Ruling that a new California labor code section “regulates economic activity rather than speech,” the Ninth Circuit rejected First Amendment and Equal Protection challenges to the 2020 amendments to AB 5, a law that makes some freelance journalists employees instead of independent contractors. Writing for a unanimous three-judge panel, Circuit... Read More »
Two Texas pain management doctors have been charged with healthcare fraud and have agreed to a settlement totaling $3.9 million. Pain management physicians Robert Wills and Brannon Frank are accused of violating the False Claims Act after knowingly submitting false claims to federal healthcare programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and TRICARE.... Read More »
A drag racer lost control of his car and sped into a group of spectators killing two young boys and injuring eight others. The Fort Worth, Texas, native Michael Gonzales was the driver participating in a no-prep drag race as a part of the Airport Race Wars 2 at Kerrville... Read More »
Since the 1950s, the Catholic Church has been aware that it has a problem with priests who sexually abuse children. After one of the victims sued a California archdiocese in 2017, a trial court found that since the priest’s Los Angeles Archdiocese had no direct knowledge of his sexual misconduct,... Read More »
Rhode Island is set to become the first state to pilot a safe-injection site program. The program would create injection sites around the state where drug addicts can safely use illegal intravenous drugs. The state aims to codify the program in January and hopes to have its first sites up... Read More »
Following an investigation into claims of racial harassment towards Black and Asian students, a school district in Utah has settled with the government to resolve shocking racist behaviors and practices. According to the Justice Department, the Davis School District in Utah routinely allowed and even perpetrated the mistreatment of its... Read More »
The Biden Administration unveiled a new program for resettling evacuated Afghan refugees that includes private sponsorship by veterans and qualified individuals over 18. The program gets the thousands of Afghans still living on military bases into permanent homes and will initiate a system of support outside of the normal resettlement... Read More »
The fatal shooting of a young cinematographer and secondary shooting of the director by actor and producer Alec Baldwin quickly morphed from a hit movie in the making to a supernova legal case, destined to become its own chart-topping film. The prop gun used by Baldwin in the death of... Read More »
The notorious real estate scion, Robert Durst, 78, is facing charges related to the death of his first wife, Kathie Durst. This latest turn of events in the Durst saga comes after State Police investigator Joseph Becerra filed a complaint charging Robert Durst with the death of his first wife.... Read More »
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice said they would be easing quotas for immigration judges that were set during the Trump Administration. The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is currently developing new performance measures to replace the previous administration’s metrics that “will accurately reflect the reality of an... Read More »
A Texas medical doctor has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars after he unlawfully prescribed an opioid to a patient who later died. 63-year-old Thomas K. Ballard was the owner and operator of the Ballard Clinic in Jackson, Tennessee, a family medicine facility. Officials explain that Ballard prescribed highly... Read More »
The wise Watergate advice to “follow the money” has now led to the convictions of two former associates of Rudolph W. Giuliani for campaign finance violations during the ill-fated campaign to re-elect ex-President Donald Trump. Lev Parnas, a Russian-born Florida businessman, and one of his business partners were convicted of... Read More »
The tension between Chicago police and city officials continues after some police officers have failed to comply with the mayor’s vaccine mandate for all city employees. The backlash began in late August when mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that all city employees would be required to get vaccinated or submit to... Read More »
Dental records of skeletal remains found at the Carlton Reserve are those of Brian Laundrie, the FBI announced late Thursday. The search for Laundrie sparked national and global attention after the 23-year-old was named a person of interest in the disappearance and later death of his 22-year-old fiancée Gabby Petito.... Read More »
A Dallas man has been sentenced to 23 years and four months behind bars for his role in a hate crime that targeted gay men for violent crimes. Twenty-two-year-old Daniel Jenkins was the last of four individuals to be sentenced for their role in violent hate crimes. Jenkins was accused... Read More »
