Amazon has settled with the Federal Trade Commission, agreeing to pay back $61.7 million after an investigation uncovered that Amazon was withholding tips from its Flex drivers. Flex drivers are not direct employees of the Amazon Flex Program; rather they are independent contractors who often depend on the tips for... Read More »
Three teens have been identified as the arsonists behind a house fire that killed five family members on August 5, 2020. Two of the teenagers have been identified as 16-year-olds, Kevin Bui and Gavin Seymour. Both are being charged as adults. The third suspect, who is 15 years old, has... Read More »
Last week, volatility in the stock market involving securities such as GameStop and AMC made national headlines. Soon after, popular investment app Robinhood found itself under public scrutiny because of the role it played in the controversial GameStop scandal. The market volatility has caught the attention of lawmakers so much... Read More »
When the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump was officially announced, a determined House delegate from the Virgin Islands threw her proverbial hat in the ring and won a place in history. Stacey E. Plaskett is a congresswoman and is the first person to be a manager of any... Read More »
In settlement proceedings, Google LLC agreed to pay more than $3.8 million to more than 5,000 employees and job applicants over allegations of “systemic compensation and hiring discrimination” against women and Asian applicants for software engineering positions. Google has long denied accusations of any pay gap or disparity for women... Read More »
The Department of Justice is investigating Elon Musk's company, SpaceX, for possible discriminatory hiring practices against non-U.S. citizens. The investigation was prompted by a complaint that was sent to the Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER). The initial complaint that prompted the investigation comes from Fabian Hutter,... Read More »
Prompted by the deaths of at least 250 workers and the ripple effect of virus-spreading unsafe conditions at U.S. meat and poultry plants under the Trump administration, a House Subcommittee is investigating conditions that could have triggered over 54,000 coronavirus cases in twenty states. The investigation follows a report from... Read More »
Figs, a Los Angeles start-up that disrupted the medical apparel field with fashionable, comfortable, form-fitting scrubs, is facing a lawsuit by larger competitor Careismatic Brands. The social-media friendly Figs offers fashion-forward, modern-day marketing images of people in their medical apparel in stark contrast to the more traditional firm, Careismatic Brands.... Read More »
On Monday, February 1, 2021, the Justice Department requested that the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia put the California emissions litigation on hold to “ensure due respect for the prerogative of the executive branch to reconsider the policy decisions of a prior administration.” A coalition of 12... Read More »
The Canadian government is the first country to include the American-based Proud Boys on its official list of terrorist entities. Canada announced the official classification of Proud Boys as a terrorist organization in a statement on February 4, citing that the group poses an active security threat. The Canadian House... Read More »
Lawmakers in New York are working on passing legislation that would ban police from using chemical irritants such as pepper spray on minors. The push for this legislation comes after an incident in which a Rochester police officer pepper-sprayed a nine-year-old girl. The incident which took place on January 29th... Read More »
An inconspicuous voting technology company has filed a lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Network. The $2.75 billion defamation lawsuit targets popular news anchors Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro as well as Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and attorney Sidney Powell. The lawsuit was filed by the technology... Read More »
The heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers were hit with a blow in the court case of Germany v. Phillipp that was heard in the U.S. Supreme Court this past week. The plaintiffs in the case are contesting the acquisition of an art collection that was obtained by German Nazis... Read More »
Following in President Joe Biden's footsteps, who has overturned more than 30 Trump presidential orders, the Justice Department has canceled a Trump administration civil rights lawsuit brought against an Ivy League school. The Biden administration is shifting many former Trump positions, including civil rights, which had been pushed farther right... Read More »
The once-popular MLM business LuLaRoe has hit another bump in its downward tumble. On February 2nd, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson shared in a press release that LuLaRoe will settle its lawsuit with the state. The settlement will require LuLaRoe to pay out $4.75 million to independent retails who... Read More »
