The three men who were charged and convicted of the murder of 25-year old Ahmaud Arbery have now been convicted of federal hate crimes as well. Last Tuesday, a jury found Travis McMichael, 35, his father Gregory McMichael, 65, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, 51, guilty of a federal... Read More »
The national ongoing pharmaceutical lawsuits are experiencing larger settlements, as the Sackler Family, owners of Purdue Pharma, just announced they would offer a new settlement of up to $6 billion. The offered settlement also would provide immunity to the Sackler family from the numerous lawsuits brought against them in the... Read More »
A woman traveling through LAX has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department after she says she was wrongfully arrested due to a case of mistaken identity. Bethany K. Farber, 30, was traveling through LAX on April 16th, 2021, when she was stopped by TSA and asked about... Read More »
The family of an eighth-grader is suing their local police department, their child’s school, and Instagram after their daughter was wrongfully arrested for making death threats on social media. Florida teen Nia Whims was 12 years old when she was accused of creating an Instagram account that was then used... Read More »
America’s School districts have been under the national spotlight since the start of the pandemic. Plagued with controversy regarding mask mandates, school board meetings, and even the teaching of critical race theory, school districts have seemingly been unable to catch a break. The latest controversy to cloak America's classrooms centers... Read More »
The Department of Justice has announced that Eun Young Choi has been selected to serve as the director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). Choi is a career prosecutor who has focused much of her work on catching cybercriminals. Choi served at the Court of Appeals for the Second... Read More »
In the continuing divorce saga between celebrity ex-couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Pitt is suing his former wife, alleging she sold her stake in a French winery in an unauthorized deal. Some of the issues in their divorce are ongoing, though they each became legally single in 2019. Pitt... Read More »
Celebrity Johnny Depp, 57, just hired attorney Kathleen Zellner, known mostly for her work in Making a Murderer, to represent him in his new $50 million libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Zellner is renowned for her work in numerous high-profile cases, especially for her successful overturn of wrongful... Read More »
The coronavirus pandemic continues to rage onwards, with the expansion of the Omicron variant and potential new variants on the horizon. The pandemic has had a profound impact on workplace culture, among other things, concerning sick days. Whereas employees in the past would have been likely to show up with... Read More »
A sexual harassment lawsuit filed in Santa Clara, California, earlier this month has become a fight over the appropriate court to hear the case rather than the facts of the incident. The defendant is fighting to force the case into a federal court, while the plaintiff seeks to keep the... Read More »
A Los Angeles actor has been ordered to serve more than 20 years behind bars over charges related to an elaborate $650 million Ponzi scheme. 35-year-old actor Zachary Joseph Horwitz convinced investors to buy into his bogus company, 1inMM Capital. As part of the scheme, Horwitz took investor money claiming... Read More »
In a historic settlement, gun manufacturer Remington has agreed to a $73 million payout to settle allegations that they were culpable in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The mass shooting claimed the lives of 20 kindergarteners and first-graders and six educators. On Tuesday, the families of... Read More »
The estate of a man who was shot and killed last June by Portland police officers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. 40-year-old Michael Ray Townsend was at a Motel 6 when he called 911 because of suicidal ideations he was having. According to transcripts of the... Read More »
Former Reality TV star Geoffrey Paschel has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars after he was convicted in a two-day trial last year of kidnapping and assaulting his ex-fiancé, Kristen Wilson. Paschel was one of the cast members of the television network TLC’s hit show, 90 Day Fiancé. The... Read More »
If you’re an attorney, this may not shock you. Did you know most lawyers work from 49.6 to 80 hours every week? Legal Trends Report shared this data for full-time attorneys and also noted that 75 percent of attorneys work outside of regular business hours, with 39 percent of them... Read More »
