Nov 13, 2024
U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia during a Senate hearing.
Department of Labor implemented a new rule that allows federal contractors to discriminate against employees under the guise of religious freedom

On December 7, 2020, the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract and Compliance Program (OFCCP) released a finalized rule that allows federal contractors to cite "religious freedom" as their reasoning behind not hiring certain applicants. The rule expands the definition of religious organizations to now include for-profit organizations, which... Read More »

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Supreme Court Weighs Proper Access Under Anti-hacking Law

In 2015, a police sergeant from Cumming, GA, accepted money from a widower he’d previously arrested and who was apparently known for frequenting prostitutes. The money was a loan, given on condition that Sergeant Nathan Van Buren use the license plate database to find out if a girl the widower had... Read More »

Image of a Roundup weed and grass killer bottle among other chemical containers.
The Bayer (Monsanto) Roundup Maelstrom

When Bayer purchased Monsanto in 2018, they could not have predicted the legal hurricanes that would follow. Just weeks after the purchase, a jury in California awarded Dewayne Johnson, a groundskeeper at a school where he used Roundup, $289 million. They found that glyphosate in the product caused his non-Hodgkin’s... Read More »

General Michael Flynn arriving from a vehicle during a public appearance.
Charges Against Flynn Formally Dismissed After Trump’s Pardon

Charges against General Michael Flynn have formally been dismissed after a pardon from Trump was granted in late November. General Flynn served as the Trump Administration’s National Security Advisor up until February 2017. During his time with the administration, Flynn came under scrutiny during Robert Mueller’s investigation, which looked into... Read More »