Just after a man was indicted for murder, he gave a jailhouse interview to a reporter from The Bakersfield Californian, a local paper. In California, journalists are protected by the Shield Law, a part of the State constitution that says the media will not be held in contempt for failing... Read More »
On November 13th, the United States Supreme Court introduced its inaugural formal code of conduct for its justices, a response to prolonged external scrutiny and media exposés on undisclosed lavish trips and interactions with affluent individuals. This inaugural nine-page code outlines that justices must avoid allowing external relationships to impact... Read More »
Former Northwestern State University football player Ronnie Caldwell, Jr. was murdered in his off-campus apartment on October 12th, 2023. Earlier this week, the family announced it had filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university, the school's former football coach, and the apartment complex where he lived. The lawsuit was... Read More »
Paramount Pictures is embroiled in a legal battle with the heirs of Ehud Yonay, author of a 1983 magazine story that inspired the original 'Top Gun' film, over the blockbuster sequel 'Top Gun: Maverick'. Both parties are seeking a federal judge's ruling in their favor in this high-profile copyright lawsuit.... Read More »
Apple has agreed to a $25 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations of favoring immigrant workers over U.S. citizens and green card holders for specific employment roles. As announced by the Justice Department, this settlement marks the largest of its kind in a citizenship discrimination case.... Read More »
The U.S. government has commenced issuing settlement offers and payments for those affected by the contaminated water crisis at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. This action comes over a year following the enactment of a federal law aimed at providing compensation to victims of this environmental health issue. During an... Read More »
Dr. Canfeng Lai worked at Applied Technology (Applied) for fifteen years as an engineer and then as its Electrical Engineering Director. He, along with 17 other high-level employees, was wooed and “poached” by Mattson Technology, Inc. (Mattson), a rival Chinese semiconductor chip manufacturer. Before Lai left, he was accused of... Read More »
A trial judge abused her discretion when she granted a wife seeking a divorce a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) and ordered her husband to get an assessment of his mental health. On appeal, the court ruled that the trial judge’s order was not issued according to statutes, and the... Read More »
The State of California owns the California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo) fairgrounds near Sacramento. Because the State owns the land, the plaintiff, a man who sought to distribute his religious tokens there, thought he could do so because state-owned land is normally classified as a public forum. public... Read More »
A U.S. jury found that a number of big-name players in the real estate space are liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages regarding allegations that they conspired to artificially inflate commissions for home sales. Named as defendants were the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages; Berkshire-owned HomeServices... Read More »
An Illinois family has filed a lawsuit against state officials after police officers executed a wrong-door raid. During the raid, the family says they were illegally detained for over six hours despite their pleas to officers that they had the wrong home. The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed last... Read More »
An investigation into the wage and tip practices of Massachusetts’ MGM Springfield has ended with the company agreeing to pay a multi-million dollar settlement with the state. The hotel and casino destination is located in the heart of Metro Center, Springfield, and was accused in 2018 of violating state wage... Read More »
Amazon is facing serious allegations in a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint that claims the e-commerce behemoth manipulated online prices and destroyed internal communications during a government probe. The unredacted version of the complaint, filed in a Washington federal court, sheds light on the secretive operations of Amazon and its... Read More »
In a recent trial involving FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, where a jury found him guilty of all counts last week, a forensic accountant has played a pivotal role in tracing the whereabouts of a staggering $9 billion in missing customer funds. Peter Easton, an accounting professor at the University of... Read More »
Chloe Psalm Jeri Borden, a 23-year-old single mother and activist, went to a courthouse in Fresno, California, in 2019 to film what she considered to be “law enforcement harassment and misconduct.” She took pictures of people entering and leaving the building and its lobby on her cell phone while she... Read More »
