The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against electric car maker Tesla. The lawsuit accuses Tesla of violating workplace discrimination laws after Black staffers in Fremont, California, production facilities were subjected to stereotyping and a... Read More »
Even though National Taco Day will be celebrated across the nation on October 4, Chipotle Mexican Grill, which has over 7,000 locations in the U.S. and 17 foreign countries, will have little to celebrate. The Newport Beach, California-based fast-food chain recently settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S.... Read More »
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer and his accuser, Lindsey Hill, have reached an out-of-court settlement in their respective civil lawsuits. The settlement comes after Bauer received a 324-game suspension from Major League Baseball (MLB) for alleged sexual assault, later reduced to 194 games by an independent arbitrator. This... Read More »
On Monday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently recused himself from a case related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. John Eastman, a former legal adviser to then-President Donald Trump and a former law clerk to Justice Thomas, brought forth the case. This marks a significant... Read More »
A Georgia man has filed a lawsuit claiming facial recognition technology led to his wrongful arrest after he was accused of theft in a state he’s never visited. 29-year-old Randal Quran Reid, who prefers going by Quran, was pulled over on the side of a busy Georgia interstate as he... Read More »
The family of 19-year-old Miya Marcano is suing the Orange County, Florida, Sheriff's Office and two of its members, claiming civil rights violations in the way they handled the investigation into Marcano’s death. The family filed their lawsuit in the Orange County Ninth Judicial Circuit Court two years after Marcano’s... Read More »
“Those who are struggling with the complex decision to get an abortion deserve support and trustworthy guidance – not lies and misinformation,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta (AG) as he filed a lawsuit against an anti-abortion group and a chain of five pregnancy centers that he claims use fraud... Read More »
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case that may seem trivial at first glance but has significant implications for federal sentencing guidelines. The case revolves around the interpretation of the word "and" in the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill passed in... Read More »
In a significant move, the Senate Banking Committee has approved the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act (SAFER), a landmark bill aimed at providing legal protection to banks that offer financial services to cannabis companies. The bill now heads to the Senate floor for further deliberation. While the cannabis... Read More »
After 27 years of public fascination and investigative dead-ends, a significant break has occurred in the murder case of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur. Duane "Keffe D" Davis, one of the few surviving witnesses to the 1996 drive-by shooting that claimed Shakur's life, was arrested and charged with murder on Friday,... Read More »
U.S. District Judge David Hittner struck down a Texas law many LGBTQ proponents feared would criminalize drag performances in the state. The law, known as Senate Bill 12, was signed by Republican Governor Greg Abbott in June and aimed to prevent children from exposure to sexually explicit performances. While the... Read More »
The California Assembly and Governor Gavin Newsom recently clashed over their interpretation of what is in the best interests of the child in custody proceedings. The legislature had passed a bill that directed judges to consider each parent’s acceptance of their children’s gender identity when determining post-divorce custody. Newsom vetoed... Read More »
The family of a woman who died in a Belk restroom while at work has filed a lawsuit against the department store a year after the woman's death. On September 22, 2022, 63-year-old Bessie Durham was found dead inside the Columbia, S.C., department store’s public restroom. An investigation revealed that... Read More »
On August 31, 17-year-old Black student Darryl George was reprimanded with an in-school suspension for wearing his natural hair in twisted braids. Today, his family is suing the state over what they say was a violation of their son’s civil rights. The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed over the... Read More »
A string of newly filed lawsuits accuses the state of Alabama of failing to educate foster children who have special needs. Instead, students with special needs were segregated from their peers and were subjected to an inadequate educational experience by being placed in specialized treatment facilities. The lawsuits are the... Read More »
