In December, Trump vetoed a $740.5 billion defense spending bill after it passed Congress. His objections did not relate to the disgorgement provisions included regarding the SEC’s work. On December 28, 2020, the House overrode Trump’s veto. On January 1, the Senate voted to override the president’s veto as well... Read More »
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser launched a new probe into the death of unarmed, 23-year old Elijah McClain in Colorado in 2019. The US Justice Department has also launched a civil rights probe into the death of the unarmed young man by police. With echoes of the infamous choking death... Read More »
There is growing support for a monument to be established in Central Park commemorating the five wrongly accused men in the "Central Park Jogger" case. The chairwoman of Community Board 10’s Park and Recreation Committee, Karen Horry, has shared her vision of the exhibit with various other boards explaining, “We... Read More »
Parler, the conservative-owned social media platform, is suing Amazon Web Services (AWS) for disabling its site. In the eighteen-page lawsuit, the company alleges hosting service Amazon violated antitrust law and breached their contractual agreement. Like dominoes, fellow giant social media platforms followed Amazon and banned Parler on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube,... Read More »
Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, 42, was one of five individuals killed after riots turned deadly on January 6th. Following his passing, the Washington Metropolitan Police announced that they will be investigating his death as a homicide. The FBI is also assisting in the investigation. The insurrection that led... Read More »
On January 7, 2021, Pennsylvania attorney Jerome Marcus requested to withdraw from a suit he initiated on behalf of the Trump campaign in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The suit, filed against the Philadelphia County Board of Elections on November 4, 2020, alleges that “the... Read More »
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US federal courts announced on January 6 they were both hacked by a prior, similar government breach into SolarWinds, a network security management firm that worked inside the systems of multiple US government agencies. The breach also includes a suspected hacking into the... Read More »
“SoHo Karen,” the white woman who made headlines earlier this year after wrongly accusing a black teenager of stealing her phone at a New York City Hotel, has been identified and arrested in California this past week. 22-year-old Miya Ponsetto was taken into custody late last week by detectives from... Read More »
With less than two weeks before President-elect Biden takes office, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s proposed asylum restrictions that would have overhauled the immigration system with restrictive new provisions. The new rule was to take effect on January 11. While the granting of... Read More »
Quick-to-rise social media app Parler touts itself as the alternative to Twitter in providing a platform for unrestricted “free speech.” Because of its lack of censorship of political views and fringe ideologies, the app has drawn users who have been kicked off of mainstream platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.... Read More »
The Boston Marathon Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 26, is suing the Florence Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for discriminatory treatment that has led to his mental and physical decline. In the handwritten lawsuit that was filed on December 22, 2020, Tsarnaev alleges that "the BOP has enabled the Unit Manager, A.... Read More »
In August 2017, iLife Technologies, Inc., a Los Angeles hardware and software maker, won a ruling against Nintendo, which was accused of infringing a patent for motion-sensing technologies used in its Wii products. In January 2020, a Northern District of Texas judge found that under the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision... Read More »
On December 30, 2020, just days after President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) 2021 into law, the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration published guidance for states on implementing unemployment insurance programs. After waiting weeks for Congress to agree on the finalized budget for 2021, the stimulus... Read More »
Truth or consequences may soon be more than a reference to an old game show for Michigan’s would-be Republican presidential electors and two of their lawyers who have frequently represented President Trump. The City of Detroit and others have moved for sanctions against them that may lead to significant fines... Read More »
The FBI is continuing its manhunt of individuals who raided the Capitol building on January 6th. West Virginia lawmaker, Derrick Evans, is among several who have been arrested for their participation in the riots. Newly-elected State Delegate Derrick Evans, who represents Wayne County, live-streamed himself on his Facebook page participating... Read More »
