Steve Cicala is the first person to file a COVID-19 related claim with the Countermeasure Injury Compensation Program (CICP). This relatively new program which operates under the Health and Human Services department is roughly 10 years old. It currently holds roughly $30 billion in compensation for individuals who file successful... Read More »
On the heels of a stunning national nursing home deaths scandal, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo now seems headed for impeachment for sexual harassment. Faced with twin scandals, both Democrats and Republicans are calling for his impeachment. In New York, this would be the first impeachment in more than a... Read More »
Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd has been beset with challenges from the beginning. The first obstacle seemed to be empaneling a jury with the ability to be unbiased. Then there was the addition of the third-degree murder charge. Finally, just before the weekend, Minneapolis agreed to... Read More »
As the COVID-19-fueled school year comes to a close, one university that failed to honor tuition discrepancies between “campus experiences” and “online experiences” has agreed to a $1.25 million settlement with its on-campus-students who were forced by the pandemic to get their classes online. The complaint by the class-action plaintiffs... Read More »
Dr. Ravi Murali, a 38-year-old Edgerton, Wisconsin, doctor, was indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged role in a Medicare fraud scheme that would charge Medicare for medical braces that were not needed. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin,... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice charged two Capitol Hill rioters on March 14 in the deadly assault of Brian D. Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer. The violent clash by rioters during the January 6 riot on the Capitol led to five fatalities, including Officer Sicknick, a New Jersey native. These... Read More »
After months of uncertainty, an Iowa journalist who was arrested after covering a Black Lives Matter protest has been found not guilty. Although her charges were dropped, her arrest has drawn national attention regarding the constitutional protections of the free press. Andrea Sahouri, who is a reporter for the Des... Read More »
Did you post a picture of your trip to Paris on Twitter? How about one that shows your whole family smiling at your niece’s first birthday party? Did you put that one on Facebook and tag all your relatives? If so, the faces of those smiling people could be among... Read More »
Derick Almena, the former leaseholder of a warehouse that caught fire and killed 36 people, will be serving out the remainder of his sentence, 18 months, at home while wearing an ankle monitor. His revised sentence follows on the heels of a fair share of controversy surrounding his case. The... Read More »
Parler, the controversial social media site, dropped its January federal antitrust lawsuit against Amazon Web Services (AWS), the former host for the platform. Simultaneously, however, the social media firm filed another lawsuit against AWS in a Washington state court, alleging Amazon violated Washington’s tort, unfair competition, defamation, and consumer protection... Read More »
John McAfee, the founder of the popular antivirus software that bears his name, has been indicted on charges of fraud and money laundering of cryptocurrency securities. The revolutionary pioneer of internet security is in hot water after he and his bodyguard and “cryptocurrency team” advisor Jimmy Gale Watson Jr., were... Read More »
George Floyd took his last breath while pinned to the ground beneath a Minneapolis police officer’s knee. Millions of people watched. Tens of thousands have protested the killing of Black men like Floyd, chanting some of Floyd’s final words, “I can’t breathe.” Now lawyers must find 12-16 people in and... Read More »
As schools and workplaces prepare for post-COVID-19 reopening, people are increasingly concerned about new laws that could impose mandatory vaccination requirements. They wonder whether children and employees will be subject to mandates that call for shots in arms. To understand the complexity of pertinent regulations, it is necessary to review... Read More »
As universities slowly began welcoming students back on campus, two families have learned that the dangers within these college campuses are just as real as the dangers of the coronavirus that shut them down in the first place. In two incidents just weeks apart, two college students have died as... Read More »
Lawmakers passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act on Wednesday, creating a reform bill that bans chokeholds by law enforcement and reforms “qualified immunity” for all police officers. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act impacts law enforcement’s “qualified immunity.” This immunity refers to government officials such as police... Read More »
