Parler, the controversial social media site, dropped its January federal antitrust lawsuit against Amazon Web Services (AWS), the former host for the platform. Simultaneously, however, the social media firm filed another lawsuit against AWS in a Washington state court, alleging Amazon violated Washington’s tort, unfair competition, defamation, and consumer protection... Read More »
Lawmakers passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act on Wednesday, creating a reform bill that bans chokeholds by law enforcement and reforms “qualified immunity” for all police officers. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act impacts law enforcement’s “qualified immunity.” This immunity refers to government officials such as police... Read More »
The youthful pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shrekli, nicknamed “Pharma Bro”, and “the most hated man in America," has been hit with a class-action lawsuit. Health insurers filed the lawsuit, alleging Shrekli plotted to create a drug monopoly. The insurers are seeking damages to be determined by market overcharges in a trial... Read More »
A new Supreme Court stay instructs attorneys to hand over numerous years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns and financial records to New York prosecutors. The decision to allow the long-hidden finances of Trump is the result of an eighteen months-long legal battle. The former president’s attorneys fought to... Read More »
Texas Federal Judge Drew Tipton blocked President Joe Biden’s new deportation order after the Lone Star State sued the White House administration. Biden proposed the new 100-day moratorium on most immigrant deportations on inauguration day as part of a slew of new orders. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Biden's... Read More »
COVID-19 claims by workers across the US during the pandemic are waffling in dramatic ways, depending upon where claimants reside. Numerous states deny workers’ COVID-19 claims even as more than 500,000 deaths have occurred due to the deadly virus. As the pandemic infects all people of every income group, some... Read More »
Earlier this month, a federal grand jury indicted owners of a foreign currency exchange company with fourteen counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The grand jury indicted Michael Shawn Stewart, 57, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Bryant Edwin Sewall, 54, previously of Little Elm,... Read More »
A new lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges e-commerce giant Amazon had "flagrant disregard for health and safety requirements" for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit claims Amazon workers were put in grave danger in New York from the highly transmissible virus, as demand for shipped... Read More »
Retired Major League Baseball Star Herb Washington, 69, filed a lawsuit against McDonald's in Ohio last week for alleged racist policies and discrimination. In his case, the former baseball celebrity accused McDonald's of “racial discrimination and retaliation” in his long-time franchisee partnership with the global fast-food giant. The defendant, McDonald’s... Read More »
Bayer AG recently proposed a $2 billion compensation cap for future claims against its product Roundup. Plaintiffs have accused Bayer of causing cancer via the popular weedkiller used by farmers and home gardeners. Founded in 1863, the German-based multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company is one of the world's largest... Read More »
In California, a new ballot initiative, the Fairness for Injured Patients Act (FIPA), could turn the current malpractice lawsuit rules on its head. Since 1975, California has mandated that damages in medical malpractice lawsuits be capped at $250,000. This week, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber officially certified this initiative... Read More »
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo became the national face of specific information when COVID-19 hit, offering daily briefings that were fluid as the pandemic data kept shifting. As the deaths of nursing home patients across the US and in New York quickly became the most prominent fatality statistic, Cuomo’s administration... Read More »
When the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump was officially announced, a determined House delegate from the Virgin Islands threw her proverbial hat in the ring and won a place in history. Stacey E. Plaskett is a congresswoman and is the first person to be a manager of any... Read More »
Figs, a Los Angeles start-up that disrupted the medical apparel field with fashionable, comfortable, form-fitting scrubs, is facing a lawsuit by larger competitor Careismatic Brands. The social-media friendly Figs offers fashion-forward, modern-day marketing images of people in their medical apparel in stark contrast to the more traditional firm, Careismatic Brands.... Read More »
The Canadian government is the first country to include the American-based Proud Boys on its official list of terrorist entities. Canada announced the official classification of Proud Boys as a terrorist organization in a statement on February 4, citing that the group poses an active security threat. The Canadian House... Read More »
