After a Manhattan judge ruled that a New York couple’s $325 million award in an asbestos-related mesothelioma tort case against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) was excessive, plaintiffs stipulated to a nearly two-thirds reduction in damages, rather than having to face a new trial. In a 61-page opinion issued November 11,... Read More »
Legal advocates and homeless families filed a class-action lawsuit against the City of New York in a Manhattan Federal Court on November 24th. The lawsuit argues that the City failed to provide reliable internet access for children attending distance learning in homeless shelters. As the nation's largest school district prepares... Read More »
On November 23, 2020, the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a family’s appeal to grant permanent residence, and therefore a path to citizenship, to their 17-year-old adopted child under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA). The decision upholds the amendments made to the Act in... Read More »
She failed the Florida Bar Exam. Twice. She set up two phony law firm websites with international offices and decorated them with stock photos of her “partners.” She gave the law firm a name (not hers) and rented office space. She impersonated a law school friend and appeared in court... Read More »
Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, a former member of the Army Special Forces, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, November 18, to disclosing classified information sensitive to national defense to the Russian Federation during his active-duty status in the U.S. Army. Debbins was arrested on August 17, 2020, and is scheduled to be... Read More »
Two Texas area men have been criminally charged with trying to sell 50 million nonexistent N95 respirator masks to a foreign government. The U.S. Department of Justice shared on Tuesday that the men did not actually have the masks in their possession and were selling them at five times their... Read More »
A phone call helped crack a murder case that went unsolved for over 25 years. The phone call was made by none other than the killer himself, Johnny Dwight Whited. Whited, 53 resides in Trinity, Alabama, and is living with a terminal illness. Whited made the phone call to the... Read More »
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, First Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Jeffrey R. Howard and Sandra L. Lynch upheld the 2019 district court ruling that Harvard University does not discriminate by race in its admission processes. Judge Juan R. Torruella, who died in October, had also been on the panel.... Read More »
On Monday, November 16, 2020, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act. This sports bill will allow U.S. officials to prosecute people involved in doping and doping conspiracies at international sporting competitions. This bill unanimously passed the House of Representatives on October 22, 2019, and now will need... Read More »
West Virginia’s Attorney General, Patrick Morrisey, filed a lawsuit in March of 2019 alleging that the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston was operating schools and camps in violation of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act. The AG’s allegations included that the Diocese failed to keep the public safe by not... Read More »
The original award of $300 million in Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson’s New York asbestos-containing talcum powder case in 2019 has been reduced dramatically to $120 million. The damages now include $15 million of compensatory damages, down from $25 million, and $105 punitive damages, down from the original $300 million.... Read More »
A Seattle family has been awarded $10 million after a wrongful pregnancy lawsuit was filed against the federal government. The lawsuit came after the victim, Yesenia Pacheco, was inadvertently given a flu shot instead of a birth control shot during her routine visit. The federal judge who tried the case,... Read More »
General Motors Also Recalls 68,000 Electric Vehicles for Fire - Automakers Share Same Battery Manufacturer South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company is facing a class-action lawsuit from about 200 people seeking compensation for battery fires occurring in their electric vehicles (EV). The plaintiffs are seeking compensation for the reduced value... Read More »
Following the alleged abuse of immigrant women held at a detention facility in Georgia, the United States has agreed to pause deportations until the investigation is complete. A consent motion was filed in a U.S. District Court on November 24th and was initiated by the accusers' attorneys and authorities connected... Read More »
County officials released murder suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, from jail on November 20th on a $2 million bond. Many donors contributed to the teen's bail after the widespread publication of his arrest. Kenosha County Sheriffs arrested Rittenhouse at a Black Lives Matter protest in late August. They charged the teenager... Read More »
