Despite the fact that COVID-19 cases increased by more than 40% in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, legal challenges to the Biden Administration’s “vaccine or test” mandates for large employers and health care workers are mounting. The Supreme Court has now agreed to hear oral arguments on... Read More »
A drunk driving suspect who caused a fatal accident was given a warrantless search of his blood after being taken by helicopter to a hospital. On his way to surgery, police asked for and received the sample. During his trial for second-degree murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, he... Read More »
Medical groups including the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have brought forward a lawsuit against several government agencies over the implementation of the No Surprise Billing Act. The lawsuit was filed in the federal district court... Read More »
CVS is at the center of a misleading advertisement lawsuit. The class-action suit was filed by plaintiff Toni Larusso and accuses CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy of misleading consumers by labeling its CVS brand cough medicine as “non-drowsy” despite Larusso’s claims that the cough medicine includes active ingredients which... Read More »
A Muslim woman has filed a federal lawsuit against a gun range in Kansas City, Mo. after alleging that the gun range refused her service because she was wearing a hijab, a religious head covering worn by Muslim women. The lawsuit details that since at least 2016 the Frontier Justice... Read More »
An ex-employee of Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. is suing the company because he says he was fired from his job after he unknowingly reported to work while he was sick. The lawsuit which was filed in the Southern District of Florida claims that Teva Pharmaceuticals discriminated and retaliated against the... Read More »
Filing a claim for life insurance benefits requires notifying the insurance company that a death has occurred and providing proof of loss as required by the policy terms, usually in the form of an official death certificate. The policy might dictate more specifically what types of documentation must be submitted... Read More »
Disciplining high school students for racist, bullying, vulgar, or harassing speech posted on social media does not violate the First Amendment whether it occurs on campus or in the privacy of students’ homes. The Ninth Circuit followed a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that said social media posts... Read More »
He’s “really, really ashamed,” but he’s going to Federal prison for 63 months, the longest sentence yet issued for one of the January 6 Capitol rioters. Of the 700-plus rioters who attempted a coup of the 2020 election results, Robert Scott Palmer, a 54-year old Largo, Florida man was charged... Read More »
The Department of Defense (DoD) under the umbrella of the Pentagon released a report discussing political extremism in the US military. The Pentagon review was triggered in April by the January 6 Capitol Hill Riots, after the DoD discovered numerous former members of the military participated in the DC insurrection.... Read More »
A unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel upheld a prior, lower court’s decision that former President Trump’s White House records can be shared with the January 6 Capitol riot committee. The federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Trump’s bid to stop the release of sections of his White House... Read More »
A lawsuit which was brought against warehouse retail giant, Costco, has been dismissed by a federal judge in California. The lawsuit was brought forward by Plaintiff Ankush Puri. Puri alleged that Costco falsely advertised their Kirkland brand chocolate almond-dipped vanilla ice cream bars because the chocolate used in the ice... Read More »
A former executive at Novant Health has been awarded $10 million after claiming he was fired from his top-level position because of the company’s diversity initiative. David Duvall was the former senior vice president of marketing and communication at Novant Health, a medical network company, when he filed his lawsuit... Read More »
Former President Donald Trump is still fighting federal and civil lawsuits claiming he is the victim of political bias, this time over ongoing New York investigations launched in 2019 into his business practices and other matters. This week, Trump filed a lawsuit against New York State attorney general Letitia James.... Read More »
Walmart has again found itself at the center of environmental violation complaints, this time brought on by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The Golden State is accusing the retail giant of dumping more than one million hazardous and toxic waste materials throughout California landfills each year. The state is accusing... Read More »
