Formosa Plastics Corp., a Texas-based plastics company, has agreed to pay almost $3 million in civil penalties. The payout comes after the Department of Justice announced that the company violated the Clean Air Act. In addition to the fine, the company has also agreed to revamp its risk management program... Read More »
The Social Security Administration (SSA) defines the term “disability” as the “inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity (SGA) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment(s) which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a... Read More »
A vague section in the California Penal Code led to the reversal of a man’s conviction for using an electronic device to track the movements of his estranged wife. The Code did not specify whether this kind of sleuthing activity is permissible when both the man and the woman he... Read More »
A Mississippi farm is in the middle of a lawsuit after six Black workers alleged they were paid lower wages than white workers who were hired on through the work visa H-2A program. The lawsuit filed by the Mississippi Center for Justice explains that the farm, Pitts Farm Partnership, violated... Read More »
Plaintiffs allege drugmaker discriminated against older workers with a stated quota to hire more millennials as sales reps. Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co is at the center of a class-action lawsuit after two one-time job applicants filed a complaint last week that argues the company unfairly discriminated against older workers.... Read More »
The former mayor and city commissioner of Tallahassee, Scott Maddox, along with business partner and longtime girlfriend Paige Carter-Smith, learned their fate last week after their role in a deeply-rooted bribery scheme that plagued the local government. Maddox had been a long-time political figure in the city, and Carter-Smith had... Read More »
The former president of a New York Carpenters Union has been sentenced to 60 months behind bars for his role in a scheme that allowed new members to join the Union in exchange for cash bribes. Salvatore Tagliaferro was the former president of the Local 926 chapter of the Carpenters... Read More »
A former New York ice cream shop owner is the first individual to pay a fine under a new law dubbed the “Karen Law.” This new bill which was signed into law in June of last year requires individuals who make false or racially biased calls to the police to... Read More »
When emergencies strike, first responders are immediately called on to help those in need. The job descriptions of police officers and firefighters mandate contact with people whose health conditions cannot be determined before their lives are saved. It would be logical to assume these brave individuals would want protection from... Read More »
Two Florida teenagers have been arrested after allegedly trying to pull off a school shooting at a middle school near Fort Myers. Their plot was foiled after a teacher at Harns Marsh Middle School in Lehigh Acres notified the school resource officer and the school’s administration about a tip concerning... Read More »
Three former football players have pled guilty for their roles in a health care fraud scheme. The admission of guilt brings the total number of former professional athletes who defrauded a health care fund intended to help NFL players to 15. Former Washington Football team player Clinton Portis, 40, and... Read More »
Divorce can be a difficult process for any couple to go through, and when children are involved, the process will almost certainly be that much tougher. In a traditional divorce, the two partners who are separating typically take a two-household approach. This approach will usually involve one parent moving out... Read More »
Two women and one man of South Florida have been arrested and charged with identity theft and fraud after they stole the identity of at least one victim of the horrific Surfside condominium collapse earlier this summer. At a news conference Thursday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced that... Read More »
Following the largest airlift in American history, thousands of Afghan refugees are figuring out what comes next as they recover from the chaotic evacuation process and settle into their new reality. Before the Taliban’s total domination of the country, Afghan refugees made up roughly 10% of the world’s refugee population.... Read More »
If you are hurt in a car accident caused by another driver, you can file a personal injury lawsuit against the driver who hit you. But what happens when someone is killed in an accident? Does the victim’s claim survive and get passed to the estate? And do the surviving... Read More »
