The modern gig economy has given rise to a number of complications. Over the last few years, Rideshare drivers for Uber and Lyft and food delivery drivers for companies like Doordash and Grubhub have been locked in a battle over employee rights, centered on whether those workers should be considered... Read More »
The University of Washington has been ordered to pay the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) nearly $540,000 following a 2020 lawsuit that alleged the university destroyed critical public records during a federal investigation. In December 2021, the National Institute of Health released the results of a federal investigation... Read More »
Former Peloton trainer Daniel McKenna has filed a $2 million lawsuit against his former employee and a company executive. McKenna claimed that he was “subject to a hostile work environment” after the company discriminated, harassed, and retaliated against him. McKenna filed his lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court in... Read More »
The U.S. government has reached a deal with Native American victims who were sexually abused as boys by pedophile doctor Stanley Patrick Weber. The boys were abused at the hands of Weber in federal hospitals in Montana and South Dakota during the mid-1990s. Reports detail that eight victims would receive... Read More »
Music festival season has come to a close, but that hasn't kept the nation's most beloved festival, Coachella, out of national headlines. Last week Coachella's parent company Goldenvoice announced that it was suing the organizers of the similarly named Ghanese music festival, Afrochella, over copyright infringement. According to Goldenvoice, organizers... Read More »
A Washington state cattle rancher will serve 11 years in prison after his ‘Ghost Cattle’ scam racked up over $244 million in fraudulently obtained payments from partner companies. According to the Department of Justice, 51-year-old rancher Cody Allen Easterday used his company Easterday Ranches Inc to funnel millions of dollars... Read More »
In a sweeping new move, President Joe Biden officially pardoned thousands of people convicted of possessing marijuana. The president said the current federal laws“make no sense.” The new pardons impacted about 6,500 people and created a ripple effect that sent US marijuana stocks booming. Some stocks such as Tilray Brands... Read More »
California recently enacted a law that could raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to over $20 an hour. The new law establishes a council to oversee labor conditions in the quick-service industry with broad authority to adopt rules concerning wages and working conditions in the industry. The law... Read More »
Comedian and star of many shows bearing his name, George Lopez recently joined the ranks of comedians suing streaming service Pandora, claiming the SiriusXM-owned company streamed his copyrighted works without permission. Lopez’s lawsuit follows claims from Lewis Black, Bill Engvall, Ron White, and the estates of Robin Williams and George... Read More »
Technology company Google settled with the state of Arizona to pay $85 million in a lawsuit that accused the company of violating the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act by using “deceptive or unfair act[s] or practice[s]” in tracking users’ location data. Arizona is the most recent state to settle with the... Read More »
One of the nation's leading gun manufacturers, Smith & Wesson, is the subject of at least 11 newly filed lawsuits by the survivors of the Highland Park, Illinois, shooting. The shooting spree, which took place on Independence Day, killed seven parade goers and injured dozens more. The lawsuits have been... Read More »
The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed while on the set of the movie Rust, has settled their wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and the other producers of that movie. In a statement released last Wednesday, Halyna’s widower, Matthew Hutchins, shared a statement that read in part, “We... Read More »
A federal appeals court recently upheld a controversial Texas law limiting how Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and other social media platforms can moderate their content. The companies argued that the new law violates their free speech rights by forcing them to host content they find abhorrent. The U.S. Court of Appeals... Read More »
A Maryland woman has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her constitutional rights were violated after she was forced to give birth in a concrete jail cell without any assistance or access to medical support. After being arrested and jailed for a probation violation just days before her due date,... Read More »
The for-profit prison system in the United States is, by many accounts, a nightmare. Advocates for prison reform see private prisons as capitalizing on mass incarceration while running institutions with more inmate violence, more abuse, and many other problems. In light of the myriad issues, California sought to ban the... Read More »
