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 »
The justice department has announced a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX). The lawsuit accuses SpaceX of discriminating against refugees and asylees in the company’s hiring practices. According to the Justice Department, between at least September 2018 and May 2022, the company discouraged asylees and refugees from... Read More »
Members of the LGBTQ+ community are celebrating policy reform regarding transgender rights. The policy change was the result of a lawsuit that was filed by a former county jail inmate in New York. Makyyla Holland, a 25-year-old Black transgender woman, filed her lawsuit in March 2022 against New York’s Broome... Read More »
An investment firm dedicated to helping Black and minority women get the funding they need for their business ventures is facing a lawsuit that accuses their business practices of being racially discriminatory. The Atlanta-based venture capital firm, Fearless Fund, is facing legal criticism about its grant program, Fearless Strivers Grant... Read More »
Adrenaline junkies can make their way to Sequim, Washington, on the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula and experience a thrill ride like no other. The business Mason Wing Walking will take you up 3,500 feet into the air on an open cockpit propeller bi-plane and allow you to walk... Read More »
The family of Henrietta Lacks is continuing their legal efforts to hold accountable companies that they say are illegally reaping the benefits of her living genetic material. The family's most recent lawsuit targets a California-based biopharmaceutical company, Ultragenyx. The lawsuit against the company was filed just weeks after the family... Read More »
A second lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric Industries, Hawaiian Electric Light Company, and Maui Electric Company has been filed following the Maui wildfire that has killed over 100 people. Despite being the second lawsuit filed, it will not be the last as more complaints are in the process of being filed... Read More »
Authorities are continuing their investigation into the deadly home explosion that killed five individuals in the western Pennsylvania town of Plum. The explosion leveled at least three homes and damaged dozens more. Among the dead were four adults and one teen. The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office has taken the... Read More »
