The aftermath of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has seen significant legal developments as the families of the victims seek justice. Recently, multi-million dollar settlements were reached with Nikolas Cruz, the shooter responsible for the massacre on February 14, 2018, in which 17... Read More »
The execution of a death row inmate in Utah this week has reignited conversations about capital punishment laws in the U.S., the winding legal road death row inmates will often go down as they begin serving out their sentence, and what the future of death row should look like. Shortly... Read More »
The California Supreme Court has provided new guidance on when a recent amendment to the state’s Penal Code applies to defendants whose judgments are not yet final. From now on, an "upper term" sentence must be reversed on appeal and remanded back to the trial court unless the reviewing court... Read More »
The family of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a renowned French explorer who perished last year during an expedition to the Titanic, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against OceanGate, the operator of the submersible. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Washington state, accuses the company of gross negligence and seeks at least $50 million... Read More »
The parents of a former Texas high school student who was accused of killing 10 people during a shooting rampage at his high school in 2018 are facing a new lawsuit that accuses them of not doing enough to prevent their son's violent actions. In May 2018, Dimitrios Pagourtzis shot... Read More »
In California, a juror may not be dismissed on the basis of race. A prosecutor in Riverside County failed to abide by this rule when he excused one of only two Black jurors in the jury pool because she was “too opinionated.” An appellate court found this to be a... Read More »
Harvard University has been ordered to confront a lawsuit brought by Jewish students who claim the institution failed to address pervasive antisemitism on its campus. The lawsuit, which seeks an injunction to prevent further alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, argues that Harvard's handling... Read More »
There is no question that children who suffer sexual abuse experience both immediate and long-term consequences. It can alter their perceptions of the world, their relationships, and their place in society for their entire lives. Recognizing the harm adults suffer from childhood sexual abuse, California has changed its statute of... Read More »
Gideon Cody, the former police chief of Marion, Kansas, will be facing criminal charges related to his conduct following a highly criticized raid on the Marion County Record last year. This development comes after a comprehensive 124-page report by special prosecutors Marc Bennett and Barry Wilkerson, which concludes that Cody's... Read More »
Reuters reported that the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Missouri's request to delay former President Donald Trump's sentencing in a high-profile felony case involving hush money payments. The Court's decision leaves in place a related gag order on Trump until after the upcoming presidential election on November 5. The... Read More »
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are facing a lawsuit from the U.S. government for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), a key federal law designed to safeguard children's privacy online. The lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California on Friday by the Department of... Read More »
Elon Musk has reignited his legal conflict with OpenAI, filing a new lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company and its key figures, CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman. This lawsuit, lodged in federal court in Northern California, comes nearly two months after Musk withdrew a similar case from state... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a civil rights investigation into two California state prisons following allegations of systemic sexual abuse of female inmates by correctional officers. Announced on Wednesday, the federal inquiry will examine claims of misconduct at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the... Read More »
A new class action lawsuit accuses the California FAIR Plan Assn. of illegally selling home insurance policies that offer subpar coverage for damages related to smoke and fire. The lawsuit was filed last week in Alameda County Superior Court on behalf of four California residents. The class action lawsuit will... Read More »
Nearly a year after the devastating wildfires in Maui, a tentative settlement of over $4 billion has been reached to resolve approximately 450 lawsuits filed in connection with the August 2023 fires. This settlement is set to address claims related to the deadliest wildfires in modern U.S. history, which resulted... Read More »