Suits and Litigation (Civil)

July 28, 2022

‘Wagatha Christie’ Trial Verdict Expected on Friday

A feud between two television personalities made its way to a London courtroom. A verdict is due on Friday. A version of this article was first […]
May 26, 2022

TikTok’s Amber Heard Hate Machine

Television turned the celebrity trial into a 24-hour tabloid spectacle. Social media made it into a sport. I did not follow the defamation trial between Johnny […]
May 19, 2022

In Court, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Dress to Suggest

Honesty, respectability, sincerity — the clothes make the argument. Ever since it began streaming live on Court TV in April, the defamation trial between Johnny Depp […]
June 24, 2021

The Britney Spears Transcript, Annotated: ‘Hear What I Have to Say’

In a 23-minute speech, the singer said she desperately wants to end her conservatorship, calling it an abusive system in which she was drugged and forced […]
June 22, 2021

Britney Spears Quietly Pushed for Years to End Her Conservatorship

Confidential court records obtained by The Times reveal that the singer has urged changes to the arrangement that controls her life, and her father’s role in […]
May 28, 2021

A Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Splits the Gucci Family

One of Guccio Gucci’s great-granddaughters went public with alleged wrongdoing, and now her younger sister is involved too. For the last few months, scenes from Lake […]
April 9, 2021

Company Will Offer Refunds to Buyers of ‘Satan Shoes’ to Settle Lawsuit by Nike

The unauthorized sneakers, which contain a drop of blood and cost $1,018, sold out in less than a minute last month. A Brooklyn company that was […]
December 17, 2020

The New R.S.V.P.: A Signed Coronavirus ‘Waiver’

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September 9, 2020

Tiffany’s $16 Billion Sale Falls Apart in Face of Pandemic and Tariffs

Last November, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury goods conglomerate, announced plans to acquire Tiffany & Company, the American jeweler founded by Charles […]
April 1, 2020

Did a Cult Hair-Care Line Cause Thousands of Women to Lose Their Hair?

Ayesha Malik’s long dark hair once fell in such unbelievably perfect Botticelli curls that in 2017 she felt compelled to take to YouTube to prove to […]