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The article focuses on a civil lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan by lawyers representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein, suing his longtime personal lawyer, Darren Indyke, and his accountant, Richard Kahn, for "aiding, abetting, and facilitating" Epstein's sex trafficking activities.

The article reports on the order issued by the U.S. Supreme Court blocking the bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the billionaire Sackler family from additional civil lawsuits over the opioid epidemic and capped the liability of the Sacklers at six billion dollars. It shows the Supreme Court's skepticism with the use of bankruptcy court to resolve mass claims of injuries and considers the potential impact of any ruling in the case on other mass tort cases.

The article focuses on the surge in sex-abuse lawsuits filed in New York State within the year-long window allowing legal action beyond the statute of limitations, including high-profile cases against politicians and celebrities.

The article focuses on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filing an antitrust lawsuit against a private-equity-backed doctors group and the private equity firm behind it, alleging that they have been consolidating doctors groups in Texas to increase prices for anesthesia services. This lawsuit highlights the growing practice of private equity firms supporting companies in acquiring medical practices, which has raised concerns about anticompetitive behavior in the healthcare industry.

The article discusses two new lawsuits filed by families of victims from a racist massacre in Buffalo, attempting to hold social media companies accountable for hosting violent ideologies that may have influenced the attackers.

The article focuses on actor Cuba Gooding Jr. settling a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape, thereby avoiding a trial that would have included allegations from multiple women and highlighting his previous harassment conviction and the broader #MeToo movement.