The battle over California’s gig worker law continues as the state supreme court has deigned to rule on the ultimate legality of Proposition 22. Prop 22 was a voter-passed initiative spurred on by Uber, Lyft, Doordash, and other companies that rely on so-called “gig workers” to fuel their business model.... Read More »
Class members have agreed to settle claims that a defect caused certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles to carry a risk of spontaneous combustion. According to the allegations, the covered vehicles were manufactured with defective anti-lock brake (ABS) modules. The modules were prone to short-circuit, which could cause the engine compartment... Read More »
The parents of a teen who was left permanently paralyzed after a boat crash have filed a lawsuit against the boat owners, accusing them of negligently hosting a party in which alcohol was both present and served to the minor partygoers. Boat owners George and Cecilia Pino hosted their daughter... Read More »
Three minority advocacy groups are taking legal action against Harvard University’s legacy and donor admission practices. The lawsuit was filed by lawyers associated with the Chica Project, the African Community Economic Development of New England, and the Greater Boston Latino Network and comes less than a week after the U.S.... Read More »
Many people no longer answer their phones since they assume, most often correctly, that there is a spam caller on the other end. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush to restrict automated... Read More »
A mechanical failure at a San Francisco fertility clinic caused plaintiffs to lose three embryos that they planned to use for in vitro fertilization. The couple, who hoped for a child, had purchased a homeowner’s insurance policy for the embryos. Their policy, however, would only reimburse them for “direct physical... Read More »
Last Friday, an Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought reparations for victims and their families of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The lawsuit is the latest blow in the push for reparations, but unlike all other cases, the plaintiffs seeking reparations are still alive. Viola Fletcher, 108,... Read More »
Kenneth D. Courtright III, the operator of the digital company, Today’s Growth Consultant, Inc. and its branch operations, The Income Store, has been found guilty of seven counts of wire fraud after he lured over 500 investors into his short-lived business venture. Courtright, a consultant, author, and businessman, is accused... Read More »
When someone’s Social Security benefits are denied, an administrative law judge (ALJ) often calls upon a “vocational expert” to determine the propriety of the denial. Plaintiff/appellant Caroline Leach disagreed with the expert’s evaluation of her medical condition and appealed her claim denial, arguing that her judgment, ability to follow directions,... Read More »
The Office of the Attorney General in Texas has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration in what it calls an “unlawful interpretation of Title IX” which would force public schools and universities to adopt ‘transgender’ policies or risk losing federal education funds. Under the federal law known as Title... Read More »
Several sheriff's deputies have been fired from a Mississippi sheriff’s department after two black men accused them of beating, torturing, and sexually violating them in a newly filed $400 million federal lawsuit. According to the complaint which will be filed in the Southern District of Mississippi, one of the men... Read More »
A week after the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's student debt relief program, millions of Americans across the nation are grappling with planning their next move forward. Meanwhile, President Biden vows to continue his administration's efforts to help aid student loan borrowers. But what does the high court’s... Read More »
A former regional manager at a Philadelphia Starbucks was awarded $25.6 million after the jury found that race was a “determinative factor” in her being fired. Shannon Phillips was fired from her job as a regional manager in 2018 after viral allegations that she denied two black men from using... Read More »
The California Supreme Court ruled that a new limitation on sentences of probation for non-violent offenders can apply retroactively to certain plea agreements. Defendants whose guilty pleas had yet to be finalized when the law took effect in 2021 can rely on the enhanced protection of the new sentencing limits.... Read More »
A new lawsuit accuses a crisis pregnancy center in Massachusetts of deceptive advertising which resulted in the failure to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy and created a life-threatening emergency for the center’s patient. The lawsuit was filed in Worcester Superior Court last Thursday against the anti-abortion Clearway Clinic in Worcester, Massachusetts.... Read More »
