The Office of the Attorney General in Texas has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration in what it calls an “unlawful interpretation of Title IX” which would force public schools and universities to adopt ‘transgender’ policies or risk losing federal education funds. Under the federal law known as Title... Read More »
Several sheriff's deputies have been fired from a Mississippi sheriff’s department after two black men accused them of beating, torturing, and sexually violating them in a newly filed $400 million federal lawsuit. According to the complaint which will be filed in the Southern District of Mississippi, one of the men... Read More »
A week after the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's student debt relief program, millions of Americans across the nation are grappling with planning their next move forward. Meanwhile, President Biden vows to continue his administration's efforts to help aid student loan borrowers. But what does the high court’s... Read More »
A former regional manager at a Philadelphia Starbucks was awarded $25.6 million after the jury found that race was a “determinative factor” in her being fired. Shannon Phillips was fired from her job as a regional manager in 2018 after viral allegations that she denied two black men from using... Read More »
The California Supreme Court ruled that a new limitation on sentences of probation for non-violent offenders can apply retroactively to certain plea agreements. Defendants whose guilty pleas had yet to be finalized when the law took effect in 2021 can rely on the enhanced protection of the new sentencing limits.... Read More »
A new lawsuit accuses a crisis pregnancy center in Massachusetts of deceptive advertising which resulted in the failure to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy and created a life-threatening emergency for the center’s patient. The lawsuit was filed in Worcester Superior Court last Thursday against the anti-abortion Clearway Clinic in Worcester, Massachusetts.... Read More »
Late last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive federal student loans exceeded his executive authority. The Court’s decision will prevent tens of millions of indebted Americans from seeing as much as $10,000 or $20,000 in student debt erased. The 6-3 majority ruling was... Read More »
3M, the $54.41 billion manufacturer of chemicals, must pay a minimum of $10.3 billion to settle numerous lawsuits. The agreement will pay water providers for forever chemicals, which are chemicals that do not naturally degrade and are linked to dangerous health issues, found in drinking water. The 3M agreement follows... Read More »
Warning: This is an X-rated case. Plaintiff Michelle Leuthauser passed through a security screening checkpoint at the Las Vegas airport on the way to her gate. After a body scan, she was told she had to submit to a “groin search.” She claims that she was sexually abused during the... Read More »
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin of affirmative action. In a divided decision, the Court ruled that colleges and universities can no longer consider race as a specific basis for granting admission, ending a decades-long debate over the legality of affirmative action... Read More »
A $15.5 billion agreement between the US and other partners with Vietnam may be in danger, just months after the two countries signed a landmark environmental contract. The money was pledged to Vietnam as a result of the country’s willingness to stop or offset carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. The... Read More »
The era of artificial intelligence is here. And while developers and tech leaders have only scratched the surface of what’s possible, legal obstacles continue to pop up forcing AI leaders to reexamine their operating procedures. The most recent legal challenge targets OpenAI, the makers of what’s undoubtedly been the face... Read More »
A Georgia urgent care center has agreed to pay $1.6 million to end a lawsuit that accuses them of violating the False Claims Act after the defendants submitted Medicare claims that were improperly coded according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia. In a release issued... Read More »
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Christian web designer has the legal right to turn away same-sex couples. The landmark decision is controversial not only because it opens the door for future “religious” objections to working with marginalized classes of people, but also because the case itself... Read More »
George Orwell’s 1984 warned that “Big Brother is Watching You.” It’s 2023 now, and every Facebook user knows that the internet giant is the modern-day equivalent of Big Brother. Facebook knows the location, sex, ethnicity, religion, political leanings, lifestyle choices and number of children every subscriber has. Each click adds... Read More »
