The minor son, father and personal representative of a woman who died nine days after her arrest and transport to a police station cannot get a rehearing on their civil case against the City of San Diego and several of its police officers. The plaintiffs charged that the woman’s death... Read More about Rehearing Denied for Family of Woman Who Died Shortly After Police Transport
The justice department has announced that it secured a $293,000 judgment against the City of Springfield, Illinois. The judgment followed a jury trial in which the city stood accused of discriminating against people with disabilities. The two-day jury trial was the culmination of a lawsuit filed by the U.S. against... Read More about City of Springfield, Illinois, to Pay US Government Nearly 300K Over Housing Discrimination
The family of Gabby Petito has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab Police Department. The family alleges that officers and the police department failed to properly assess the situation when they pulled over the 22-year-old and her fiance, Brian Laundrie. In failing to properly investigate the... Read More about Family of Gabby Petito File $50M Lawsuit Against Moab Police Department
Musical Creators Face David Vs. Goliath Legal Battle with Giant Streamer Netflix is suing the lyricist and composer of the musical “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical,” claiming the duo infringed on its TV mega-hit show’s intellectual property. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Netflix sued... Read More about Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Is Officially Sued by Netflix
When the F.B.I. raided former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago on Monday, this was no ordinary legal search of a citizen’s home. Instead, raiding a prior president’s home signaled an escalation of the investigation into Trump’s actions, as they pertain to what he took with him when he left... Read More about Unprecedented Search of Mar-a-Lago Focused on Trump’s Possible Violation of Presidential Records Act
The internet era serves as a constant reminder of our diminishing expectation of privacy. Earlier this year, operators of several “people search” websites were targeted in a class action lawsuit. These websites allow individuals to search for a name and, with little effort, discover a wealth of background information about... Read More about Federal Court Lets Class Action Against People Search Websites Proceed
Ruling that public schools are not “business entities” under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (Unruh Act), the State Supreme Court has denied coverage to a developmentally disabled man who claims he was repeatedly sexually abused by school employees and classmates during his time as a Special Education student at a... Read More about Schools Are Not Businesses: Developmentally Disabled Man Can’t Sue School District for Sexual Abuse
Eastern Iowa’s Linn-Mar Community School District is at the center of a hot-button lawsuit that challenges the district’s transgender and gender identity policy through the district's newly-adopted Gender Support Plan. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court by a conservative parent group called Parents Defending Education. This parent group... Read More about Parent Group Sues Linn-Mar School District Over Gender Identity Policy
The Department of Justice has announced federal charges against four officers involved in the death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the former and current police officers will be made to answer for their actions that led to Taylor's death. Taylor was in... Read More about DOJ Announces Federal Charges Against Officers Involved in Breonna Taylor’s Death
In the span of under 48 hours in jury deliberations, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay a total of $49.3 million over the lies he told regarding the nation's deadliest school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Jones was ordered by an Austin,... Read More about Lies About Sandy Hook School Shooting Will Cost Alex Jones $49.3 Million In Damages
The heirs owning the legal rights to the deceased author’s “Top Gun” article in the now-defunct California Magazine sued Paramount Pictures for not obtaining the copyright to the new blockbuster hit movie. The author of the series, Ehud Yonay, wrote the original article “Top Gun,” which was published in 1983.... Read More about Paramount sued for copyright infringement with blockbuster movie “Top Gun: Maverick" as sequel reaps $1.2 Billion in box office sales worldwide
A New Jersey family is suing two funeral homes for $50 million after the funeral home they used buried the wrong body. The family of 93-year-old Kyung Ja Kim is suing Central Funeral Home of New Jersey and Blackley Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., both of which are run... Read More about NJ Family Sues Funeral Home for $50M After Wrong Body Used During Church and Burial Service
On New Year’s Eve in 2015, a 23-year-old man got drunk; ate a marijuana-laced brownie; went up to the sloped, tiled roof of his building; slipped; and fell off. Four hours later, he was found barely alive on the hood of a car that was parked near the building’s roof.... Read More about A Drunk, Stoned Tenant Falls Off His Roof—Court Says It’s Not the Owner’s Responsibility
On June 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued a pair of opinions significantly undermining the rights of immigrants detained at the border. In one decision, the Court held that immigrants detained at the border are not entitled to a bond hearing after six months--in effect, allowing the government to detain... Read More about Supreme Court Rules Detained Immigrants Can Be Held Indefinitely
In this age of social media, it is no wonder that public officials use it to communicate with their constituents. Two members of a Southern California school board did just that. But to their dismay, two disgruntled parents repeatedly posted lengthy, unfavorable opinions on the officials’ public Facebook and Twitter... Read More about Public Officials Can’t Ban Disparaging Comments from Their Websites