A bill that would allow doctor-assisted suicide in Delaware failed to pass the state Senate on Thursday after narrowly advancing through the House earlier this year. The legislation, which has been a contentious issue in the state, resulted in a 9-9 tie in the Democrat-led Senate. Three Democratic senators voiced... Read More »
After receiving a complaint from a whistleblower, three professors from the UCLA School of Dentistry were investigated for soliciting unauthorized fees from international students from Middle Eastern countries. The professors, who were identified only as John Doe et. al., entered into settlements with the University that had hired a law... Read More »
A controversial new Louisiana law has prompted several civil liberties groups to join forces with plans to file a lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality. House Bill 71 was signed into law Wednesday by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and will now require all public school classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities,... Read More »
Two Walt Disney Company employees have initiated legal action against the company, alleging significant financial and emotional harm due to the abrupt cancellation of a planned job relocation from California to Florida. The proposed class-action lawsuit, filed by Maria De La Cruz and George Fong, was submitted to the Los... Read More »
Families of the victims of the Boeing 737 Max crashes have called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to impose a substantial fine of $24 billion and criminal prosecution on the aerospace giant. This request follows two tragic incidents involving Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in Ethiopia and Indonesia, which... Read More »
A federal judge has indicated that Gina Carano's lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm over her termination from The Mandalorian will move forward. The case centers on whether the First Amendment protects private companies’ rights to sever ties with employees who publicly express views that clash with their corporate values. U.S.... Read More »
The Dallas-based company Frontier Communications is facing at least six class action lawsuits after it was hit with a cyber data breach attack in April. The widespread attack resulted in the personally identifiable information (PII) of over 750,000 customers being stolen by the criminal ransomware group RansomHub. Nearly 90,000 of... Read More »
A FedEx manager who called an employee “slow” could have committed age discrimination according to a new ruling by a California Court of Appeal. The case, Michael Freem v. Superior Court of Orange County, partially reversed Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard Y. Lee’s grant of summary judgment in favor... Read More »
Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter responsible for the horrific attack at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison on Tuesday. Aldrich's attack, which killed five people and injured 19 others, was prosecuted as a federal hate crime, highlighting the severity and motivation behind... Read More »
Pop star Justin Timberlake was charged with drunken driving early Tuesday in the village of Sag Harbor, New York, part of the Hamptons after police reported he ran a stop sign and veered out of his lane in the upscale seaside community. Timberlake, who was driving a 2025 BMW around... Read More »
President Joe Biden has ordered expansive actions to provide potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, particularly focusing on those married to U.S. citizens. This initiative aims to balance the administration’s recent aggressive stance on border security, which has drawn criticism from immigration advocates and Democratic lawmakers. The... Read More »
Former Neuralink employee Lindsay Short has initiated a lawsuit against Elon Musk's neurotechnology company, alleging multiple grievances including workplace safety concerns and discrimination. Short, who joined Neuralink in August 2022, claims that the company failed to provide adequate protective equipment, resulting in her being scratched by monkeys infected with the... Read More »
A proposed class action lawsuit is accusing Apple of underpaying over 12,000 female workers. The lawsuit was filed in state court in San Francisco by two women who worked at the company for over a decade. The women say that female workers in engineering, marketing, and AppleCare divisions were systematically... Read More »
U.S. District Judge David Joseph has blocked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from enforcing a rule that would require two states and a group representing Catholic bishops to accommodate employees who undergo elective abortions. The decision, issued on Monday, restricts the application of a federal pregnancy accommodation law... Read More »
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessory used in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The ruling was decided by a 6-3 majority, with conservative justices prevailing. A bump stock is a device that attaches to a semi-automatic rifle,... Read More »
