California’s Penal Code (CPC) §1089 says that a juror can be removed for “good cause” if he or she refuses to deliberate. People v. Gaines provides a new definition of what this refusal must consist of to meet the law’s discharge criteria. Rodney Louis Gaines was on trial for elder... Read More »
Rapper Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, is once again facing sexual assault allegations. In a lawsuit filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr. alleges that during his collaboration with Diddy on his most recent... Read More »
Two Alaskan seafood shipping companies have agreed to pay $9.5 million to end a lawsuit that accused them of violating the U.S. Jones Act. The settlement will be the second largest settlement ever involving a violation of the act, the Department of Justice said last Friday. The settlement is the... Read More »
Facebook (now Meta Platforms) was created in 2004 to connect people to anyone who sought to be connected. Just two years later, privacy issues began to plague the young company. First, it was connecting users to News Feed, a service that told users what was new with their Facebook Friends,... Read More »
The wildly popular Stanley Quencher cups are trending yet again, this time over a proposed class action lawsuit that accuses the makers of the cup, Pacific Market International, of false advertising. Separate lawsuits were initially brought forward by Stanley cup owners in California and Nevada. Both women say they purchased... Read More »
Iowa’s Linn-Mar Community Schools District has agreed to pay $20,000 to end a lawsuit over a now-rescinded district policy that allowed students to ask for a gender support plan that would aid them in their gender transition without the permission of their parents or legal guardians. The lawsuit was filed... Read More »
“What Ashford University did to its students was unconscionable and illegal,” said the California Attorney General who sued the online institution and won over $22 million in penalties. A California appellate court lowered the amount by just under one million because of statute of limitations violations, but the defendants, Ashford... Read More »
Myralyn OA Nartey was a doctoral student at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2009, she entered the doctoral program at the university’s Fielding School of Public Health. When she sought to defend her dissertation in 2014, she was told she had to “throw away” her entire thesis... Read More »
In January 2023, John Cheeks found himself in what seemed to be a life-altering event. Upon discovering that the winning lottery numbers published on the DC Lottery website matched those on his ticket, he was understandably elated. The prize amount? A staggering $340 million. However, what should have been a... Read More »
The highly publicized case involving the tragic death of Gabby Petito has taken a significant turn as the families of both Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie have reached a settlement in an emotional distress lawsuit. Nichole Schmidt and Joseph Petito, Gabby Petito's parents, initiated legal action against Christopher and Roberta... Read More »
YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke, who admitted to aggravated child abuse of two of her children, received a sentencing on Tuesday, facing four consecutive prison terms of one to 15 years each, with the actual duration left to the discretion of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole. Franke was apprehended... Read More »
Sixty-two-year-old Susie Balfour has filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) after she says the correction facility medical contractors repeatedly denied her medical treatment, causing her a delayed breast cancer diagnosis. The cancer has since become terminal after spreading to other parts of her body, including her... Read More »
In the past four years, California has enacted two “Racial Justice Acts” (Acts) that allow individuals to petition courts for relief if they believe there was racial bias in their charges, convictions or sentences. The laws were enacted due to concern that criminal prosecutions and sentences in the state “are... Read More »
Parents in Newton, Massachusetts, have filed a class action lawsuit against several education organizations after a teacher strike left Newton schools closed for 11 days before a deal was finally reached. The lawsuit was filed by three Newtown parents in Middlesex Superior Court last Friday. Their complaint names local, state,... Read More »
Police officers went to Brett Parkins’ home to search it because he was suspected of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft. Parkins’ girlfriend was about to allow the officers to enter his Huntington Beach, California, home when he yelled, “Don’t let the cops in and don’t talk to them.” ... Read More »
