Oregon, once hailed as a trailblazer in drug reform for legalizing therapeutic psilocybin in 2020, has seen a dramatic reversal as voters across the state opted to ban or permanently restrict the use of the psychedelic compound. The recent November 5 election results underscore a growing skepticism about drug liberalization... Read More »
The Texas State Board of Education voted on Friday to approve Bible-infused lesson plans for elementary schools. This move has sparked heated debate over the role of religion in public education. The optional curriculum, designed for kindergarten through fifth grade, could be implemented as early as the next school year,... Read More »
A scaffolding collapse in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood on Monday morning left three people seriously injured, prompting renewed discussions on safety measures and legislation to address the city’s widespread use of temporary structures. The incident occurred around 8:17 a.m. outside 245 West 29th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, when a... Read More »
Former School teacher, Emily Cherkin, has filed a lawsuit against leading educational technology giant, PowerSchool. She filed her class action lawsuit in San Francisco this past spring and claims that the company illegally sells student data to third parties without authorized consent. PowerSchool is a comprehensive cloud-based software provider used... Read More »
The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) has settled its lawsuit against sports betting giant FanDuel, resolving claims that the company improperly used the names, images, and likenesses of hundreds of MLB players without authorization. In a filing in New York federal court on Friday, the union announced it had... Read More »
On Friday, a Texas federal judge permanently blocked a Biden administration rule that sought to extend overtime pay eligibility to approximately 4 million additional salaried workers, finding that the regulation improperly emphasized wages over job duties. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) exceeded... Read More »
A federal judge has ruled that Kraft Heinz must face a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the company falsely advertised its iconic Kraft Mac & Cheese as free from artificial preservatives, a claim that plaintiffs argue is deceptive. In her decision on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland determined... Read More »
A California Girl has been awarded $300,000 after her pet goat, Cedar, was seized by police and later slaughtered. The lawsuit was filed by the girl's mother, Jessica Long, and named the Shasta County Sheriff's Department and Shasta County as the defendants. She filed her lawsuit in 2023 and argued... Read More »
A former cast member of the Bravo reality series, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (RHOSLC), lost her legal fight against her former friend Heather Gay, owner of Beauty Labs + Laser. She has now been ordered by a Utah judge to pay over $35,000. Beauty Labs + Laser... Read More »
Elon Musk and his pro-Trump campaign group America PAC are the subject of at least two lawsuits that accused him of fraud in a recent sweepstakes he held just days before the 2024 presidential election. Michigan resident and attorney Robert Alvarez was one of the thousands of people who signed... Read More »
A federal judge has denied Sean “Diddy” Combs’ request for a gag order aimed at silencing victims and their attorneys in his ongoing racketeering and sex trafficking case, calling the request “unprecedented” and “unwarranted.” Judge Arun Subramanian rejected the rapper’s plea on Friday, stating that such an order would violate... Read More »
Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s election could significantly impact the federal and state criminal cases he faces, potentially putting the federal prosecutions on hold and ending them entirely. Special counsel Jack Smith is reportedly assessing how to proceed with the cases, given the Justice Department’s... Read More »
As reported by Reuters, Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a $70,000 engagement ring must be returned to its original owner, Bruce Johnson, after he called off his engagement to Caroline Settino. In doing so, the court has effectively abandoned a 1959 precedent requiring courts to determine which party... Read More »
Two days before jury selection, Philadelphia foster care agency First Home Care agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who was sexually abused and trafficked by a man she met in her agency-approved foster home. The woman, identified as D.P. to protect her identity, was awarded $9.3 million.... Read More »
U.S. District Court Judge Judge Eric Tostrud recently sentenced Dodzi Kordorwu, 38, of Brooklyn Park, New York, to over five years in prison for his scheme targeting mostly elderly people in a romance scam. In December 2023, Mr. Kordorwu pled guilty to mail fraud. The judge also ordered Mr. Kordorwu... Read More »
