A Washington state cattle rancher will serve 11 years in prison after his ‘Ghost Cattle’ scam racked up over $244 million in fraudulently obtained payments from partner companies. According to the Department of Justice, 51-year-old rancher Cody Allen Easterday used his company Easterday Ranches Inc to funnel millions of dollars... Read More »
In a sweeping new move, President Joe Biden officially pardoned thousands of people convicted of possessing marijuana. The president said the current federal laws“make no sense.” The new pardons impacted about 6,500 people and created a ripple effect that sent US marijuana stocks booming. Some stocks such as Tilray Brands... Read More »
California recently enacted a law that could raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to over $20 an hour. The new law establishes a council to oversee labor conditions in the quick-service industry with broad authority to adopt rules concerning wages and working conditions in the industry. The law... Read More »
Comedian and star of many shows bearing his name, George Lopez recently joined the ranks of comedians suing streaming service Pandora, claiming the SiriusXM-owned company streamed his copyrighted works without permission. Lopez’s lawsuit follows claims from Lewis Black, Bill Engvall, Ron White, and the estates of Robin Williams and George... Read More »
Technology company Google settled with the state of Arizona to pay $85 million in a lawsuit that accused the company of violating the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act by using “deceptive or unfair act[s] or practice[s]” in tracking users’ location data. Arizona is the most recent state to settle with the... Read More »
One of the nation's leading gun manufacturers, Smith & Wesson, is the subject of at least 11 newly filed lawsuits by the survivors of the Highland Park, Illinois, shooting. The shooting spree, which took place on Independence Day, killed seven parade goers and injured dozens more. The lawsuits have been... Read More »
The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed while on the set of the movie Rust, has settled their wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and the other producers of that movie. In a statement released last Wednesday, Halyna’s widower, Matthew Hutchins, shared a statement that read in part, “We... Read More »
A federal appeals court recently upheld a controversial Texas law limiting how Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and other social media platforms can moderate their content. The companies argued that the new law violates their free speech rights by forcing them to host content they find abhorrent. The U.S. Court of Appeals... Read More »
A Maryland woman has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her constitutional rights were violated after she was forced to give birth in a concrete jail cell without any assistance or access to medical support. After being arrested and jailed for a probation violation just days before her due date,... Read More »
The for-profit prison system in the United States is, by many accounts, a nightmare. Advocates for prison reform see private prisons as capitalizing on mass incarceration while running institutions with more inmate violence, more abuse, and many other problems. In light of the myriad issues, California sought to ban the... Read More »
Weeks after President Biden announced sweeping student debt cancellation for federal student loan borrowers, the lawsuits have begun trickling forward against what many have called a politically motivated stunt ahead of midterms. Lawsuits have been filed across the nation by whole states as well as individual borrowers. These lawsuits have... Read More »
Kim Kardashian, who is said to be worth $1.8 billion, will pay $1.26 million in a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), after being charged with unlawfully promoting a cryptocurrency to her 350 million followers without disclosing she was paid for the recommendation. The SEC published a... Read More »
John Trenton Pendarvis of Dorchester County, South Carolina, filed a federal lawsuit on September 16th against three South Carolina state agencies for destroying his hemp crops in 2019. He claims that the agencies “conspired” to deny his due process rights because the legal process for seeking approval is not clear. ... Read More »
Last week, an Arizona judge ruled that a 19th-century law banning all abortions across the state, unless to save the life of the mother, was ruled to still be in effect following the overturn of the Supreme Court’s 1974 Roe v. Wade ruling. The 1864 law, enacted while Arizona was... Read More »
Biotech company Biogen has agreed to a $900 million settlement to resolve claims that it violated Federal laws guarding against kickback payments. The whistleblower lawsuit was brought forward by Michael Bawduniak, a former employee of Biogen. Bawduniak filed the lawsuit in 2012 under the False Claims Act, a federal regulation... Read More »
