The Try Guys is a channel on YouTube that features four people: Keith, Ned, Zach, and Eugene. They started making videos in 2014 on BuzzFeed and then broke out on their own to form their own channel and start their own company, 2nd Try LLC, while still having BuzzFeed be... Read More »
Education technology company Chegg is at the center of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit following four data breaches since 2017. These data breaches exposed sensitive information including the names and emails of tens of millions of customers and employees. Chegg has become a go-to online study source for students... Read More »
Divorces are messy. Physical and emotional abuse can cause lasting harm to both parties. To prevent physical violence or harassing behavior, a person in danger from someone with whom they have a close relationship can call for help from law enforcement who will investigate and, if warranted, request an Emergency... Read More »
A proposed class action alleges that dessert maker La Fermière misled consumers by advertising their yogurt as French when, in reality, the yogurt was manufactured in New York. The complaint alleges the company profited off of “the booming market for foreign made goods” with its false advertising. The complaint filed... Read More »
Six Flags is the subject of a class action lawsuit that alleges employees in states including Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey are owed unpaid wages from as far back as October 2016. The allegations include claims that employees were required to undergo security screenings and facility walkthroughs while off the... Read More »
In 1997, a 21-year-old man named Jeremy J. Foster attacked two 14-year-old girls who were on their way home from school. He raped one of them, tried to rape the other one, and sexually abused them both with a knife. After his arrest, he negotiated a plea of guilty on... Read More »
After finalizing his deal with Twitter execs to purchase the company for what many have called an overvalued $44 billion, Elon Musk's first move as CEO was to clean house. Of the roughly 7,500 workers who were employed at Twitter before the takeover, nearly 3,700 have now found themselves suddenly... Read More »
Cynthia M. Vargas did not pull the trigger on the gun that took the life of James Barbosa, a man who wandered into territory that was claimed by her gang. But during the brawl that followed a request for Barbosa’s gang affiliation, Vargas told the man with the gun to... Read More »
Statutes of limitations are an important feature of nearly every legal claim, but most non-lawyers know little about them. Failing to adhere to the statute of limitations can be fatal to a plaintiff’s case. A recent case provides an unfortunate illustration of the importance of obeying the applicable statute of... Read More »
Businesses around the country were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Quarantines and shut-in orders hit customer-facing enterprises the hardest, preventing restaurants, movie theaters, event centers and the like from earning revenue. Property insurance providers have denied claims brought by these companies under their “business interruption” policies, and most courts... Read More »
Chad Defries went for a ride on the new Yamaha dirt bike that his wife bought him for Christmas. He was going over small hills on a course when the bike’s throttle slipped, the handlebars twisted, and he fell. He fractured a leg, separated his shoulder, and suffered other injuries. ... Read More »
An environmental group has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that endangered whales are at heightened risk of injury and death because of commercial net fishing off of the coast of California’s shores. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for... Read More »
Dan Bilzerian has between 5.7 and 50 million followers on Instagram, depending on who you believe. The tabloids had field days when he kicked a model in the face in Miami and when he was accused of throwing another model off the roof of his Las Vegas home during a... Read More »
In a recently filed lawsuit against a West Virginia college oversight agency, the Higher Education Policy Commission, an agency director alleges that the Commission illegally recorded over three years' worth of building staff conversations in its Charleston headquarters. As reported by the Charleston Gazette-Mail, the Higher Education Policy Commission's academic... Read More »
Over five years after the senseless murders of two Delphi, Indiana, teens Libby German and Abby Williams, Indiana police announced early Monday that a local man has been arrested and charged with the murders. Abby was just 13, and her best friend Libby was 14 when the pair were killed... Read More »
