President Trump may want to “open up” the nation’s libel laws to make it easier for public figures to sue news organizations, but for the most part, courts have not indicated a desire to revisit the long-standing precedent of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which has been the standard... Read More »
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about excessive force and lawsuits resulting from it. The Justices seemed to lean toward rejecting the traditional legal practice of courts that considered the history of an officer in regard to the use of force versus focusing only on the danger perceived by... Read More »
A panel of three Supreme Court justices recently declined to block the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law passed by Congress which is being challenged in the courts. This law mandates that businesses share the identities of the owners who benefited from their firms with the United States Treasury office.... Read More »
A longtime New Jersey Highland School District employee has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the district, saying she was passed over for a job promotion at least twice because of her age. Instead, she says younger candidates were hired for the role, as reported by news outlet My Central... Read More »
The highly controversial and obsessively followed legal proceedings regarding Lyle and Erik Menendez, the two brothers who famously murdered their parents in 1989, continue to keep LA courts busy. Recently, two prosecutors who wrote an official memorandum recommending the court resentence the Menendez brothers filed their own lawsuits after working... Read More »
The new Trump administration and the mostly conservative U.S. Supreme Court will soon be testing the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the concept of a separation of church and state. When it came to the government’s role in the religious lives of Americans in the new country, the... Read More »
The devastating California fires are still spawning numerous lawsuits, brought by homeowners and others, against numerous defendants in the state. As of February 12, there are about 40 separate, active lawsuits filed against Southern California Edison (SoCal Edison) alone. In California, state law allows property owners to hold utilities liable... Read More »
A new law in Idaho that requires libraries to keep books deemed “harmful to minors” in the “adult” only section of the library is being met with a newly filed lawsuit. Plaintiffs named in the lawsuit include a small community library, Donnelly Library, along with Penguin Random House, the Authors... Read More »
Radio and television host Wendy Williams has been under court-ordered guardianship for three years, since 2022. The shocking transition of the beloved and wealthy media personality from queen of television to hidden-from-sight celebrity is now being questioned by the public, the star, and her family. Ms. Williams was placed under... Read More »
Quaker groups from New England and mid-Atlantic states filed a lawsuit on January 27 against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for violating the First Amendment, among other major legal issues. The lawsuit claims that allowing armed government agents in or near the Quaker meeting houses is “disruptive” to their... Read More »
In a rapid response to the recent judicial pause of President Donald Trump’s executive order to end Birthright Citizenship, a second judge has now blocked the policy from implementation. The U.S. Constitution, in the 14th Amendment, guarantees citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject... Read More »
For the second time in as many months, a New York physician was hit with legal action by a state with strict anti-abortion laws for prescribing abortion medicine to residents living in their state. Louisiana charged a New York physician with prescribing the abortion drugs to a resident of their... Read More »
Federal prosecutors recently asked a judge to sentence the ex-interpreter of a Major League Baseball player to 57 months in prison for his numerous attempts to defraud his employer of millions of dollars. Ippei Mizuhara, the ex-interpreter for LA Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, impersonated the baseball player while trying to... Read More »
If you’ve ever felt like your cellphone was listening to you or tracking you after you’ve mentioned or looked up a specific product, you’re not alone. A new lawsuit filed last week in California by San Mateo resident Felix Kolotinsky in a San Francisco district court accuses retail giant Amazon... Read More »
Two central Ohio car dealerships are facing separate civil lawsuits filed by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The lawsuits were filed against Delaware County dealership Starfleet Cars and Franklin County dealership Way 2 Go Auto Sales. The civil lawsuits were filed in each dealership’s respective county. Yost accuses the dealerships... Read More »
