The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA or the Act) was enacted in 1978 to stop what supporters called “the devastating impact” caused by removing Native American children from their parents, families and communities. The State of Texas and three private parties challenged the Act, arguing that Congress had no authority... Read More »
An Oregon jury has found PacifiCorp liable for causing Oregon wildfires that ravaged parts of the state during Labor Day weekend in 2020. The decision came on June 12th in the Multnomah County Circuit Court, where jurors ruled that the energy provider had played a major role in causing wildfires... Read More »
Ruling that “the benefit to the class was minimal,” an appellate court reduced a $1.7 million attorneys’ fees reward in a copyright infringement class action case because it was based on hypothetical, not actual, monetary relief. Lowrey et. al. v Rhapsody International, Inc. began when a group of copyright holders... Read More »
According to federal investigators, Prudential Financial unlawfully rejected more than 200 life insurance claims over a recent three-year period. Prudential denied the payouts based on a missing form from the application, despite happily collecting premiums for years. Prudential’s unlawful practices concerned supplemental life insurance policies offered as an employee benefit.... Read More »
A recent fatal construction accident serves as a tragic reminder that the New York Department of Buildings must continue amplifying its efforts to keep New York construction workers and civilians safe from the risks of building collapse. Last March, the back wall of a three-story building under demolition in Lower... Read More »
An Orlando teenager was arrested and charged on Friday for the murder of his grandmother, US Army Sgt. Angela Sutton Washington, who served in Operation Desert Storm. The authorities will not release the name of the alleged fifteen-year-old shooter because he is a minor. The teenager was charged with first-degree... Read More »
Four contractors are now facing criminal charges after a collapse at a Bronx construction site killed a worker. Three of the individuals are facing homicide charges, an extremely rare result following a fatal workplace accident. Construction is a dangerous industry. Every year, nearly one in five workplace deaths happen in... Read More »
Two migrant workers have filed a federal lawsuit against a West Michigan blueberry farm accusing them of migrant trafficking, unsafe working conditions, and other violations. The lawsuit was filed on Friday, June 9 by Feliciano Velaso Rojas and Luis Guzman Rojas in the U.S. District Court for the Western District... Read More »
The ongoing battle between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney continues to wreak havoc on people across the political divide regarding hot-button issues such as LGBTQ+ rights, abortion, library book bans, and the policing of schools regarding sex education or gender identity. In a Fox News appearance, DeSantis, who married... Read More »
Term limits restrict the number of times an elected official may be re-elected. They date back to ancient Greece and Rome and were enacted throughout history to prevent power monopolies and abuses. When one California county passed a measure that limited its supervisors to a single, four-year term, opponents sued,... Read More »
The first lawsuits have begun following the Davenport, Iowa, apartment collapse on May 28. Hours after the collapse, nine residents were rescued, and search efforts were subsequently called off as plans for demolition moved forward. Demolition plans were then scrapped after 52-year-old resident Lisa Brooks appeared in a sixth-story window... Read More »
Medical clinic company Compass Medical is facing a class action lawsuit after the company suddenly closed the doors of its urgent and primary care locations across southeastern Massachusetts. A former Compass Medical patient claims in the lawsuit that the company failed to give patients advance notice and disrupted their access... Read More »
A District of Columbia woman who went to court to sue her neighbor and DC for the formidable stench of marijuana invading her home won her case last week. DC Superior Court Judge Ebony Scott ruled in favor of plaintiff Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, who claimed in a lawsuit that the overwhelming... Read More »
Sadly, it is unusual these days for a week to pass by without news of yet another mass shooting in America. While the news media cover every detail about the shooters, they also often seek to provide information about the lives and deaths of the victims. The families of those... Read More »
A Georgia-based radio host, Mark Walters, sued OpenAI in the first defamation lawsuit of its kind. OpenAI owns and operates the now-viral platform ChatGPT, a program where AI answers questions, writes articles, and also offers written content that is sometimes fabricated and not factual. Walters filed the lawsuit on June... Read More »
