The federal government enacted the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to assure that homeless children have the same educational rights and protections as those with places to live. The law requires all local educational agencies to ensure the rights of those without a roof over their heads. But when La Dell... Read More »
Mariah Carey and her legal team are seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing her of copyright infringement over her iconic holiday hit, "All I Want for Christmas Is You." The motion, filed in Los Angeles federal court, comes more than nine months after songwriter Vince Vance, whose real name... Read More »
Dearica Hamby, a current forward for the Los Angeles Sparks and former player for the Las Vegas Aces, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Aces, alleging discrimination and retaliation following her disclosure of her pregnancy in 2022. The legal action, initiated on August 12, 2024, names both the WNBA... Read More »
If there is any lesson that businesses should learn from the recent pandemic, the most important one is probably this: Read your insurance policies carefully to make sure they are specific enough to cover all potential risks. The California Supreme Court has ruled that commercial property policies that cover losses... Read More »
The US District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced a Van Nuys, California resident, David Nicholas Dempsey, to 20 years in prison on Friday for his violent actions against police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Dempsey, who traveled from California to Washington, DC,... Read More »
The family of the late Isaac Hayes has filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign, alleging unauthorized use of Hayes’ song “Hold On, I’m Coming.” Isaac Hayes, known for his profound influence on soul music, co-wrote “Hold On, I’m Coming” with David Porter. Over the... Read More »
The aftermath of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has seen significant legal developments as the families of the victims seek justice. Recently, multi-million dollar settlements were reached with Nikolas Cruz, the shooter responsible for the massacre on February 14, 2018, in which 17... Read More »
The execution of a death row inmate in Utah this week has reignited conversations about capital punishment laws in the U.S., the winding legal road death row inmates will often go down as they begin serving out their sentence, and what the future of death row should look like. Shortly... Read More »
The California Supreme Court has provided new guidance on when a recent amendment to the state’s Penal Code applies to defendants whose judgments are not yet final. From now on, an "upper term" sentence must be reversed on appeal and remanded back to the trial court unless the reviewing court... Read More »
The family of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a renowned French explorer who perished last year during an expedition to the Titanic, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against OceanGate, the operator of the submersible. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Washington state, accuses the company of gross negligence and seeks at least $50 million... Read More »
The parents of a former Texas high school student who was accused of killing 10 people during a shooting rampage at his high school in 2018 are facing a new lawsuit that accuses them of not doing enough to prevent their son's violent actions. In May 2018, Dimitrios Pagourtzis shot... Read More »
In California, a juror may not be dismissed on the basis of race. A prosecutor in Riverside County failed to abide by this rule when he excused one of only two Black jurors in the jury pool because she was “too opinionated.” An appellate court found this to be a... Read More »
Harvard University has been ordered to confront a lawsuit brought by Jewish students who claim the institution failed to address pervasive antisemitism on its campus. The lawsuit, which seeks an injunction to prevent further alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, argues that Harvard's handling... Read More »
There is no question that children who suffer sexual abuse experience both immediate and long-term consequences. It can alter their perceptions of the world, their relationships, and their place in society for their entire lives. Recognizing the harm adults suffer from childhood sexual abuse, California has changed its statute of... Read More »
Gideon Cody, the former police chief of Marion, Kansas, will be facing criminal charges related to his conduct following a highly criticized raid on the Marion County Record last year. This development comes after a comprehensive 124-page report by special prosecutors Marc Bennett and Barry Wilkerson, which concludes that Cody's... Read More »
