North Carolina resident Dontae Sharpe is now a free man after serving 24 years behind bars for a murder that he did not commit. North Carolina's Governor, Roy Cooper, announced last week that Sharpe would be granted a pardon of innocence for his wrongful conviction. Sharpe will also be paid... Read More »
The House Oversight and Reform Committee investigation delving into the firing of NFL Las Vegas Raider’s coach Jon Gruden just took a turn for the slow lane, as members requested emails pertaining to the ongoing, prior NFL investigation. As history has shown clearly with the Hillary Clinton email investigation, gathering... Read More »
Carole Baskin lost her legal battle against Netflix last week after a judge shot down her request for a temporary restraining order. Baskin and her husband, Howard Baskin, are the owners of Big Cat Rescue, a tiger sanctuary located in Tampa, Florida. Baskin became a household name after the hit... Read More »
As lawsuits continue to pile up against Travis Scott and promotion company Live Nation Entertainment, the blame game has begun as authorities try to piece together how and when Scott’s Astroworld concert turned deadly. The Astroworld festival left eight concertgoers dead and many others injured Friday, November 5th. Nearly a... Read More »
Residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan, have come together to file a class-action lawsuit over the town’s lead-contaminated water supply. The 63-page complaint was filed by 16 residents who allege that both state and city officials did not properly inform residents about the contaminated water in Benton Harbor. The complaint details... Read More »
Even though the trial judge failed to instruct jurors that a claim of imperfect self-defense was possible, an appeals court ruled that the omission was harmless error as it upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a stoned defendant who shot his friend in the head nine times, then set him... Read More »
“Hi Grandma, this is your grandson. I’m calling you from Bolivia. I’ve had a terrible accident and I need your help. Please send me some money so I can get medical treatment and come home to you.” This is not an actual conversation, but it is similar to what a... Read More »
U.S. District Judge Judith Levy has given final approval to a $626.25 million settlement that will be paid out to the residents of Flint, Michigan, who were impacted by the water crisis that caused lead in piping to seep into the city’s water supply. In an effort to save money,... Read More »
A criminal investigation has been opened after multiple concertgoers died and dozens of others were injured during rapper Travis Scotts’s performance at Astroworld Festival in Houston last week. Authorities confirmed over the weekend that eight concertgoers died after the massive 50,000 person crowd surged forward, crushing attendees. The victims ranged... Read More »
Bankruptcy can be a scary and complicated process to navigate, but for some individuals, families, and businesses, it's a necessary step for moving forward after mounting financial debt. A new piece of legislation aims to streamline this complicated process by replacing Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy with a revamped... Read More »
A jury has reached a verdict that would require pharmaceutical giant Bayer to pay $62 million to students and others in Monroe, Washington’s Sky Valley Education Center. The suit was brought by two parents, four former students, and one other adult who details having spent an excess of time at... Read More »
When an elderly couple called an ambulance during a medical emergency, they asked the driver to take them to a hospital where their physicians have privileges. The driver refused because the county they live in requires that they be taken to the nearest hospital. They sued the county and lost... Read More »
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and pharmaceutical company Moderna are fighting over who should get the official credit for the innovative component of the ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine. When first working together to battle COVID-19, the NIH called it the “NIH-Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.” Now, both companies are locked in... Read More »
When newsworthy events occur, the responsible organization normally writes a press release and posts it on its website to inform the public about what happened. One man who pled guilty to several acts of mortgage fraud and completed his sentence sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau... Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report examining over 7,000 companies that filed for bankruptcy in the 2020 fiscal year. They found that 42 debtor companies, including Hertz and Neiman Marcus, paid out over $165 million in incentive bonuses to their executives just before filing for Chapter 11... Read More »
