Members of the LGBTQ+ community are celebrating policy reform regarding transgender rights. The policy change was the result of a lawsuit that was filed by a former county jail inmate in New York. Makyyla Holland, a 25-year-old Black transgender woman, filed her lawsuit in March 2022 against New York’s Broome... Read More »
A police officer in Merced, California, who was fired for lying under oath in court, will get another chance to see if his termination was supported by sufficient evidence about his questionable actions during a possibly illegal search. Officer Jose Cruz was terminated from the Merced County Police Department based... Read More »
An investment firm dedicated to helping Black and minority women get the funding they need for their business ventures is facing a lawsuit that accuses their business practices of being racially discriminatory. The Atlanta-based venture capital firm, Fearless Fund, is facing legal criticism about its grant program, Fearless Strivers Grant... Read More »
A new lawsuit filed by a former foster child who achieved great success poses a daunting question in his case: is justice blind? The blockbuster 2009 movie, The Blind Side, was a Hollywood story that offered a heartwarming “true life” tale. In 2004, a well-off white family took in a... Read More »
Adrenaline junkies can make their way to Sequim, Washington, on the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula and experience a thrill ride like no other. The business Mason Wing Walking will take you up 3,500 feet into the air on an open cockpit propeller bi-plane and allow you to walk... Read More »
A man with an outstanding warrant(s) for his arrest was properly denied his request for a name change, and the appellate court ruled that the trial judge who refused to allow it did not abuse her discretion. The petitioner’s birth certificate said his name was Andre Pierre Harris. In March... Read More »
The family of Henrietta Lacks is continuing their legal efforts to hold accountable companies that they say are illegally reaping the benefits of her living genetic material. The family's most recent lawsuit targets a California-based biopharmaceutical company, Ultragenyx. The lawsuit against the company was filed just weeks after the family... Read More »
A second lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric Industries, Hawaiian Electric Light Company, and Maui Electric Company has been filed following the Maui wildfire that has killed over 100 people. Despite being the second lawsuit filed, it will not be the last as more complaints are in the process of being filed... Read More »
In a dispute over who must pay attorney’s fees during divorce proceedings, what matters is not what the parties earn, but what they are capable of earning. When Jennie (Hearn) Hooker filed for a divorce, she asked the court to make her husband Rockford Hearn pay $45,000 toward her attorney’s... Read More »
Jason Carl Schuller was accused of the first-degree murder of his friend W.T. At his trial, Schuller pled not guilty by reason of insanity. Evidence, including testimony by a neighbor, showed W.T. had received nine gunshot wounds to his head as well as serious burn injuries. The jury heard evidence... Read More »
Celebrity Leah Remini, who joined the Church of Scientology in 1979 when she was a child due to her mother bringing her in, filed a bombshell lawsuit against the church, its leader David Miscavige, and Religious Technology Center. Ms. Remini is suing for defamation, harassment, stalking, and numerous other unlawful... Read More »
A California prisoner cited several reasons why the State should step in to verify that the food at Kern Valley State Prison is really kosher. He claimed the prison’s food vendors falsely advertised that their meals complied with his religion’s dietary laws. The district court found that the vendors “are... Read More »
Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant when she was falsely arrested for a carjacking. The evidence that led to the arrest of the Detroit mother of three was facial recognition technology, which was flawed. She is the first woman in the United States to report being falsely arrested on evidence... Read More »
After a prison guard at San Quentin died from COVID-19, his wife and children sued the State of California, its Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and others for transferring inmates with the disease to the prison where their husband and father worked. They argued that the transfer “ultimately killed”... Read More »
Renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has played famous roles as one of the most popular opera singers in the world, perfecting characters such as Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Leonora in Il Trovatore, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Ms. Netrebko was one of the biggest box office names at... Read More »
