Activision Blizzard is one of the largest video game companies in the world. Through its subsidiaries, Activision owns the rights to powerhouse video game franchises such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. The company has been hit with a number of complaints over the last year alleging widespread... Read More »
The struggle to preserve fair elections is now facing another challenge. When the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) begins its October 2022-2023 term, it will hear a case that asks whether state legislatures, not state courts, have the sole constitutional authority to regulate federal elections. This means that it will... Read More »
As details continue to emerge about the 21-year-old Highland Park, Illinois, shooter, a sort of blame game has unfolded as officials try to piece together what motivated the shooter to embark on his killing rampage. New details have emerged regarding the shooter's access to firearms, including the one used to... Read More »
Warby Parker successfully dodged a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by 1-800 Contacts claiming that Warby Parker was buying keywords to push their paid advertisements higher up on search engine result pages, diverting potential customers away from the 1-800 Contacts website. U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel ruled that the ads were... Read More »
A 33-year-old Auburn, Washington man was just too sexy for his flight, so he took his clothes off. Adam Alexander Williams is now facing up to 20 years in jail, a $25,000 fine, and three years of supervised release. Assistant U.S. Attorney Zeno B. Baucus is prosecuting the case, which... Read More »
School is over, but schools’ responsibility toward students could remain long after the dismissal bell rings. A student who was stabbed in her high school’s parking lot when her track team was dismissed early may now get redress for her injuries. An appellate court remanded her case to Superior Court to determine... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security implemented a series of Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) in January 2019. Under those orders, most often known as ex-President Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” program, “certain non-Mexican nationals arriving by land from Mexico were returned to Mexico to await the results of their removal proceedings.” These aspiring immigrants,... Read More »
He came to the United States to avoid being tortured or killed. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied his right to protection because he failed to provide enough credible testimony about the dangers he would face if he returned to El Salvador. He appealed their decision and won. Now... Read More »
The short answer here is YES. However, indicting a past president with criminal liability would be complex, despite the mountain of evidence piling up against Trump for trying to steal the presidential election by overthrowing the legal election process in Congress. Yet, for the legal system to be trustworthy, and... Read More »
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against American Health Foundation and its affiliate, AHF Management Corporation. Three affiliate nursing homes located throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio are also named in the lawsuit. According to the DOJ, these medical facilities provided grossly substandard medical care to patients resulting in a violation... Read More »
As authorities continue their investigation into the deadly derailment of an Amtrak train after it struck a dump truck parked on a rail crossing in Missouri, the first lawsuits placing blame on the derailment have been filed. Late last month, the driver of the dump truck, Billy Barton III,... Read More »
The legal US map is getting complicated, and citizens, businesses, insurance companies plus friends and families are all targets for new laws in states with illegal abortion. With almost half of the US states each landing on opposite sides of legal - or illegal - abortions for women residents, numerous... Read More »
Authorities have taken at least three individuals into custody after 64 migrants were found trapped inside an 18-wheeler in Texas earlier this week. The grim discovery is said to be the largest fatality related to human smuggling in modern Texas history. One Homeland Security agent called the tragedy the deadliest... Read More »
The University of Washington knew about the sexual misconduct of one of its male students. He went on to rape a freshman just a few days after she arrived on campus. These are the chilling facts. But the Ninth Circuit would not rule on whether the University owed her the... Read More »
A grain terminal company operating in Washington state has agreed to pay close to $1 million to settle a lawsuit that challenged the company's compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s guidelines. The non-profit environmental organization Columbia Riverkeeper brought forward the lawsuit alleging that the company, Export Grain Terminal, LLC (EGT),... Read More »
