One of the nation's largest food safety sanitation service providers, Packers Sanitation Services Inc, has been ordered to pay $1.5 million In civil money penalties following a Federal investigation into their labor practices. The investigation, conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's wage and hour division, found that Packers had... Read More »
Social media giant Twitter just inhaled. Twitter recently announced it is allowing its advertisers to share, promote and offer content about CBD, THC, and cannabis products. It’s public knowledge that Elon Musk loves a marijuana tweet now and then, most often in his comments to tweets with “420 haha.” Now,... Read More »
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that train operator Norfolk Southern will be responsible for the cleanup operations regarding the February 3 train derailment that caused rail cars carrying toxic chemicals to spill out their contents into the rural community. The order was issued under the Comprehensive Environmental... Read More »
Fights breaking out in America’s K-12 schools are on the rise according to a new survey by the American Psychological Association. The survey which sampled 14,966 participants found that one in three teachers had reported at least one incident of verbal harassment or threatening behavior from students. Administrators saw a... Read More »
The world's largest medical device company Medtronic is facing an antitrust lawsuit that accuses the company of stifling competition for its bundling contracts of bipolar energy devices. The lawsuit was filed in Central California's U.S. District Court by California-based medical device company Applied Medical. Applied Medical accuses Medtronic of violating... Read More »
In recent years, grocery shoppers have been given about 15 product choices that all contain the word “milk.” There’s almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk, quinoa milk, and even hemp seed milk. For five years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been reviewing the over 13,000 comments it received... Read More »
A 66-year-old Cleveland neurologist wrote more than 10,000 prescriptions for a drug that his patients did not need. In exchange, he and his co-defendants received lucrative kickbacks from Avanir Pharmaceuticals, the company that manufactures Nuedexta, a drug used to treat a neurological disorder called Pseudobulbar. The FBI arrested the doctors,... Read More »
When Malcolm X, the assassinated civil rights leader, was murdered on February 21, 1965, the crowd around him rushed to attempt to save his life, but to no avail. In the front row sat his pregnant wife and four daughters in the Audubon Ballroom, where he was the guest speaker.... Read More »
Consumer protection laws flourished in the 1960s as Americans grew increasingly concerned about their health, safety, and economic well-being. The consumer movement was first led by President Kennedy, who proposed a Consumer Bill of Rights to Congress in 1962, which included the right to safety, to be informed, to choose... Read More »
After Ticketmaster’s troubles and politicians’ growing concerns about the company’s market power in light of Taylor Swift’s recent “ticketing debacle,” the Ninth Circuit has handed the company some good news. A class action suit that alleged antitrust violations by Ticketmaster has been dismissed by the Ninth Circuit, which affirmed a... Read More »
When the cloud-based Internet became the center of our real-world reality, many legal experts called it the Wild West. How would the law control the AI-built universe, where issues such as privacy, anti-trust issues, and hundreds of other US laws need to be enforced? The Internet, born in 1981, has... Read More »
A proposed class action lawsuit was filed against Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Health System and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The suit which was filed on February 3rd by plaintiff John Doe accuses the hospital system of sharing private patient information with tech giants including Google, Meta, and Microsoft Bing. The lawsuit was... Read More »
A Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into Apple, dating back to 2020, is reportedly being amped up. Numerous published sources are saying the DOJ is requesting more documentation from Apple and some of their hired consultants. The Wall Street Journal reported the escalation of the DOJ anti-trust lawsuit into Apple... Read More »
The California legislature enacted an amendment to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in 2018 that requires agencies like the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to ask not only parents but extended family members about the possible Native American ancestry of children who are placed... Read More »
A “psychiatrically disabled” customer is suing Disney after security refused to allow her to bring her Psychiatric Service Dog into Disneyland. According to her complaint, Alia Ashfaq has been certified with a disability since 1998. She has a valid California disabled license plate on her vehicle. She suffers from a... Read More »
