In a show of force last week, authorities arrested 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira in his Massachusetts family home. Teixeira is believed to be the man responsible for the Pentagon document leak that put the nation's security in jeopardy. In early April, reports began to surface about high-clearance national... Read More »
Alejandro Toledo Manrique served as President of Peru from 1990 to 2000. While his initial terms in office were marked by positive economic and social accomplishments, he lost his bid for re-election, then moved to the United States, where he became a fellow at Stanford University, among other prestigious positions.... Read More »
Why did the robot become a lawyer? Because it was programmed to object to everything! And that, my friends, is a joke created by Artificial intelligence. All kidding aside, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already disrupting numerous industries and is expected to revolutionize the legal profession. The use of AI is... Read More »
The family of 55-year-old Judith “Judy” Lopez-Moran has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Pennsylvania chocolate factory R.M. Palmer Company. Lopez-Moran was one of seven people who died after an explosion caused a fire to erupt through the facility, killing workers and injuring dozens of others. The blaze also caused... Read More »
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, lost her request to remain free on bail as her appeal to overturn her conviction was denied by a California judge. Holmes is the former leader of the infamous medical technology startup that promised investors and consumers a radically new way of testing for... Read More »
Delivery drivers for online grocer Weee! recently filed a class action lawsuit alleging the company committed a litany of labor law violations. The lawsuit touches on many of the concerns that have arisen in recent years as the “gig economy” has expanded in California and around the country. According to... Read More »
The mother of the six-year-old first grader who shot his teacher has been indicted for the incident. Newport News, Virginia, mother Deja Taylor is charged with felony child neglect and one misdemeanor count of endangering a child by reckless storage of a firearm. The child will not be charged with... Read More »
If you’ve walked around New York City for more than 30 minutes, you’ve encountered sidewalk sheds--the unsightly structures that cover sidewalks and prevent you from seeing the sun. In fact, the number of sidewalk sheds citywide has more than tripled over the past 20 years. City residents are waging a... Read More »
The Department of Justice has announced that they’ve launched a criminal investigation into the leak of what appear to be highly sensitive and classified documents from the US. Military. The documents surfaced weeks ago on social media, but have only recently gained traction among worldwide government officials. The leaked documents... Read More »
At first glance, the US political divide seems to be firmly set in stone, with differing laws in place in states led by Republicans and Democrats; each to their own parties’ beliefs. But the messiness of wildly differing state mandates is confusing for internet and interstate businesses straddling the still-changing... Read More »
A Los Angeles Target is facing a negligence lawsuit after two customers were stabbed by a homeless man while they were shopping in the store. The unprovoked and seemingly random attack took place last November 15 and left nine-year-old Brayden Medina and 25-year-old Joo Hye Song hospitalized with stab wounds.... Read More »
A Jehovah’s Witness who was fired from her position when she refused to take California’s loyalty oath because her primary allegiance was to her God, rather than the government, will get another chance to amend her claims against the State. A unanimous opinion by a three-justice panel from the Ninth... Read More »
Oral arguments were recently held before the Supreme Court in a case that could have a profound impact on a wide range of criminal acts. The Court is set to address whether a law criminalizing the inducement of illegal immigration is an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. The case concerns... Read More »
In a chaotic day outside the downtown New York City courthouse yesterday, with persistent brides still arriving to get married and pro and anti-Trump crowds screaming their slogans for all to video, the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump, 76, was fingerprinted and booked on 34 charges of... Read More »
There are few events more heartbreaking and disturbing than judicial proceedings to decide whether a mother can maintain custody of her child or be forced to put her up for adoption. The case of three-year-old L.J. and M.B., her troubled, abusive, meth-using mother, would bring tears to even the most... Read More »
