A judge accepted Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy claims on November 17, 2020 allowing the company to restructure and pay out their $8.3 billion settlement with the Department of Justice. Purdue Pharma developed the addictive opioid OxyContin in the 1990’s and has been mired in lawsuits ever since. The DOJ presented evidence... Read More »
The Associated Press has called elections since the mid-1800s. The respected group named Joe Biden the President-elect on Saturday, November 7, after he secured more than the required 270 votes from the Electoral College, despite counts persisting in parts of the country. However, the AP typically avoids calling states when... Read More »
On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, Rudy Giuliani entered a courtroom for the first time since 1992 to attempt to prove that re-election was stolen from President Trump. His antics in the courtroom call his abilities into question, as he mistook one judge for another, was active on his Twitter account... Read More »
Twenty-six women applied for machine operator positions at Rolls-Royce’s Prince George, Virginia facility in 2017. They were not hired. Now, Rolls-Royce will be paying them $135,000 in back wages plus interest and will give four of the women jobs at the plant, with seniority from the date they were denied... Read More »
A lawsuit has been filed by the son of a Tyson employee, Isidro Fernandez, who succumbed to Covid-19 and died of the illness. Fernandez worked at the Tyson’s Waterloo, Iowa facility and died on April 26. Fernandez’ son alleges in his lawsuit that Tyson allowed “dangerous and unhygienic conditions and... Read More »
Two journalists lost their appeal against the US Government on Monday, after alleging they were on a ‘kill list’ while working in Syria. US citizen and journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem had filed a lawsuit with a second plaintiff, journalist Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, a Pakistani-Syrian, against the US Government alleging targeted... Read More »
New Class Action Settlement Offers Army Vets Greatly Expanded Access to Benefits A sweeping settlement in a class-action lawsuit launched three years ago in the US District Court for Connecticut between the US Army and thousands of post-9/11 veterans has been made official. This resolution will impact tens of thousands... Read More »
On October 26, 2020, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) sued President Donald Trump’s administration in federal court over an executive order which reclassifies a large number of federal employees. Specifically, the executive order signed October 21, 2020, reclassifies certain federal employees previously considered to be “competitive service” employees as... Read More »
On Monday, November 2, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States vacated the Fifth Circuit Court’s decision that said a protest organizer could be sued for injuries inflicted by someone else during the protest. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented without a written explanation. In response to the 2016 police officer-involved... Read More »
For better or worse, California is often a bellwether for the rest of the nation when it comes to regulations and laws and how they can potentially affect both commerce and consumers. For businesses with operations in the nation’s most populous state, one with a Gross Domestic Product that alone... Read More »
The U.S. Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, announced the delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on October 29, 2020. After 45 years of being classified as an endangered species, the Trump Administration has announced the successful restoration of the species that dominates the lower... Read More »
When international celebrity Johnny Depp, 57, lost his court case against News Group Newspapers, the publishers of the British tabloid The Sun, women’s groups across the world celebrated as legal teams sat down to dissect how this case will impact future libel cases both in Britain and the US. At... Read More »
In April of 2020, a Supreme Court made up of justices who ranged in age from 52 to 87 entered a ruling on a case regarding age discrimination of federal employees. One might imagine that a nation where octogenarian justices rule on its most important cases and where the largest... Read More »
Oregon has become the first U.S. state to abolish criminal penalties for possession and use of all drugs, including cocaine, LSD, and heroin. The ballot initiative, known as Measure 110 or the “Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act,” also redirects state funding to expanded healthcare access and addiction services without... Read More »
The law firm of Gianelli & Morris has filed individual and class action complaints against UnitedHealthcare of California alleging the wrongful denial of coverage for the Coflex medical device to treat the plaintiffs’ spinal stenosis and back pain. On November 4, 2020, the California insurance law firm Gianelli & Morris... Read More »
