition of AAPI voters is suing the state of Texas for allegedly discriminatory redistricting practices which suppress the voting power...
William Yuk
Woman in China sues co-worker for hugging her so hard he allegedly broke 3 of her ribs
A woman from China’s Hubei province filed a lawsuit against a male colleague who allegedly broke her ribs by hugging her too tightly in May...
Catfisher in China dated mother and son for 5 years — allegedly scammed them out of $20,000
A man in China is being sued for catfishing a mother and son out of 140,000 yuan (approximately $20,669) by pretending to date the two for ...
India
Indian man wins 22-year legal battle over 25-cent overcharge
Indian lawyer Tungnath Chaturvedi recently won a 22-year court battle involving railway tickets he was overcharged by a quarter for. Chatu...
California’s Siskiyou County accused of discrimination against Asian Americans in new class action lawsuit
A federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Asian Americans Advancing Justice in San Francisco accuses California...
Korean family sues NJ funeral home for $50 million for putting the wrong body in mother’s casket
A Korean family filed a $50 million lawsuit against Central Funeral Home of New Jersey and Blackley Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc...
Pro-Trump group’s lawsuit claims Amazon gave $10,000 bonus to minority staff but not Asians or whites
On Wednesday, pro-Trump group America First Legal issued a class action suit against Amazon, accusing the company of privileging its Black,...
Jane Nam
12 women in Thailand fear lawsuit after discovering they all had sex with the same married man
Twelve Thai women approached a Thai lawyer on July 17 in the central province of Nonthaburi, Thailand, after they discovered that the same ...
Fashion
Crocs accuses Daiso of copying its classic clogs design with $3 knockoffs in lawsuit
Crocs is suing Japanese discount store Daiso for allegedly copying its classic clog design and selling knock-off versions of Crocs. The co...
Bryan Ke
Costco’s famous $4.99 rotisserie chicken has a dark side, and the company is getting sued for it
Two Costco shareholders, Krystil Smith and Tyler Lobdell, launched a lawsuit against Costco for animal cruelty, claiming that the company “...
Family of Vancouver cop who died by suicide after alleged blackmail by her superiors sues city
The family of former Vancouver cop Nicole Chan, the officer who died by suicide after being blackmailed into an inappropriate intimate relat...
Apparel
American artist sues Shein for $100 million over copyright infringement
Florida-based artist Magdalena Mollman, professionally known as Maggie Stephenson, is suing Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein for more th...
‘I no longer have monolids’: Cosmetics company under fire from TikTok users over lash serum’s side effects
Grande Cosmetics is under fire after several TikTok users claimed they suffered adverse side effects, including changes in their eyelids, f...
After divorce, Chinese man sues ex-stepson for $5,200 as compensation for raising him
A man in China is suing his ex-stepson for 35,200 yuan (approximately $5,285) after his stepfather paid for his tuition and living expenses...
Victoria’s Secret pays $8.3 million to 1,250 laid-off Thai workers in landmark settlement
Victoria’s Secret paid $8.3 million to over 1,250 laid-off garment workers in Thailand in a landmark settlement. “We regret they were not ...
Japanese man who received COVID relief funds meant for 463 families loses all of it gambling online
A 24-year-old Japanese man lost 46.3 million yen ($360,890) of Covid relief funds he received by mistake via online gambling. The relief f...
‘China’s most handsome man’ to sue online critics who say he’s nothing more than an attractive face
Tibetan herder Dingzhen Zhenzhu, who went viral in 2020 for his good looks, is suing online critics who described him as nothing more than ...