A federal judge has indicated that Gina Carano's lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm over her termination from The Mandalorian will move forward. The case centers on whether the First Amendment protects private companies’ rights to sever ties with employees who publicly express views that clash with their corporate values. U.S.... Read More »
The Dallas-based company Frontier Communications is facing at least six class action lawsuits after it was hit with a cyber data breach attack in April. The widespread attack resulted in the personally identifiable information (PII) of over 750,000 customers being stolen by the criminal ransomware group RansomHub. Nearly 90,000 of... Read More »
A FedEx manager who called an employee “slow” could have committed age discrimination according to a new ruling by a California Court of Appeal. The case, Michael Freem v. Superior Court of Orange County, partially reversed Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard Y. Lee’s grant of summary judgment in favor... Read More »
Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter responsible for the horrific attack at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison on Tuesday. Aldrich's attack, which killed five people and injured 19 others, was prosecuted as a federal hate crime, highlighting the severity and motivation behind... Read More »
Pop star Justin Timberlake was charged with drunken driving early Tuesday in the village of Sag Harbor, New York, part of the Hamptons after police reported he ran a stop sign and veered out of his lane in the upscale seaside community. Timberlake, who was driving a 2025 BMW around... Read More »
President Joe Biden has ordered expansive actions to provide potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, particularly focusing on those married to U.S. citizens. This initiative aims to balance the administration’s recent aggressive stance on border security, which has drawn criticism from immigration advocates and Democratic lawmakers. The... Read More »
Former Neuralink employee Lindsay Short has initiated a lawsuit against Elon Musk's neurotechnology company, alleging multiple grievances including workplace safety concerns and discrimination. Short, who joined Neuralink in August 2022, claims that the company failed to provide adequate protective equipment, resulting in her being scratched by monkeys infected with the... Read More »
A proposed class action lawsuit is accusing Apple of underpaying over 12,000 female workers. The lawsuit was filed in state court in San Francisco by two women who worked at the company for over a decade. The women say that female workers in engineering, marketing, and AppleCare divisions were systematically... Read More »
U.S. District Judge David Joseph has blocked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from enforcing a rule that would require two states and a group representing Catholic bishops to accommodate employees who undergo elective abortions. The decision, issued on Monday, restricts the application of a federal pregnancy accommodation law... Read More »
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessory used in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The ruling was decided by a 6-3 majority, with conservative justices prevailing. A bump stock is a device that attaches to a semi-automatic rifle,... Read More »
Evanston, Illinois, made national news after it proposed a first-of-its-kind reparations program in 2021. This Chicago suburb is making news yet again after a new lawsuit says that the program is discriminatory to non-Black residents. The lawsuit was filed on May 23 by the conservative activist group Judicial Watch on... Read More »
A dispute between neighbors over the City of Los Angeles’ height limits for trees and plants led to a district court decision that ruled private parties are barred from bringing civil suits to enforce local ordinances. The ordinance in question was section 36900 (a) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code,... Read More »
Elon Musk and SpaceX are currently facing a new lawsuit filed by eight former employees alleging they were terminated for raising concerns about pervasive gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the aerospace manufacturer. The lawsuit paints a troubling picture of a workplace environment described as hostile and reminiscent of a... Read More »
Several families of victims of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, have filed a lawsuit against FedEx and UPS for those companies’ alleged contribution to the tragic massacre. The lawsuit accuses the companies of acting as "illegal gun runners" to a juvenile because their services contributed to... Read More »
Congress amended the Communications Decency Act (CDA) in 1996 in an effort to stop minors from viewing sexually explicit material. Though this was the main goal of the act, Section 230 has perhaps had a greater impact on social media than the portion aimed at protecting children. Section 230 gives... Read More »
