A California school district has agreed to an $18 million settlement after an 8-year-old special needs child fell and died while in class. Eight-year-old Moises Murillo was born with a severe form of Down syndrome. Moises was unable to walk and used a highly specialized wheelchair to help him with... Read More »
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known to most as DACA, is a federal program that allows certain immigrants to avoid deportation and obtain renewable work permits. The program was originally created under President Obama, meant to provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the... Read More »
Increasing numbers of migrants crossing the border have prompted the governors of Texas and Arizona to take a new approach to border control; send migrants to the Democrat-led cities of New York and Washington D.C. As migrants are bussed to these major cities, leaders there have called for increased support... Read More »
A mother and daughter in Nebraska are facing felony charges after the mother helped her daughter get an abortion at around 23 weeks pregnant. The felony charge comes after investigators uncovered Facebook messages between the mother and daughter about the planned abortion. Authorities were able to obtain the Facebook messages... Read More »
A nursing home in Pinellas County, Florida, was sued earlier this year over claims of negligence that resulted in the wrongful death of Loretta McMaster. Peter McMaster, the personal representative of her estate and her son, filed the lawsuit against Manor Care of Dunedin Florida, HCR III Healthcare, LLC, and... Read More »
A student injured in a 2018 Florida school shooting has filed a lawsuit against the school district and is seeking more than $30,000 in damages. The lawsuit was filed earlier this year against Marion County Public Schools on behalf of a former student, Evan Ekenroth. Ekenroth, who was 17 at... Read More »
Custodia, the Bitcoin bank that would be the first to have a master account if approved, is suing the Federal Reserve and Kansas City Reserve for failing to act on its application. The Federal Reserve is supposed to act on a bank’s master account application within 12 months, and Custodia’s... Read More »
In a now familiar legal refrain, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly preparing to sue Google (Alphabet Inc.) in an anti-trust lawsuit due to its alleged monopoly on ad systems. Bloomberg first broke the news, saying Google’s massive dominance in the online ad space is under fire from the... Read More »
White House says Federal Law dictates immigration law, not states New York City Mayor Eric Adams is furious with Texas Governor Greg Abbot, and the reciprocated feud is now creating a new type of bussing war, with an over-the-state-line political impact. On April 5, Governor Abbot started bussing illegal immigrants,... Read More »
Key surveillance footage shows Deputy Sheriff sharing graphic accident images of Kobe and Gianna, while in a public bar - and then laughing When Vanessa Bryant lost her husband, Los Angeles Lakers basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, and her daughter, Gianna Bryant, in a tragic helicopter crash on January 26, 2020,... Read More »
Residents throughout Northern Nevada and California have filed an $85 million-dollar claim against the U.S. Forest Service following the Tamarack fire that destroyed homes and property last summer. The claim was filed by Reno attorney William Jeanney on behalf of 27 individuals. Filing a claim is the first step before... Read More »
President Biden is attempting to reverse a Trump-era policy that prevented migrants from entering the country, even if they had grounds to apply for asylum. The program was ostensibly based on the ongoing health emergency caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. President Biden now seeks to reverse that policy, but... Read More »
Online e-commerce giant Amazon is taking a tougher stance on fake reviews as the federal government is cracking down harder on e-commerce platforms to ensure that customers are getting an honest and fair account of what they are purchasing online. Earlier this month, Amazon filed a lawsuit in King County... Read More »
There is little doubt that COVID-19 changed the courts. Motivated by health and safety concerns, California legislators enacted a statute that authorized testimony via remote technology. Now, judges have to grapple with the legal implications of the new law and new technologies. The petitioner in a recent case involving the... Read More »
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that four pipeline companies accused of harassment and retaliation against employees have agreed to a $1.75 million settlement to end a 2019 lawsuit. The companies operate in Texas and New Mexico and have built and maintained oil and gas pipelines throughout the... Read More »
