U.S. District Judge Judith Levy has given final approval to a $626.25 million settlement that will be paid out to the residents of Flint, Michigan, who were impacted by the water crisis that caused lead in piping to seep into the city’s water supply. In an effort to save money,... Read More about Judge Approves Historic $626.25 Mil. Settlement for Residents Impacted by Flint Water Crisis
A criminal investigation has been opened after multiple concertgoers died and dozens of others were injured during rapper Travis Scotts’s performance at Astroworld Festival in Houston last week. Authorities confirmed over the weekend that eight concertgoers died after the massive 50,000 person crowd surged forward, crushing attendees. The victims ranged... Read More about Criminal Investigation Underway In Deadly Travis Scott Astroworld Concert
Bankruptcy can be a scary and complicated process to navigate, but for some individuals, families, and businesses, it's a necessary step for moving forward after mounting financial debt. A new piece of legislation aims to streamline this complicated process by replacing Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy with a revamped... Read More about Could New Chapter 10 Bankruptcy Bill Overhaul Current Bankruptcy Law? Here’s What You Should Know
A jury has reached a verdict that would require pharmaceutical giant Bayer to pay $62 million to students and others in Monroe, Washington’s Sky Valley Education Center. The suit was brought by two parents, four former students, and one other adult who details having spent an excess of time at... Read More about Bayer to Pay $62 Mil for Toxic Chemicals Found on Washington School Campus
When an elderly couple called an ambulance during a medical emergency, they asked the driver to take them to a hospital where their physicians have privileges. The driver refused because the county they live in requires that they be taken to the nearest hospital. They sued the county and lost... Read More about Medically Unstable Ambulance Patients Can’t Select Destination Hospitals
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and pharmaceutical company Moderna are fighting over who should get the official credit for the innovative component of the ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine. When first working together to battle COVID-19, the NIH called it the “NIH-Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.” Now, both companies are locked in... Read More about US National Institutes of Health and Moderna Fighting over Vaccine Patent Rights
When newsworthy events occur, the responsible organization normally writes a press release and posts it on its website to inform the public about what happened. One man who pled guilty to several acts of mortgage fraud and completed his sentence sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau... Read More about Convicted Man Can’t Make Justice Dept. Remove Old, Online Press Releases from Web
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report examining over 7,000 companies that filed for bankruptcy in the 2020 fiscal year. They found that 42 debtor companies, including Hertz and Neiman Marcus, paid out over $165 million in incentive bonuses to their executives just before filing for Chapter 11... Read More about GAO Finds That Top Execs Aren’t Worried About Their Last Payday Before Bankruptcy
The Cuban government recently published the draft of a new family code that would open the door for same-sex marriage and adoption, as well as recognizing surrogacy. The preliminary draft of the family code must be approved by Cuba’s parliament followed by a grassroots plebiscite before going into effect. The... Read More about Cuba’s Draft Family Code Would Legalize Same-Sex Adoption and Marriage; Where Do We Stand in the U.S.?
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Louisiana on Saturday stopped the new Biden vaccination mandate for large businesses, citing “grave issues.” The new Biden vaccine order requires any American company with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccinations and would impact about 84 million workers. It... Read More about Biden’s Vaccination, Mask and Test Mandate Faces Temporary Pause by Federal Appeals Court
On Tuesday, Facebook, now rebranded as Meta, announced that it would be shutting down its facial recognition program. The program has over one million individual facial recognition templates that it plans to delete. In a statement released by Meta, the brand explains that societal concerns and uncertainty about regulation are... Read More about Facebook Shuts Down Use of Facial Recognition Software
Activision Blizzard, the parent company for a compendium of video game developers and publishers responsible for popular franchises such as Diablo, Call of Duty, and World of Warcraft, is now the target of a wide-reaching investigation instigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC’s investigation follows a... Read More about Prominent Video Game Company Activision Blizzard Under Federal Investigation for Widespread Harassment
Three men have been indicted for narcotics conspiracy after over one ton of cocaine was intercepted entering the New York area last week. Jorge Aponte-Guzman, Nelson Agramonte-Minaya, and Carlos Maisonet-Lopez were arrested in connection to transporting the cocaine through the New York region. Authorities explain that at the end of... Read More about 3 Men Indicted After Massive New York Cocaine Bust as DEA Continues Crackdown on Smugglers
A Minnesota man is facing five criminal charges after trying to extort the Major League Baseball organization out of $150,000. U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York, Damien Williams, announced last week that along with the extortion attempt, Joshua Streit, 30, also known as Josh Brody, allegedly “illegally... Read More about Minnesota Man Strikes Out in MLB $150K Extortion Attempt, Lands Fraud Charges Instead
Popular chocolatier See's Candy is at the center of a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The employee’s husband later contracted the virus from her and passed away shortly after. Maria Saucillo was a longtime employee of the See's Candy Shop packaging warehouse... Read More about Widow of Man Who Died From COVID Sues Employer See’s Candy for Negligence