Sin City is struggling to get back online after a string of cyber security attacks shut down major hotels last week. Last Monday, global chain MGM Resorts International announced that it was dealing with a “cybersecurity issue” that was affecting some of its online operations. In response, the casino said... Read More »
The family of a New York man has filed a lawsuit against Peloton, a popular workout company. The family accuses Peloton of negligence after their loved one died when the bike fell on him. The lawsuit was filed in March 2023 in the Brooklyn Civil Supreme Court but only came... Read More »
Kroger is the latest player to settle claims related to opioid overprescription and overdose lawsuits. Earlier this month, the grocery store chain agreed to pay $1.4 billion over the next 11 years for its role in the national opioid epidemic. Kroger currently operates nearly 1,300 stores across the US. The... Read More »
One Virginia mom has filed a lawsuit against her child’s high school after she says school officials secretly transitioned her daughter into a male, causing a chain of events that ultimately led the teen into the dark world of sex trafficking. Michele Blair filed her lawsuit in the United States... Read More »
Southern California's Redlands Unified School District has agreed to pay the victim of a former teacher who had a history of sexually abusing her students. This will be the second settlement the school district agreed to involving a victim of the teacher. Laura Whitehurst, a former AP English teacher and... Read More »
An administrative judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ruled that a class action lawsuit filed by pregnant women working at the Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) can move forward. On April 21, an administrative judge at the EEOC certified the class of employees in the claims... Read More »
More than 130 school districts are joining in on a lawsuit filed against the state of Ohio over its private school voucher program. The uptick in schools joining the suit comes after the coalition group that filed the lawsuit, Vouchers Hurt Ohio, says the state is engaging in bullying tactics.... Read More »
A reporter who works at a small Kansas newspaper filed a federal lawsuit against her town’s police chief last Wednesday after officers raided the newspaper’s operations in early August. Deb Gruver brought forward her lawsuit against Marion Police Chief, Gideon Cody, accusing the chief of violating her constitutional rights during... Read More »
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced last Friday that a man who was denied employment with a trucking company because he was deaf will be awarded more than $36 million following a federal jury’s deliberation. The Nebraska jury deliberated for less than two hours after a four-day trial and... Read More »
A group of corporate managers for mobile home communities along with a mobile home market data provider are the target of a new lawsuit that was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division. The lawsuit accuses the defendants of conspiring to influence rental... Read More »
Danny Masterson, the star of the hit show, “That ‘70s Show,” was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Thursday following two convictions of raping two women in 2003. After over 20 years, the victims were able to find some relief as they addressed Masterson in court via... Read More »
A group of female professors at Vassar College have filed a class action lawsuit against the college accusing them of knowingly failing to address the gender gap in pay among its faculty members. The suit represents five current and former full-time female professors who teach subjects ranging from physics to... Read More »
A Federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that challenged a transgender woman's induction into the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at the University of Wyoming. The lawsuit made national headlines and was dubbed an intentional effort to further curb transgender rights and protections. Last week’s ruling to dismiss the lawsuit... Read More »
Widely popular YouTube “momfluencer” Ruby Franke has been arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse. Franke's business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, has also been arrested on similar charges. Officers were dispatched to Franke's household after one of Franke's children climbed out of a window and ran to a neighbor's home just... Read More »
Burger King will have to face a recently filed lawsuit that accuses the fast food chain of falsely advertising its signature Whopper, ruled a U.S. District Court judge in Miami. The class action lawsuit was brought forward by Florida attorney Anthony Russo. Russo is representing plaintiffs in Arizona, California, Connecticut,... Read More »
