The mother of an Ohio eighth-grader is suing her daughter’s school district and three of her daughter's middle school staff members after her daughter was subjected to an illegal “strip search.” The lawsuit was filed against three employees of East Lake Middle School and Willoughby Eastlake Schools Board of Education... Read More about Ohio Mother Sues School District After Daughter Illegally Strip Searched
Law enforcement and school officials in Newport News, Virginia, are continuing to investigate the events that led up to a school shooting in which a six-year-old shot and critically injured his first-grade teacher in their classroom at Richneck Elementary school last week. The teacher who has now been identified as... Read More about Investigation Continues After Six-Year-Old Virginia Student Shoots His Teacher
After a holiday meltdown with its flight services, Southwest Airlines is bracing for another blow after a Louisiana man filed a lawsuit against the airline. The lawsuit was filed in New Orleans Federal Court by resident Eric Capdeville. In his complaint, Capdeville accuses the airline of breaching its passenger contracts... Read More about Holiday Traveler Sues Southwest Airlines Over Mass Flight Cancellations
The two actors who played star-crossed lovers in Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet are filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the film's distributor, Paramount Pictures. Despite having been filmed more than fifty years ago, at the center of their lawsuit is the claim that a nude bedroom scene was... Read More about Teen Stars of 1968 ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Sue Paramount Over Nude Scene
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered countless legal issues. Businesses and insurance companies are often right in the middle of them. It is common for companies to claim losses for “property damage” caused by COVID. But the definition of “property damage” and whether insurance policies must cover losses suffered as a... Read More about Ninth Circuit Asks CA Supreme Court to Clarify Law on COVID Losses by Businesses
Detriot Public Schools and a third party hired to contract bus drivers for the school system are facing a $3.5 million lawsuit after an attack on a twelve-year-old student. The lawsuit was filed by the child’s mother, Krissey Coakley, in Wayne County Circuit Court last week, and the family is... Read More about Family of 12-Year-Old Detroit Student Files Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit After Bus Driver Attack
Tragically, forced labor is alive and well in the United States of America. A married couple in Stockton, California, posted 47 help-wanted ads on Indian websites, seeking live-in nannies. They misrepresented the salaries, working conditions, and duties the job entailed. At different times, three women from India answered the ads,... Read More about Convictions Upheld for Couple That Enslaved Foreign Nannies
An ongoing cease-and-desist legal battle is taking the famous rock band Journey to new litigation, as the “Don’t Stop Believing” hitmakers add a musician’s wife to an ongoing legal action. The band Journey gained epic fame in the 1980s with hits such as “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Any Way You Want... Read More about Journey Into Litigation for Beloved Rock Band, as Group “Don’t Stop Believing” in Lawsuits
A man who strangled his ex-wife and then threw her overboard from their cruise ship into the Mediterranean Sea lost an appeal from his conviction for first-degree murder for financial gain. He argued that six pieces of evidence presented at trial should not have been admitted. The appellate court reviewed... Read More about Three Evidentiary Errors Found to Be Harmless in Wife-Killing Case
Disciplining high school students for racist, bullying, vulgar, or harassing speech posted on social media does not violate the First Amendment whether it occurs on campus or in the privacy of students’ homes. The Ninth Circuit followed a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that said social media posts... Read More about OK to Discipline High School Students for Off-Campus, Racist Instagram Posts
A California Superior Court judge ordered mandatory drug tests for a father who hoped to begin home visits with his two children, aged two and four. When he admitted that he occasionally used marijuana, a legal substance in the state, the hearing judge told him, “You can smoke pot, or... Read More about Court Overturns Drug Test Order for Dad Who Occasionally Uses Marijuana
A new class-action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York targets tech giant Apple and their popular iWatch. The lawsuit claims that the popular digital watch has a "racial bias" against users who have a darker skin tone. The class-action lawsuit which was filed on Christmas Eve by... Read More about Lawsuit Accuses Apple’s iWatch Feature of ‘Racial Bias’ in New Lawsuit
Geoffrey S. posted notices on Facebook that he was buying “ammo” to protect himself from a government takeover and COVID vaccines with tracking devices. He owned several shotguns. His social media posts were filled with conspiracy theories and allegations such as claims that Bill Gates had already killed millions. Police... Read More about Hearsay Evidence Can Be Considered for Gun Violence Restraining Order
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has joined a growing list of state attorneys general who are suing national pharmacy chains over their role in the national opioid over-prescription crisis that has killed tens of thousands of Americans. Ferguson’s lawsuit was announced last week and is going after pharmacy chains... Read More about Washington AG Sues Pharmacy Chains Including Kroger and Rite-Aid Over Opioid Crisis
A creative New Hampshire husband with an Etsy store was charged with a conspiracy to send Russia high-tech equipment used in nuclear weapons. Alexey Brayman, along with others, allegedly ran an international ring that smuggled technology suited for nuclear weapons into Europe and then Russia. FBI counterintelligence agents raided the... Read More about To Russia With Crafty Love: NH husband uses Etsy store to allegedly create and ship high-tech equipment for nuclear weapons to Russia