A group of Hyatt corporation hotel employees who were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic won the appeal of their class action suit against the hotel chain. They claimed Hyatt violated California law by refusing to give them timely payment for their accrued vacation time. The district court had granted... Read More »
Drivers of popular muscle cars, trucks, and SUVs equipped with a Hemi V8 engine are paying close attention to an ongoing lawsuit in which the plaintiffs are seeking class action certification. Known as the ‘Hemi tick,’ impacted vehicles make a loud ticking noise once the engine is turned over. As... Read More »
While virus-weary people all over the world worry about the new COVID variant and rush to get their latest, updated vaccination, the legal fallout over the last pandemic lingers on. One issue, relating to who is responsible for paying rent during construction projects, decided that closure orders issued by the... Read More »
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and a former human resource officer, Amrit Mula, have reached a settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit filed last year. The lawsuit sparked several probes from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Lilly and Mula had been actively working on finalizing... Read More »
A Nebraska woman who underwent a double mastectomy when she was just 16 years old is suing the medical facility, doctors, and nurses who helped perform the operation. Luka Hein, Now 21, was born female but underwent a double mastectomy during her transition into a transgender male. Luka Hein, Now... Read More »
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 »
