In a historic opioid lawsuit settlement on Tuesday, Native American tribes will receive over $590 million from Johnson & Johnson and three of the largest US drug distribution companies, including AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. The new settlement calls for Johnson & Johnson to pony up $250 million of the... Read More »
“And the earth has He appointed for His creatures. Wherein are fruit and scented palm-trees, husked grain and scented fragrances.” The Quran An incarcerated Muslim man in Nevada will now be permitted to use scented oils during his daily prayers. The Ninth Circuit has ruled that the prisoner’s religious freedom... Read More »
Seven Virginia school districts, accounting for more than 350,000 students in the state, have sued incoming Governor Glenn Youngkin over an executive order banning mask mandates across the state in public schools. Youngkin took office on January 15, 2022, and signed into law eleven executive orders on his first day... Read More »
The First Amendment protects the right to assemble and protest. But, as history has shown, this right is not absolute, and government officials, including police, can restrict the exercise of free speech as long as they use “reasonable force.” A recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit said that police used... Read More »
The stars were out at the Golden Globes the night of January 12, 2014. Celebrity award winners like Matthew McConaughey, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett were there to collect their prizes and laugh along with hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. But one man was there for another reason. He... Read More »
The Illinois-based staffing agency Medix Staffing Solutions is suing an aggregate health services provider, Novo Health LLC and its affiliate companies for failure to pay for services rendered. The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of Illinois earlier this month. The staffing agency provides staffing services to several... Read More »
Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban is focusing his philanthropic efforts on his latest venture, an online pharmacy that will offer generic drugs at affordable prices to consumers. Cuban announced the launch of his online pharmacy last week, and unlike traditional distributors, Cuban’s pharmacy has been overly transparent in what the costs... Read More »
In a dispute that pitted the Church of Scientology against California tort Law, California law won. Even though plaintiffs had signed a strict arbitration agreement that relinquished their rights to ever sue the church, the Court of Appeals ruled that ex-church members are no longer governed by Scientology law and... Read More »
Actor Alec Baldwin is facing a defamation and negligence lawsuit over comments he made to a family member of a fallen marine earlier this year. The sisters and widow of the fallen marine are the plaintiffs named in the suit and are seeking $25 million, plus legal fees over suffering... Read More »
When numerous Illinois residents discovered their names and likenesses were being used without their knowledge or consent by ancestry.com for commercial purposes, they banded together to send a strong message about their legal right to privacy. The over 100 citizens brought a class action suit against the behemoth international company,... Read More »
Earlier this month, Colorado signed into law two bills that eliminate the statute of limitations for sexual assault civil cases and give the right for adults to file lawsuits for crimes of sexual misconduct committed against them while they were minors. Senate Bill 21-073, Civil Action Statute of Limitations Sexual... Read More »
In yet another twist in an almost decade-long espionage case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, 49, a UK court ruled he can appeal his extradition to the US. Assange’s attorneys successfully argued it would be harmful to his mental health to return to the US via extradition to face espionage... Read More »
Like most couples who want to have a child, Tennessean couple Liz and Gabe Rutan-Ram were saddened to learn they could not have a biological baby. Instead of giving up their dream, they decided to become parents by adopting, working with the Tennessee Child Services Department, and were willing to... Read More »
In what appears to be the first case of its kind, a driver of a Tesla is facing felony charges via two counts of vehicular manslaughter after his electric car was operating on autopilot when it struck another car, killing two individuals. Kevin George Aziz Riad, 27, was behind the... Read More »
Imprisoned Martin Shkreli, aka “Pharma Boy,” is now facing a ruling by a federal judge that orders him to be banned “for life” from the drug industry plus pay fines of $64.6 million to seven states. The order follows the infamous trial where then-CEO Shkreli and company Vyera Pharmaceuticals were... Read More »
