As the race for this year’s Academy Awards heats up in anticipation of the Oscars this weekend, one might wonder how much the little gold statue is actually worth. A recent case provides the answer. If a creditor wants to take it after getting a judgment against the winner, the... Read More about Judgment Creditors Have No Right to Seize “Oscars”; Academy Gets First Refusal for $10
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana-based chemical maker, Denka Performance Elastomer LLC. The lawsuit accuses the company of posing an unacceptable cancer risk to the surrounding community which is mainly composed of Black residents. The DOJ’s legal action allegations are brought forward under section 303 of... Read More about DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Louisiana Chemical Plant Over Increased Cancer Risk to Minority Community
“Artificial intelligence” and “deep-fake” technology are getting more powerful by the day, raising a host of complex legal questions. The U.S. Copyright Office appears to have settled at least one debate recently, ruling that images created using the AI-powered Midjourney image generator should not have been granted copyright protection. AI... Read More about AI Comic Loses Copyright Protections
At least 20 patients have taken legal action against the makers of a dental device that promises to improve jaw function and breathing issues among other jaw-related issues. The Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance or AGGA device was developed by Dr. Steve Galella and was marketed as a device that could... Read More about ‘Holy Grail’ Dental Device Claimed to Fix Patients’ Jaws, Caused Extensive Jaw Damage Instead
Tennessee has become the first state in the nation to impose restrictions against drag shows in public spaces after Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the bill into law last Thursday. Senate Bill 3 restricts drag shows in public by banning performances on public property as well as locations where “the... Read More about Tennessee Becomes First State to Pass Bill Banning Drag Shows in Public
A California couple, both worried about their genetic disposition to cancer, is accusing a fertility clinic of implanting the wrong embryo with a rare genetic cancer mutation and then covering up the information. Jason and Melissa Diaz filed the lawsuit Wednesday against HRC Fertility and Dr. Bradford Kolb in Los... Read More about California couple sues fertility clinic after baby boy is born with rare cancer gene
When Rudyard Kipling wrote “Never the twain shall meet,” he probably did not realize how apt his poetry would be to describe political conflicts of interest. Questions about how and whether to prevent elected officials from personally benefiting from the votes they cast are all over the news. This questionable... Read More about California Businesses Challenge State’s New Campaign Finance Law
US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina was home to one of the nation's largest cases of water contamination. Between the 1950s and the 1980s, individuals who lived or worked at the camp were exposed to water contamination that would go on to spur injuries and illnesses over... Read More about Camp Lejeune Water Contamination: What Health Conditions Qualify for Benefits Through the VA?
Missouri librarians, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, have filed a lawsuit against Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker following a new law that bans books with explicit material from school libraries. Baker is named in the lawsuit “in her official capacity as Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney... Read More about Missouri Librarians Sue Over New Law That Bans Books With “Sexually Explicit” Material
The city of Seattle has agreed to a $3.65 million settlement to end a lawsuit brought forward by Seattle community members following the nationwide 2020 George Floyd protests. As social justice protests throughout the nation began to simmer down, Seattle remained a hub for activists demanding police reform. In June... Read More about Seattle to Pay $3.65M Over Mishandling of Autonomous CHOP Zone
It isn’t often that right-wing media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is questioned under oath, but neither is it often that a voting machinery company is suing a media corporation for defamation. Murdoch, the co-chairman of the Fox Corporation, the executive chairman of News Corp, and leader of a media empire including... Read More about Dominion Voting Systems headed to trial against Fox News in $1.6 billion defamation suit, with Rupert Murdoch admitting some personalities “endorsed” Trump’s voter fraud lies
Remember the iconic film shot of Marilyn Monroe standing over a street vent in a white halter dress that blew up to her panties whenever a subway went by? A tourist organization in Palm Springs, California, called PS Resorts thought the Seven Year Itch photo of Marilyn was such a... Read More about City Lacks Power for Long-term Street Closure for Art Display
One of the nation's largest food safety sanitation service providers, Packers Sanitation Services Inc, has been ordered to pay $1.5 million In civil money penalties following a Federal investigation into their labor practices. The investigation, conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's wage and hour division, found that Packers had... Read More about Packers Sanitation Services Fined $1.5 Million for Hiring Children to Clean Meatpacking Plants
Social media giant Twitter just inhaled. Twitter recently announced it is allowing its advertisers to share, promote and offer content about CBD, THC, and cannabis products. It’s public knowledge that Elon Musk loves a marijuana tweet now and then, most often in his comments to tweets with “420 haha.” Now,... Read More about To Tweet a Doobie: Twitter Is First to Announce Pot Ads Coming Soon
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that train operator Norfolk Southern will be responsible for the cleanup operations regarding the February 3 train derailment that caused rail cars carrying toxic chemicals to spill out their contents into the rural community. The order was issued under the Comprehensive Environmental... Read More about EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Foot the Cost of Cleanup Following Toxic Train Derailment