The Department of Labor has published a final rule that will put in place President Biden's executive order on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour on federal contracts. On April 27, 2021, Biden’s executive order 14026 detailed raising the minimum wage from $10.95 to $15 an hour on... Read More »
Even though medical marijuana is legal in California and even though 36 states now allow it to be purchased with a prescription from a licensed physician, a probationer, whose leg was amputated below his knee after a motorcycle accident, was still denied permission to use the drug to “alleviate (his)... Read More »
While giving a fundamental lesson on the First Amendment’s Freedom of Speech clause, the Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a suit by a law student who sought to include the name of an alleged CIA whistleblower in a Facebook post. A three-judge panel denied the appeal of plaintiff-appellant Cameron... Read More »
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has agreed to a $4.5 million settlement to resolve claims that the medical center failed to properly secure controlled substances including fentanyl. The settlement comes after a three-year-long joint investigation by the DEA and the US attorney's office. The investigation was prompted after... Read More »
A Puerto Rican mayor has pled guilty to bribery charges after he allegedly engaged in a scheme where he awarded highly valued municipal contracts in exchange for cash bribes. A Puerto Rican contractor was also arrested for participating in the bribery scheme. Felix Delgado-Montalvo, 40, was the mayor of Catano,... Read More »
Two former Georgia election workers have filed a lawsuit against a far-right-wing conspiracy website, The Gateway Pundit, and its owners. The two women allege that the website and the website’s owners knowingly published false stories about them regarding the 2020 presidential election. The false stories incited an onslaught of harassment... Read More »
A fourth student passed away Wednesday morning after the deadly school shooting in Oxford Township, Michigan, Tuesday afternoon. The deadly shooting had already claimed the lives of three others and injured six students and one teacher. Those who were injured range in ages from 14 to 17. A 47-year-old teacher... Read More »
The parents of 15-year-old school shooter Ethan Crumbley have been charged and arraigned on four counts of involuntary manslaughter each. According to authorities, the teen went into a school bathroom where he took out a 9 mm Sig Sauer SP2022 semi-automatic handgun before he went into the hallway and shot... Read More »
Disturbing cell phone footage out of Texas shows a Texas man fatally shooting his partner’s ex-husband during a child custody battle. The victim's widow, Jennifer Read, shared cell phone footage with her attorney that was later released to the public on Tuesday. In the footage, Lubbock, Texas, man Kyle Carruth... Read More »
CNN announced earlier this week that they would indefinitely suspend one of their top news anchors, Chris Cuomo, after allegations that he use his journalistic connections to help prepare his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, against recent sexual harassment allegations. The news of the suspension comes after documents... Read More »
A central Florida man has been indicted in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on charges of trying to defraud the government out of more than $7 million. 76-year-old Barrie J. Osborne of Celebration, Florida, was indicted on several charges of trying to defraud federal loan programs that were designed for... Read More »
With the recent passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, House and Senate Democrats are ready to move on to the next flagship item on President Biden’s agenda: the Build Back Better Plan. Build Back Better is a piece of legislation that was originally proposed by President Biden prior... Read More »
Columbia University has reached a settlement with students who sued over unfair tuition and fees after classes moved online during the pandemic. When the novel coronavirus prompted a national lockdown, Columbia University along with other universities throughout the nation shut down in-person learning and transitioned to online classes in an... Read More »
Sitting en banc, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an amendment to a California law that prohibits possession of gun magazines that can hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. Allowing some exemptions, the court, in an often feisty written debate, voted 7-4 along party lines to uphold the... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced they are investigating allegations of discrimination at the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas. The civil rights enforcement arm of the Education Department opened three investigations into the school district based on complaints of discrimination against students based... Read More »
