A group of Texas death row inmates has filed a federal lawsuit against the state’s prison system and its use of solitary confinement. The lawsuit argues that the prison system imposes cruel and unusual punishment on death row inmates by placing them in solitary confinement indefinitely, and for reasons that... Read More »
A District of Columbia resident is fed up with the smell of marijuana smoke wafting into her apartment from a neighboring unit and is suing both the city and the neighbor. Josefa Ippolito-Shepard, 76, who has lived in her apartment for thirty years, is asking her hometown city to make... Read More »
California’s efforts to improve working conditions in the fast-food industry have been met with aggressive resistance. In late December, a county judge blocked the state from implementing a landmark new law aimed at setting a higher minimum wage for quick service workers, pending the results of a voter referendum. With... Read More »
Three former South Florida nursing schools are accused of an alleged nursing accreditation scheme that awarded thousands of fake unearned nursing diplomas to hopeful nursing students. In connection with this scheme, over 24 individuals have been charged for their alleged involvement with the multimillion-dollar operation. The three South Florida schools... Read More »
Customers who’ve bought period underwear manufactured by Thinx may now be entitled to a refund. The feminine hygiene product company recently agreed to pay $5 million to settle claims that its period pants contain undisclosed harmful chemicals. Thinx markets a variety of specialized underwear, ranging from boyshorts to thongs and... Read More »
The NRA has filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Illinois over a new law that places severe restrictions and bans on semi-automatic weapons. The lawsuit calls the law a blatant violation of the Constitution's Second Amendment and calls for swift action to have the law stamped down. The... Read More »
A Georgia school district is facing a discrimination lawsuit brought on by the parents of students who say they were not allowed to wear a Black Lives Matter t-shirt while their white peers were allowed to wear clothing displaying the Confederate flag. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court... Read More »
In a 55-page report, the DOJ seeks legal ways to solve the national disconnect between law enforcement and millions of citizens. A brutal, graphic video of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols being beaten to death by five Black police officers in Memphis is creating a cacophony of questions and investigations that once... Read More »
When a pet is sick and under the care of veterinarians, the minimum the owner should expect from them is honesty about the animal’s condition. A woman whose service animal, a cat named Dennis, died after her vets repeatedly told her that he was “doing great,” sued the pet’s vets... Read More »
A New Jersey woman has filed a lawsuit against a surgical center over claims that she suffered severe third-degree burns after her oxygen supply during her surgery caught on fire. The 79-year-old woman filed her lawsuit in late January in the Superior Court of Essex County. Her allegations paint a... Read More »
T-Mobile has been hit with a data breach that has impacted about 37 million of its customers. The data breach resulted in the personal identification information of millions of customers across the nation being shared with unauthorized individuals. In a form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on... Read More »
Big box retailer Costco lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company falsely advertises its canned tuna as “dolphin safe.” A proposed class action claims Costco’s tuna is acquired via fishing methods that harm and kill dolphins. A federal court in San Francisco recently rejected Costco’s motion to... Read More »
The family of Holocaust survivors Karl and Rosi Adler, who anxiously fled Nazi Germany in 1938 sued the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for a Picasso painting worth $200 million. The heirs’ demand, unlike the precious abstract work of art, is crystal clear: return the painting to the family. The lawsuit... Read More »
If this news story sounds familiar, that’s because it is. In a case echoing past rape charges from the 1990s, a woman filed a lawsuit against former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson this week. The woman claims that Tyson raped her while they were in a limousine in Albany, New York. ... Read More »
CVS Health has been hit with a lawsuit for workplace discrimination after allegedly firing a nurse practitioner for refusing to prescribe birth control on religious grounds. According to the complaint, Texas resident J. Robyn Strader worked at a CVS MinuteClinic for six and a half years. CVS granted her religious... Read More »
