Seven law enforcement officers and three hospital employees are facing charges of second-degree murder after the death of a Black man at a Virginia state psychiatric hospital. Twenty-eight-year-old Irvo Noel Otieno was taken into emergency custody on March 3 by Henrico County Police. According to a police report, officers were... Read More »
A Minnesota police officer has filed a lawsuit against a County Sheriff's deputy after he was bitten by a police K9 during a suspect pursuit last March. Champlin police officer Daniel Irish, who now works for the Brooklyn Park Police Department was in pursuit of a suspect when he was... Read More »
What’s in a boneless chicken wing? That’s the million-dollar question in a newly filed lawsuit that accuses national chain Buffalo Wild Wings of being deceptive in the marketing of their popular menu item, boneless chicken wings. Filed by a Chicago man, Aimen Halim, on March 10, the lawsuit accuses the... Read More »
The war on abortion being carried out in numerous states by mostly Republican lawmakers is now making prescription abortion drugs illegal in one state, with many more expected to follow. On Friday, the first state to ban abortion pills was signed into law by Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon. Earlier in... Read More »
Tesla owners are taking legal action after accusing the electric car company of monopolizing vehicle maintenance and repair services. The lawsuits accuse Tesla of forcing customers to experience long wait times and higher prices for repairs and service costs. At least two class action lawsuits have been brought forward, with... Read More »
While the government is actively conducting a criminal investigation and pursuing fugitives, the media has neither a First Amendment right, nor a traditional public access right, to obtain sealed records. In a case clarifying the vital issues involved in the All Writs Act (AWA), which gives federal courts the power... Read More »
Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed “Carlos’ Law,” a bill establishing more severe criminal liability for corporations that cause serious injury or death to their employees through lax safety standards and other negligent or reckless conduct. The legislation is aimed at stemming the increase in construction worker fatalities in New York... Read More »
Nearly 108,000 Americans died of opioid overdoses in 2021. Back in 2017, the federal government declared opioids a public health emergency. But the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics (NCDAS) is still reporting that 136 people are overdosing and dying each day. Calling pharmacies “critical gatekeepers against the unlawful dispensing... Read More »
Sandra Lopez, an employee of the Catholic Charities of Omaha, Nebraska, has filed a lawsuit against her employer after she says she suffered emotional and physical injuries during an unannounced active shooting drill. Lopez alleges that company administrators did not warn her or other employees that an active shooter drill... Read More »
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 »
