Officials in a North Carolina city have settled with a former female firefighter who brought forward claims of a hostile work environment through a federal gender discrimination lawsuit. The former firefighter, Joy Ponder, will receive $155,000 in compensatory damages according to her attorney, John Hunter. Ponder worked in the Asheville... Read More »
The University of Southern California is suing two YouTube pranksters after they disrupted a Jewish studies class, causing panic and chaos amongst the students. The prank is just one of many similar disruptions by the group which has led the university to take legal action. The LA Times, which has... Read More »
A Texas woman will serve over five years behind bars for her role in defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act. Court documents and evidence brought forward during trial detail that 24-year-old Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali of Houston, Texas, defrauded the PPP out of $1.9 million. Following... Read More »
The family of a passenger aboard a Delta flight is suing the airlines after the passenger later died as a result of injuries he sustained while boarding the aircraft. Ricardo Lopez Rangel was traveling on vacation with his family from Los Angeles to Hawaii on July 13, 2021. Rangel, who... Read More »
The parents of one of the 17 victims shot during an outdoor concert in Dallas in early April are suing the event organizer and others, claiming that the shooting was a “preventable tragedy.” The shooting broke out at around 11:30 p.m among the crowd of an estimated 2,000 concertgoers. Officials... Read More »
The city of Palm Springs in California has approved $200,000 to advance a pilot program that would provide a guaranteed universal basic income for individuals who identify as transgender or non-binary or are a member of the LGBTQ community. As part of the program, recipients would receive up to $900... Read More »
Seattle's King County and the City of Kirkland are being sued by a community group, Keep Kids Safe, after the county purchased a hotel with the intent to convert it into permanent public housing. The lawsuit was filed in late March in Snohomish County. The hotel at the center of... Read More »
A Florida-based wind and energy company has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay over $8 million in restitution and fines for the death of at least 150 Eagles over the past decade. ESI Energy, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC, has pleaded guilty to three violations of... Read More »
City officials in Los Angeles announced a settlement agreement that promises to implement additional housing for the homeless population throughout the city. The settlement would help house an estimated 60% of the area's homeless population. The federal lawsuit which was brought forward by the LA Alliance for Human Rights names... Read More »
The October 2021 shooting at Park City Center Mall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the center of a recently-filed lawsuit by a mother and daughter who were injured during the shooting. According to a local outlet, Lancaster Online, the mother and daughter duo filed their lawsuit in the Lancaster County Court... Read More »
It wasn’t an April Fools’ Day joke. By a vote of 220 to 204, including “yeas” from three Republicans, the House of Representatives passed the 89-page Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Empowerment Act (MORE) on April 1. MORE would decriminalize cannabis at the Federal level. Although it has garnered support from... Read More »
Four customers have filed a lawsuit against Burger King over claims that the fast-food chain has been falsely advertising the size of its burgers to consumers. The plaintiffs are seeking to have their complaint become a class-action suit so that it can represent all customers who dined at the restaurant... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a challenge to California’s Proposition 12, the Farm Animal Confinement Bill passed back in 2018. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the plaintiffs in the suit, argue that the amendment is unconstitutional based on the... Read More »
National seafood chain Long John Silver’s has agreed to pay $200,000 in addition to other relief to settle sexual harassment allegations brought forward by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit was brought by the EEOC on June 25, 2021. In it, the complaint detailed claims that a teenage... Read More »
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced three initiatives late last month to tackle the rising processing backlogs for work permits. The new rule includes a new internal cycle time goal, an expansion of premium processing services, and an improvement in access to Employment Authorization Documents. The expansion of... Read More »
