German biotech and pharmaceutical company Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit the state brought forward in 2018. The original lawsuit filed in state court accuses agricultural giant Monsanto of allegedly polluting Oregon waterways and land areas through a class of toxic compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, or... Read More »
Last Thursday, the House passed a bill that would allow Puerto Rico to vote on whether to become the 51st state, become independent, or go independent while keeping some U.S. affiliations. The bill also includes procedures for each outcome of the vote along with resources for a voter education campaign.... Read More »
One of comedian David Letterman’s best comedic bits was telling people to “get off my lawn.” The tagline was popular with everyone from Jon Stewart, to Clint Eastwood, to the Wall Street Journal as it described a millionaire’s response to protesters from Occupy Wall Street. No one probably imagined that... Read More »
A new pet store law prohibiting sales of dogs, cats and rabbits in stores was signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul last week. Fueled by criticism of the inhumane commercial puppy mill industry that supplies thousands of pets to stores across the Empire State, the mandate bans the sales... Read More »
Houston attorney Mason Herring, 38, was indicted by a grand jury after allegedly secretly slipping abortion medication into his pregnant wife’s water and numerous other drinks. Herring was charged with two felony counts of assault on a pregnant woman. At the time of the incident, the couple, who also had... Read More »
California voters approved a ban on the sale of many flavored tobacco products by passing a ballot measure, Proposition 31, during the November 2022 election. Not surprisingly, R.J. Reynolds and a group of other tobacco companies and retail stores sued California, arguing that both the U.S. Constitution and a federal... Read More »
Last week, former President Donald Trump sued the Pulitzer Prize board, claiming they’d defamed him. The lawsuit was not a shock to the Pulitzer board, because Trump had said he’d file a lawsuit after the board wrote and published a specific statement that he found defamatory. The lawsuit was filed... Read More »
Seven social media influencers have the national spotlight for reasons less appealing than what they're normally accustomed to. Federal prosecutors along with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced last Wednesday that these seven social media influencers, from all corners of the nation, conspired to commit securities fraud amounting to... Read More »
After a Los Angeles teen passed away in her high school's restroom from a suspected fentanyl overdose, her mother filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District. Fifteen-year-old Melanie Ramos was a student at Helen Bernstein High School when she tragically lost her life... Read More »
A truck driver was recently killed in an accident on Grand Avenue in Queens, New York, after striking a street pole. Police suspected the man had a medical episode while behind the wheel, which ultimately led to the fatal accident. The accident occurred just hours after another trucker was killed... Read More »
A Florida woman is suing food manufacturer Kraft Heinz Foods Company for the time it takes to prepare Velveeta microwavable mac and cheese. Amanda Ramirez, part of a class action lawsuit, claims the global food manufacturer is misleading consumers by lying about how long it takes to prepare the cheesy... Read More »
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced an enforcement action taken against the perpetrators of a credit card debt relief scam. The agency has put a temporary stop to the scheme, which they allege took millions from consumers by falsely claiming the victims could reduce or eliminate their credit card... Read More »
Attorneys for a class of plaintiffs recently pocketed an $8.12 million fee award, taken from a $32 million class action settlement paid by Uber. Several class members objected to the legal fees, arguing that the “coupon” rule under the Class Action Fairness Act prohibited such an award. On November 30,... Read More »
A ten-year-old boy from Milwaukee has been charged with the death of his mother. He is being charged with first-degree reckless homicide for the shooting death of his mother, allegedly because of a disagreement about a VR headset he purchased on her Amazon account. In Wisconsin, State laws say that... Read More »
Staten Island’s regional branch of the National Labor Relations Board recently won a major victory for Amazon workers in federal court. The NLRB obtained an injunction preventing Amazon from firing employees for engaging in protected “concerted” activities, which may affect the corporate giant’s union-busting tactics across the country. The action... Read More »
