In a battle of the statutes regarding the award of treble damages to a 14-year-old sexual assault victim by a school employee, the school district won. The court found the award to be punitive rather than compensatory and ruled that since the school is a public entity entitled to sovereign... Read More »
As folks around the country gear up for summer, many might want to take a double look at the type of sunscreen they are using. Online pharmacy Valisure conducted a recent study that looked at samples from nearly 300 different lotion and spray sunscreen brands. These sample tests resulted in... Read More »
When determining what is in the best interest of a child, the primary duty of the court is to protect the child from harm. But what is harm? A recent decision by the California Supreme Court set out the statutory definitions and procedures that must be followed when deciding whether... Read More »
Cumberland, Maine father Shawn McBreairty has been banned from his twin daughters’ high school graduation following considerable friction with the school board over the issue of Critical Race Theory in the classroom. Explaining his objections, he said in an interview last month, “this wasn’t how I taught the girls, and,... Read More »
Two children are in custody after an intense shootout between the minors and authorities broke out in a central Florida residence earlier this week. The 12-year-old boy and the 14-year-old girl ran away from a Volusia county group home before they broke into a residence. The group home reported the... Read More »
Depending on who is asked, between 10 and 18 million people lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Without paychecks, an estimated 11 million of them were not able to pay their rent. Last September, in an effort to avoid massive homelessness, the Centers for Disease Control... Read More »
Early Sunday morning there was a shooting at El Mula Banquet Hall, a club in Florida. This banquet hall and billiards club had been rented out for a concert Saturday night. According to Miami-Dade Police Department Director Alfredo Ramirez III, three people got out of a white Nissan Pathfinder and... Read More »
A spike in road rage incidents and freeway BB gun shootings has led to the death of a young boy and over a hundred damaged vehicles. Investigators have one suspect behind bars but are working to determine whether additional copycats may be responsible for the terror that has overtaken California’s... Read More »
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz has filed a lawsuit in a Miami federal court against Netflix and film producers over their portrayal of him in a docuseries that recounted the details of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The lawsuit targets the producers and production company of the docuseries and their... Read More »
As timing goes, the new law "Fairness in Women's Sports Act" is already inspiring angry protests across the nation and along party lines. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new bill limiting transgender student-athletes on the first day of June, aka Gay Pride Month. The law singles out ONLY biologically... Read More »
When it comes to economic relief for Native American tribes under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES), the federal government giveth and the federal government taketh away. Although the Act provides $8 billion of its $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund to tribes, the data used to allocate... Read More »
An undocumented migrant worker who was the prime suspect in the murder of Mollie Tibbetts was found guilty of her death last Friday. 26-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera was found guilty of first-degree murder last Friday by a jury of seven men and five women. The jury did not take long... Read More »
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Sikh Coalition filed a complaint of “religious freedom violations” with the Department of Justice after a Sikh inmate in Arizona was forced to shave his beard during the intake process. The joint complaint urges the Department of Justice to investigate the Arizona... Read More »
A bill backed by the Louisiana House would fine you for having your cellphone in your hands while driving. Under House Bill 565 (HB565), you would receive a $100 fine on your first offense, a $200 fine on your second offense, and a $300 fine plus driver’s license suspension on... Read More »
Late last week, Florida became the first state to regulate online content moderation by tech firms such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Governor Ron DeSantis signed a piece of legislation that allows for legal action against social media companies that “de-platform” political candidates on their sites. The Stop Social Media... Read More »