The judge instructed the jurors with the words, “The past has nothing to do with what happens in this case…” Even though two police officers disclosed that a defendant was on parole, the judge’s extensive admonishment to the jury about disregarding the defendant’s criminal record convinced the appeals court that... Read More »
COVID-19 cases may be in decline, but pandemic-related court cases are likely to escalate. Grief and loss remain for thousands who lost loved ones, including many who died in nursing homes. But which court will hear their lawsuits? One nursing home wanted the case against it to be heard in... Read More »
A federal jury in Atlanta has ruled that a Black transgender woman is due $1.5 million after she was wrongfully arrested and jailed over a jaywalking stop. The stop quickly turned into an arrest after officers issued a bogus charge of cocaine possession. Ju’Zema Goldring was stopped by officers Vladimir... Read More »
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested on federal charges related to the alleged torture of an Iraqi man in 2015. Officials explain that these torture charges stem from an illegal export of weapons scheme the man facilitated in Iraq’s autonomous northern region, Kurdistan. Ross Roggio, 53, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was... Read More »
The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a case that would challenge whether or not a Colorado Law violates a business owner’s religious freedoms. The case centers around Colorado web and graphic designer, Lori Smith. Smith owns a web design company, 303 Creative LLC. In seeking to expand her... Read More »
Massachusetts General Hospital has agreed to a $14.6 million settlement following a whistleblower lawsuit. The settlement will put an end to allegations of overbilling government insurers due to overlapping surgery. This settlement follows two other similar settlements that were brought against the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital. All three settlements all related... Read More »
Television personality Wendy Williams is at odds with Wells Fargo bank after the financial institution froze her out of her personal and business accounts. According to Williams, the bank is in possession of funds totaling “several millions of dollars.” She goes on to claim that the bank has denied her... Read More »
The three men who were charged and convicted of the murder of 25-year old Ahmaud Arbery have now been convicted of federal hate crimes as well. Last Tuesday, a jury found Travis McMichael, 35, his father Gregory McMichael, 65, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, 51, guilty of a federal... Read More »
The national ongoing pharmaceutical lawsuits are experiencing larger settlements, as the Sackler Family, owners of Purdue Pharma, just announced they would offer a new settlement of up to $6 billion. The offered settlement also would provide immunity to the Sackler family from the numerous lawsuits brought against them in the... Read More »
A woman traveling through LAX has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department after she says she was wrongfully arrested due to a case of mistaken identity. Bethany K. Farber, 30, was traveling through LAX on April 16th, 2021, when she was stopped by TSA and asked about... Read More »
The family of an eighth-grader is suing their local police department, their child’s school, and Instagram after their daughter was wrongfully arrested for making death threats on social media. Florida teen Nia Whims was 12 years old when she was accused of creating an Instagram account that was then used... Read More »
America’s School districts have been under the national spotlight since the start of the pandemic. Plagued with controversy regarding mask mandates, school board meetings, and even the teaching of critical race theory, school districts have seemingly been unable to catch a break. The latest controversy to cloak America's classrooms centers... Read More »
The Department of Justice has announced that Eun Young Choi has been selected to serve as the director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). Choi is a career prosecutor who has focused much of her work on catching cybercriminals. Choi served at the Court of Appeals for the Second... Read More »
In the continuing divorce saga between celebrity ex-couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Pitt is suing his former wife, alleging she sold her stake in a French winery in an unauthorized deal. Some of the issues in their divorce are ongoing, though they each became legally single in 2019. Pitt... Read More »
Celebrity Johnny Depp, 57, just hired attorney Kathleen Zellner, known mostly for her work in Making a Murderer, to represent him in his new $50 million libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Zellner is renowned for her work in numerous high-profile cases, especially for her successful overturn of wrongful... Read More »
