Following the largest airlift in American history, thousands of Afghan refugees are figuring out what comes next as they recover from the chaotic evacuation process and settle into their new reality. Before the Taliban’s total domination of the country, Afghan refugees made up roughly 10% of the world’s refugee population.... Read More »
If you are hurt in a car accident caused by another driver, you can file a personal injury lawsuit against the driver who hit you. But what happens when someone is killed in an accident? Does the victim’s claim survive and get passed to the estate? And do the surviving... Read More »
A California-based class-action lawsuit brought by app users successfully resulted in a large settlement this week against Bumble. In total, the new settlement is $3 million and will go to male app users who qualify under specific guidelines. The class-action lawsuit alleged Bumble discriminated against male app users, specifically those... Read More »
In the 1970s, Coca-Cola conducted an ad campaign that claimed its soft drink was “The Real Thing.” Now, fifty years later, a group of consumers challenged the soft drink’s advertising claims about what the soft drink really contains. They said Coke is “mislabeled.” The court disagreed and as a result,... Read More »
Texas anti-abortion group, Texas Right To Life, is in a losing battle with its attempts to create a website where vigilantes can report individuals who are violating the controversial Texas law banning abortions. The Texas Heartbeat Act, or Senate Bill 8 (SB8), has been criticized on its merit and implementation.... Read More »
The City of Los Angeles is in the midst of a homeless crisis, almost hopelessly entangled in a political, social justice and public health quandary that continues to defy every solution. With approximately 35,000 homeless people living in the city, and 17,000 of them in “makeshift shelters” and encampments, the... Read More »
After the alleged sexual allegations plaguing former New York governor Andrew Cuomo surfaced, the fallout has been messy for both the governor and those who had close ties to him. One public figure, Alphonso David, is now feeling the ripple effect of the governor’s alleged actions. David, who was the... Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration has classified the recall of Philips ventilators and breathing devices as Class 1, the most serious rank for a medical device recall. According to the FDA, there have been over 1200 complaints reported regarding the company’s breathing devices or ventilators and more than 100 injuries... Read More »
Smoking pot may have no effect on a person’s ability to be a responsible and loving parent, but that does not mean that it won’t factor into a custody decision. Parents around the country have had their custody rights limited or denied because they chose to grow a few plants... Read More »
As the nation’s biggest white-collar crime in recent times sees its early days in the courtroom play out, many are watching with anticipation to see what will become of disgraced Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes and her sham of a revolutionary startup, Theranos. Holmes’ trial began this week over three... Read More »
Michael Corn, a former top producer of ABC's Good Morning America (GMA), is at the center of a new bombshell sexual assault lawsuit. Former ABC news staffer Kirstyn Crawford filed her complaint in the supreme court of the state of New York last week and alleged several instances of inappropriate... Read More »
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Wednesday that a grand jury has indicted the three police officers and two paramedics who were involved in the 2019 arrest that led to the death of a 23-year-old Black man, Elijah McClain. In August of 2019, McClain was walking home from a nearby... Read More »
Calling the case before the court a “historic and profound abuse of the judicial process,” a federal judge in Michigan sanctioned three of ex-President Trump’s lawyers and four additional of-counsel attorneys for their attempts at “deceiving a federal court and the American people.” In a blistering 110-page opinion, the Hon.... Read More »
The U.S. Education Department has announced that it is investigating five states to determine whether or not their mask mandate bans violate civil rights laws that protect students with disabilities. Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah are the five states at the center of the investigation. According to the... Read More »
Three years after the disappearance of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, 27-year-old farmhand Cristhian Bahena Rivera has been sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole for her abduction and killing. The 20-year-old Tibbetts was out for a jog in her rural hometown when prosecutors allege Bahena... Read More »
