On April 28, 2020, 70-year-old Gerardo Gutierrez died of complications caused by COVID-19. According to court documents, in late March, Gutierrez worked side-by-side at the Publix deli counter with another employee who exhibited symptoms of the virus. The two employees were not wearing masks, which Publix banned its employees from... Read More »
The latest church v. state battle to come before the U.S. Supreme Court has resulted in a draw. No, California can’t totally shut down places of worship in an effort to protect its citizens from a pandemic. Yes, churches may stay open, but only if proper health and safety precautions... Read More »
Republican lawmakers in Georgia are looking to change how votes are cast in the state by introducing a collection of bills that would essentially roll back voter access. The GOP insists that the voter access rollbacks are an effort to combat voter fraud, a widely held belief by conservatives both... Read More »
Employees of a Whole Foods grocery store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who filed a class-action lawsuit against the company have been hit with a blow as a federal judge has dismissed nearly every claim made in the lawsuit against the grocery store chain. The conflict surrounding Whole Foods started soon after... Read More »
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was removed from her committee assignments in response to her past involvement in conspiracy theories and rhetoric condoning violence on social media. On Friday, February 5, she said that her removal would stifle her constituents, and then said that serving on committees controlled by Democrats was... Read More »
SolarWinds, a network-management software maker, has had one of the worst hacker breaches in U.S. history. The attack was sophisticated, broad in scope, and marred the trust placed in tech providers. SolarWinds’ new chief executive is still trying to determine how his company became the hacker’s main avenue of attack.... Read More »
Amazon has settled with the Federal Trade Commission, agreeing to pay back $61.7 million after an investigation uncovered that Amazon was withholding tips from its Flex drivers. Flex drivers are not direct employees of the Amazon Flex Program; rather they are independent contractors who often depend on the tips for... Read More »
Three teens have been identified as the arsonists behind a house fire that killed five family members on August 5, 2020. Two of the teenagers have been identified as 16-year-olds, Kevin Bui and Gavin Seymour. Both are being charged as adults. The third suspect, who is 15 years old, has... Read More »
Last week, volatility in the stock market involving securities such as GameStop and AMC made national headlines. Soon after, popular investment app Robinhood found itself under public scrutiny because of the role it played in the controversial GameStop scandal. The market volatility has caught the attention of lawmakers so much... Read More »
When the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump was officially announced, a determined House delegate from the Virgin Islands threw her proverbial hat in the ring and won a place in history. Stacey E. Plaskett is a congresswoman and is the first person to be a manager of any... Read More »
In settlement proceedings, Google LLC agreed to pay more than $3.8 million to more than 5,000 employees and job applicants over allegations of “systemic compensation and hiring discrimination” against women and Asian applicants for software engineering positions. Google has long denied accusations of any pay gap or disparity for women... Read More »
The Department of Justice is investigating Elon Musk's company, SpaceX, for possible discriminatory hiring practices against non-U.S. citizens. The investigation was prompted by a complaint that was sent to the Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER). The initial complaint that prompted the investigation comes from Fabian Hutter,... Read More »
Prompted by the deaths of at least 250 workers and the ripple effect of virus-spreading unsafe conditions at U.S. meat and poultry plants under the Trump administration, a House Subcommittee is investigating conditions that could have triggered over 54,000 coronavirus cases in twenty states. The investigation follows a report from... Read More »
Figs, a Los Angeles start-up that disrupted the medical apparel field with fashionable, comfortable, form-fitting scrubs, is facing a lawsuit by larger competitor Careismatic Brands. The social-media friendly Figs offers fashion-forward, modern-day marketing images of people in their medical apparel in stark contrast to the more traditional firm, Careismatic Brands.... Read More »
On Monday, February 1, 2021, the Justice Department requested that the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia put the California emissions litigation on hold to “ensure due respect for the prerogative of the executive branch to reconsider the policy decisions of a prior administration.” A coalition of 12... Read More »
