When Bayer purchased Monsanto in 2018, they could not have predicted the legal hurricanes that would follow. Just weeks after the purchase, a jury in California awarded Dewayne Johnson, a groundskeeper at a school where he used Roundup, $289 million. They found that glyphosate in the product caused his non-Hodgkin’s... Read More about The Bayer (Monsanto) Roundup Maelstrom
November was a busy month for litigation against Johnson & Johnson (J&J); lawsuits are coming in all shapes and sizes, and so are the settlements and jury verdicts. Among the results are staggering million-dollar and billion-dollar awards, including individual cases and class-action lawsuits. According to a ruling last month, J&J... Read More about Johnson and Johnson — First Mass Settlement; They’re Not Liable, They Say
Timothy Dalton Vaughn, A 22-year-old from North Carolina, has been sentenced with almost eight years of jail time for conspiring to make death threats, computer hacking, and possession of child pornography. The 22-year old is a member of a worldwide hacking group known as the “Apophis Squad.” Vaughn went by... Read More about A 22-Year-Old Member of a “Hacker Collective” Sentenced to Nearly 8 Years behind Bars
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal that challenged an Oregon school district's policy regarding bathroom use and transgender student accommodations. The lawsuit, which was brought to the U.S. Supreme Court for review by a parent group, Parents for Privacy, was denied the request for appeal, automatically allowing the... Read More about U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit and Protects Transgender Students’ Rights in Oregon School District
President Donald Trump, backed by 17 US states, sought to intervene in the Texas lawsuit seeking the overturning of the US Presidential election by asking the US Supreme Court to throw out millions of voting results in four key states on Tuesday. The president is asking to intervene in the US... Read More about Trump and 17 States Back Texas Bid to Overturn Presidential Election Loss at Supreme Court
Charges against General Michael Flynn have formally been dismissed after a pardon from Trump was granted in late November. General Flynn served as the Trump Administration’s National Security Advisor up until February 2017. During his time with the administration, Flynn came under scrutiny during Robert Mueller’s investigation, which looked into... Read More about Charges Against Flynn Formally Dismissed After Trump’s Pardon
Five Canadians targeting elderly Southern Californians in a marketing scheme were indicted by federal prosecutors on Tuesday in California. The investigation was conducted in a joint effort by the United States Secret Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. US Assistant United States Attorney Monica E. Tait of the Major... Read More about Federal Prosecutors Indict Five Canadians for Targeting California Elderly in Telemarketing Fraud
Goldman Sachs, Inc, a primary dealer in the United States Treasury security market and one of the largest investment banking enterprises in the world, is alleged to have covered up numerous allegations of workplace sexual misconduct, according to a lawsuit recently filed in a New York trial court. The female... Read More about Lawsuit Claims Goldman Sachs Attempted to Cover up Workplace Sexual Misconduct by Married, Lothario Exec
An antitrust report has just been released by top Democratic congressional lawmakers. The report was compiled by several Democratic members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust. The main mission of the report was to investigate whether or not the four biggest tech companies, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple broke... Read More about Antitrust Violations: New Report Alleges Facebook and other Tech Giants Used “Copy, Acquire, Kill” and Other Unfair Business Tactics
The Trump campaign was dealt another blow in the 2020 election as Philadelphia has become the latest state to reject a lawsuit challenging the state's counting of what the campaign alleges are "illegal votes." Republican efforts led by U.S. Representative Mike Kelly allege that approximately 2.5 million mail-in ballots were... Read More about Supreme Court Denies Republican Efforts to Block PA Certification
Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) enjoyed federal protections for more than six decades. The region is home to native animals, including polar bears, which are already a vulnerable species thanks to climate change. Caribou, gray wolves, migrating birds, and other creatures also roam on or soar above the pristine... Read More about Outgoing Trump Administration Sets Auction For Drilling in Arctic Refuge Weeks Before Biden's Inauguration
Two drug industry trade groups filed lawsuits to challenge the Trump administration’s finalized rule to lower drug prices. The administration’s policy will enforce the Department of Health and Human Services authority to create and implement a new payment model based on the “most favored nation” price that will lower the... Read More about Drug Industry Trade Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Drug Pricing Rule
In a case that challenged a 2019 Pennsylvania statute that permits no-excuse absentee voting, Pennsylvania representative Mike Kelly and seven other Trump supporters sued the Commonwealth on the grounds that the mail-in voting in last month’s election was unconstitutional. They argued that altering the existing election law (which allowed for... Read More about US Supreme Court Hears Lawsuit by Trump Allies Challenging PA Election Results
Martin J. Jenkins, a former NFL defensive back, prosecutor, civil rights attorney, youth group mentor and award-winning public servant, was sworn in as the newest Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court last week. He is also openly gay and black, but there’s really no reason to focus on those... Read More about Newest California Supreme Court Justice Reflects State’s Diversity
On Friday, December 4th, the Supreme Court announced plans to review the legal basis of mandatory work requirements for Medicaid participants. While work requirements for welfare programs were introduced in the 1990s under the Clinton Administration’s push to “end welfare as we know it,” controversy exists over imposing such conditions... Read More about Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Medicaid Work Requirements