Nov 27, 2024
A healthcare professional administering a vaccination to a patient's arm.
Seattle Family Awarded $10 Million in a Wrongful Pregnancy Lawsuit

A Seattle family has been awarded $10 million after a wrongful pregnancy lawsuit was filed against the federal government. The lawsuit came after the victim, Yesenia Pacheco, was inadvertently given a flu shot instead of a birth control shot during her routine visit. The federal judge who tried the case,... Read More »

A bright green Hyundai Kona Electric vehicle displayed at an auto show alongside a charging station.
It’s Electric: Hyundai Motor Sued over Battery Fires in Electric Vehicles

General Motors Also Recalls 68,000 Electric Vehicles for Fire - Automakers Share Same Battery Manufacturer South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company is facing a class-action lawsuit from about 200 people seeking compensation for battery fires occurring in their electric vehicles (EV). The plaintiffs are seeking compensation for the reduced value... Read More »

A young woman in an orange detention outfit looking down, standing near jail bars.
U.S. Pauses Deportations for Women Alleging Abuse at ICE Facility

Following the alleged abuse of immigrant women held at a detention facility in Georgia, the United States has agreed to pause deportations until the investigation is complete. A consent motion was filed in a U.S. District Court on November 24th and was initiated by the accusers' attorneys and authorities connected... Read More »

Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-Youl during a meeting on the antitrust memorandum signing.
DOJ signs antitrust memorandum with Korean Prosecution Service.

On Tuesday, November 17, the law enforcement entities of the United States and South Korea met virtually to sign an antitrust Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The United States Department of Justice, represented by Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, and the Korean Prosecution Service, represented by Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-Youl, committed... Read More »

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On January 22, will Trump Face a Mountain of Legal Woes?

A historic quandary will face the nation on January 21, 2021, as one president leaves office and another begins his own four-year term. Unlike previous departing presidents, however, Donald Trump will turn back into a private citizen while facing a mountain of legal battles that not only had been put... Read More »

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$73 Million Settlement Reached in Class Action UCLA Sex Abuse Case

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the #MeToo movement has led to a dramatic increase in class actions related to sexual abuse. Of course, even before the start of the #MeToo era, massive claims, such as the one involving the Catholic Church, exposed just how pervasive such misconduct is... Read More »

A handcuffed person in an orange jumpsuit is shown behind a bottle labeled "Sodium Thiopental" and medical equipment associated with lethal injection executions.
ABA Requests Postponements for Mid-Pandemic Federal Executions

In light of the seemingly ever-escalating COVID-19 pandemic, the legal dilemmas—not to mention the moral ones—surrounding capital punishment have multiplied with nearly the same exponential progression of the virus itself. Along with investigations pointing to unconscionable pain caused by lethal injection (now the federal government’s preferred method of execution), playing... Read More »