An Alabama federal judge has struck down state laws against panhandling, citing that the laws are unconstitutional. After the ruling, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency conceded that such laws were a violation of an individual's Constitutional right to free speech, ending a 2020 lawsuit. The preliminary injunction was handed down... Read More »
Alec Baldwin’s criminal prosecution is not the only fallout from the fatal shooting that occurred on the New Mexico set of the upcoming film Rust. The film’s producers face OSHA citations for rampant safety violations that culminated in the fatal accident. The producers recently reached a settlement with the state... Read More »
Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1557, Parental Rights in Education, which impacts children from kindergarten to third grade. The bill follows on the heels of Florida’s 2022 Parents’ Bill of Rights. The controversial new law goes above and beyond classroom instruction, however. According to a press... Read More »
A California couple who experienced racial discrimination when trying to appraise the value of their home has reached a settlement agreement for an undisclosed amount. Tenisha Tate-Austin and Paul Austin, a Black family living in Marin City, California, made national headlines in 2021 after they shared a perplexing experience involving... Read More »
DoNotPay Inc, the maker of a one-of-a-kind legal service dubbed “The world's first robot lawyer,” is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that accuses the service of providing legal information without having proper legal credentials. The lawsuit argues that DoNotPay is in violation of California's unfair competition laws because it... Read More »
Oregon state employees have filed a second lawsuit over incorrect paychecks following the state’s implementation of a new payroll system. Oregon state workers first filed a lawsuit in January after receiving paychecks that reflected incorrect balances. Overpayment, underpayment, and incorrect deductions were just some of the payment issues recorded. The... Read More »
For years, heartburn sufferers have taken Zantac, a popular over-the-counter (OTC) drug, to prevent or relieve their symptoms. Zantac was the brand name of the drug ranitidine. In 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that ranitidine contained N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), an ingredient that could cause cancer under certain storage... Read More »
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requested information from Twitter about some of its users. It said the information was needed for it to properly conduct one of its “classified national security investigations.” Twitter did not want to provide it and claimed the FBI was infringing on its First Amendment... Read More »
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom announced earlier this week that the state would not renew its $54 million contract with Walgreens after the company announced it would adhere to a request made by Republican states to stop the sale of abortion medications including Mifepristone. Governor Newsom announced the news via... Read More »
A week before attorney Alex Murdgaugh was convicted of murdering his family and sentenced to life in prison, he took the stand in his defense. Did that testimony help his case, or seal his fate? Should criminal defendants normally testify on their own behalf? On March 2, a jury found... Read More »
Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to pay $3.75 million to end a class action lawsuit that accused it of helping facilitate a Ponzi scheme executed by a real estate investment company, Equitybuild Finance. Settlement funds will be paid out to individuals who invested in Equitybuild but lost money in their... Read More »
After joining a national class action lawsuit against vaping giant Juul, Indiana’s Kokomo School Corporation is set to receive $90,475 in settlement funds. The final amount will be less after attorneys fees are calculated. Kokomo School Corporation became the second Howard County School district to join the national lawsuit that... Read More »
Anyone who chose to or had to take an airplane during the pandemic was nervous. But the airlines reassured everyone that the air up there was safe to breathe. One study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, found that the chances of getting COVID-19 on a plane were... Read More »
When a 100-year-old grandmother died, she left a $40 million estate to her three children, but three of her grandchildren had been disinherited in previous documents. After her death, one of her sons sued his mother’s attorney and the attorney’s law firm for malpractice. He argued the attorney had a... Read More »
There is no question that COVID-19 has posed countless problems for the legal system. But one defendant, convicted of multiple murders in California, tried to blame COVID for his convictions. He argued that forcing his jury to deliberate during the pandemic deprived him of due process. The appellate court was... Read More »
