A year after the Supreme Court overturned the historic Roe v. Wade decision, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs created a unique new way to legally protect reproductive freedom in the state. Governor Hobbs signed an executive order that strengthens the ability of all residents of her state to make their own... Read More »
In the law, timing is everything. With the 2024 presidential election looming, a judge was asked to consider the government’s proposed December 11 court date for Trump’s classified documents trial. After considering arguments from both parties in the face, federal district Judge Aileen Cannon set the start date for the... Read More »
NYC app-based delivery workers from DoorDash, GrubHub, Uber and Relay hoped to get a pay bump to $17.96 per hour for their deliveries on July 12, but they were quickly disappointed. The new wage was supposed to go into effect on July 12 as per an expected agreement with the... Read More »
A U.S. Labor Department investigation into alleged illegal tampering with correction workers’ payroll records unearthed disturbing news. Numerous complaints against the state, representing corrections workers, claimed that the workers were being swindled out of pay due to them. The impacted workers were cheated out of their fair payments due to... Read More »
The United States Department of Justice charged four China-Based precursor chemical manufacturing firms and eight executives and employees in a global supply chain disruption including fentanyl. Three indictments in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York were announced, charging the China-based companies and their employees with crimes related to... Read More »
A former regional manager at a Philadelphia Starbucks was awarded $25.6 million after the jury found that race was a “determinative factor” in her being fired. Shannon Phillips was fired from her job as a regional manager in 2018 after viral allegations that she denied two black men from using... Read More »
3M, the $54.41 billion manufacturer of chemicals, must pay a minimum of $10.3 billion to settle numerous lawsuits. The agreement will pay water providers for forever chemicals, which are chemicals that do not naturally degrade and are linked to dangerous health issues, found in drinking water. The 3M agreement follows... Read More »
A $15.5 billion agreement between the US and other partners with Vietnam may be in danger, just months after the two countries signed a landmark environmental contract. The money was pledged to Vietnam as a result of the country’s willingness to stop or offset carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. The... Read More »
The Department of Labor (DOL) ordered Taqueria Garibaldi, a taqueria in California, to pay $140,000 in back wages plus damages for infractions. The owners of the restaurant, which has locations in Sacramento and Roseville, are charged with unique infractions, including allegedly hiring a “fake” priest to take confessions of employees... Read More »
A non-profit organization located in Barrington, Rhode Island, the Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, alleges that the State University of New York (SUNY) and numerous public libraries located in upstate New York in Albany practiced racial discrimination when they only allowed black students to participate in the... Read More »
A new landmark climate case in Montana proves that youth is NOT wasted on the young. This is the first constitutional climate trial in the United States. The sixteen young people filed their lawsuit, Held v Montana, in 2020. The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys for Our Children’s Trust, an... Read More »
For over two decades, from 1999 to 2019, merciless thieves targeted numerous Halls of Fame, museums and businesses, stealing precious mementos of beloved athletes such as Yogi Berra. But, as Yogi famously said, "It ain't over 'til it's over.” Federal prosecutors have brought charges against nine people for allegedly organizing... Read More »
An Orlando teenager was arrested and charged on Friday for the murder of his grandmother, US Army Sgt. Angela Sutton Washington, who served in Operation Desert Storm. The authorities will not release the name of the alleged fifteen-year-old shooter because he is a minor. The teenager was charged with first-degree... Read More »
The ongoing battle between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney continues to wreak havoc on people across the political divide regarding hot-button issues such as LGBTQ+ rights, abortion, library book bans, and the policing of schools regarding sex education or gender identity. In a Fox News appearance, DeSantis, who married... Read More »
A District of Columbia woman who went to court to sue her neighbor and DC for the formidable stench of marijuana invading her home won her case last week. DC Superior Court Judge Ebony Scott ruled in favor of plaintiff Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, who claimed in a lawsuit that the overwhelming... Read More »
