Ohio’s Kent State University is at the center of a recently filed federal gender discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by the university’s only open transgender professor. According to the professor, the university violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. GPat Patterson is an assistant professor at... Read More »
When a group of SpaceX workers wrote and published complaints about their new CEO Elon Musk’s tweets in an open letter last summer, they weren’t expecting executives to fire them. But a day after their public letter was published, SpaceX executives showed up, first firing five of the workers, and... Read More »
Many problems with court administration can be at least partially solved with more funding. But one of its most disturbing challenges cannot be cured with additional money. Rather, the solution requires more trained and qualified people. One current crisis is the severe shortage of court reporters. There just aren’t enough... Read More »
The son of a man who was killed In a West Virginia helicopter crash in June is suing the company that operated the helicopter and others for wrongful death. Sixty-four-year-old Marvin Bledsoe was one of six passengers who died after the Vietnam-era Bell UH-1B “Huey” helicopter crashed roughly fifteen minutes... Read More »
Tech Giant Apple is facing a class action lawsuit because of its alleged misleading user privacy standards and the way in which they track users and their data. For years Apple has been outspoken about user privacy and the lengths they're willing to go to enable users to have control... Read More »
A captain in the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office (RSCO) in California was fired because of sexual improprieties with women under his command and numerous other violations of RSCO employment policies. The sheriff’s office had heard rumors about the captain’s misconduct but did not immediately begin to investigate. After his termination,... Read More »
A white sign-language interpreter for the Broadway hit The Lion King is suing Theatre Development Fund (TDF) for allegedly firing him based on his race. Keith Wann, 53, filed his lawsuit suit against the non-profit TDF for discrimination. The federal discrimination lawsuit was filed against both TDF and the director... Read More »
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, had made a request to the Supreme Court that he would not have to testify to a Georgia grand jury about an investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. An order of the court refused... Read More »
The constitutions of both the United States and the State of California forbid the use of peremptory challenges to exclude potential jurors based on their membership in a “cognizable group.” This is defined as “an identifiable group distinguished on racial, religious, ethnic, or similar grounds.” The definition of “similar grounds”... Read More »
In a recent appellate court ruling, the rights of transgender women to participate in Miss United States of America LLC beauty pageants were challenged in what some activists have called a setback for the trans community. The U.S court of appeals for the ninth circuit has upheld a lower court’s... Read More »
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 »
