The 9th Circuit federal appeals court struck down a California law that banned individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing centerfire semi-automatic guns. The 2-1 split decision stated the law was unconstitutional and called it a “severe burden” on Second Amendment rights of "self-defense in the home." Individuals over... Read More »
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a preliminary injunction against a Texas social media law, allowing it to go into effect. The Court’s split 2-1 panel vote will allow private parties to sue tech platforms over allegations of censorship and put sizeable constraints on the country’s largest social media... Read More »
A former Oregon ducks offensive lineman settled with the University of Oregon after four weeks of testimony in a jury trial over civil allegations against two former coaches and their workout techniques and strategies. Doug Brenner filed a lawsuit against Willie Taggart, the former football coach, and Irele Oderinde, the... Read More »
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rolled back a decision made by the Immigration Appeals Court which denied a green card to an asylum seeker for failing to prove he was gay or in any real threat to return to his home country of Nigeria. Peter Donatus Udo told... Read More »
Two clauses of the First Amendment went head-to-head in the fight over private versus government speech this past week, as the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Boston violated the U.S. Constitution when it did not allow a group to fly a Christian flag over the Boston City Hall. However, the... Read More »
Two companies have gone head-to-head over who has the right to use a logo they both see as defining the future of the internet. Meta Platforms Inc., formerly Facebook Inc., was sued by a nonprofit blockchain developer, Dfinity Foundation, over a new logo Meta adopted after rebranding late last year. ... Read More »
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 »
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 »
An employee of the University of Pennsylvania Health System filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey alleging that the employer failed to engage in the “interactive process” of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD). She also argued that she was discriminated against and ultimately fired based... Read More »
Scripps, the parent company of Discovery, won a defamation suit filed in Sacramento, California, earlier this month. A contractor on the show “Windy City Rehab” sued the company claiming the show falsely portrayed him as the “series’ villain.” However, the Sacramento judge ruled that the producers of the show were... Read More »
Earlier this year, Douglas Haegg filed a collective and class action complaint against Magellan Health, Incorporated, claiming “reckless disregard of the \[Fair Labor Standards Act] and Arizona wage and hour laws.” He was employed by the company as a Customer Service Representative and claims that he was never paid for... Read More »
Earlier this month a California resident, Veronica Eshelby, filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against L’Oreal USA, Inc, claiming that the company misleads their consumers into believing their products are made in France. Eshelby brought the case arguing that L’Oreal profits off false advertising because American consumers often associate products from... Read More »
A sexual harassment lawsuit filed in Santa Clara, California, earlier this month has become a fight over the appropriate court to hear the case rather than the facts of the incident. The defendant is fighting to force the case into a federal court, while the plaintiff seeks to keep the... Read More »
Seven Virginia school districts, accounting for more than 350,000 students in the state, have sued incoming Governor Glenn Youngkin over an executive order banning mask mandates across the state in public schools. Youngkin took office on January 15, 2022, and signed into law eleven executive orders on his first day... Read More »
Earlier this month, Colorado signed into law two bills that eliminate the statute of limitations for sexual assault civil cases and give the right for adults to file lawsuits for crimes of sexual misconduct committed against them while they were minors. Senate Bill 21-073, Civil Action Statute of Limitations Sexual... Read More »
