Four customers have filed a lawsuit against Burger King over claims that the fast-food chain has been falsely advertising the size of its burgers to consumers. The plaintiffs are seeking to have their complaint become a class-action suit so that it can represent all customers who dined at the restaurant... Read More about Beefin’ With Burger King: Diners Sue, Claiming Burgers Don’t Match the Ad Photos
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a challenge to California’s Proposition 12, the Farm Animal Confinement Bill passed back in 2018. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the plaintiffs in the suit, argue that the amendment is unconstitutional based on the... Read More about Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to California’s Prop 12 Animal Caging Bill
National seafood chain Long John Silver’s has agreed to pay $200,000 in addition to other relief to settle sexual harassment allegations brought forward by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit was brought by the EEOC on June 25, 2021. In it, the complaint detailed claims that a teenage... Read More about Long John Silver’s to Pay Teen $200,000 Over Sexual Harassment Claims
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced three initiatives late last month to tackle the rising processing backlogs for work permits. The new rule includes a new internal cycle time goal, an expansion of premium processing services, and an improvement in access to Employment Authorization Documents. The expansion of... Read More about New Biden Immigration Rule Will Expedite Work Permits, For a Price
The popular gaming company Riot Games has announced that it will pay $100 million to settle a 2018 class-action discrimination lawsuit with California state agencies and current female employees. The settlement is with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing... Read More about Riot Games Settles $100 Million Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
The city of Aurora, Colorado has settled with Elijah McClain’s family after 23-year-old Elijah McClain died at the hands of police officers in 2019. The city of Aurora has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the McClain family after Elijah’s death. The settlement was reached... Read More about Aurora, Colorado Will Pay Family of Elijah McCain $15 Million in Civil Suit Settlement
Hiding behind the myths of voter fraud and stolen elections, 27 states have introduced over 250 bills this year that pose new challenges to the right to vote, especially for people of color. These efforts come on the tail of the 19 discriminatory voting rights bills that passed in 33... Read More about Who Gets to Vote? Discrimination across the Nation
A complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, California, accuses tech giant Google of systemic bias against Black employees. The lawsuit was filed by former employee April Curley. The complaint details that Curley, who is a Black woman, was hired on for an entry-level position despite having over five... Read More about Lawsuit Accuses Google of Systemic Bias Against Black Employees
The legislative history of current law, contemporary morals, and the increasingly widespread legalization of marijuana led two out of three judges on the Ninth Circuit to rule that a petitioner’s request for review of her deportation order from the Board of Immigration Appeals, for selling and transporting less than two... Read More about Ninth Circuit Clarifies Deportation Laws for Small Marijuana Sales
A California man has been indicted on charges stemming from fraudulent loan applications seeking at least $27 million from the nation's coronavirus relief program, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Robert Benlevi, 53, of Encino, California, has been charged with falsely submitting 27 loan applications to four different banks in order... Read More about California Man Charged After Collecting $27M through Fraudulent PPP Loans
The 12-year-old shooter at a South Carolina middle school has been arrested and charged with the murder of another 12-year-old student. The Greenville County Sheriff's office confirmed last Friday to the local news outlet, Greenville News, that the 12-year-old victim, Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson, died as a result of gunshot... Read More about 12-Year-Old South Carolina School Shooter Charged With Murder
Florida’s controversial "Parental Rights in Education" bill has caused an uproar within the state and throughout the nation. Parents with school-age children, particularly children who identify as gay or transgender, have been vocal about the harm they believe the bill could cause, with a major concern being the potential bullying,... Read More about Florida’s Controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill: What’s in It and What Does It Mean for Parents and Students?
Writing that the right to vote in Florida is “under siege,” a federal judge struck parts of the state’s “unconstitutional” and “suppressive” new voting law. In addition, he took the rare step of ordering mandatory pre-clearance, an “extraordinary oversight” that will be required for new Florida laws that seek to... Read More about Federal Judge Strikes Florida’s Discriminatory Voting Laws & Orders Pre-Clearance of Future Ones
A now-retired Pennsylvania trooper was awarded $2 million after a Philadelphia jury found his claims of forced retirement by his employer, the state police, to be substantial. Robert Newton was a Pennsylvania state trooper when he filed a federal lawsuit in December 2018 against the state police department. In his... Read More about Former Trooper Awarded $2 Million After Being Forced to Retire Early
The federal Juvenile Delinquency Act (JDA) of 1974 aims to prevent future criminal behavior by minor offenders. One young man, who was first arrested for gang crimes when he was a minor, tried to argue that he is still entitled to JDA treatment after he turned 18. The Ninth Circuit... Read More about Minor Who Continued Criminal Gang Behavior After Age 18 Must Be Tried as an Adult