Education technology company Chegg is at the center of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit following four data breaches since 2017. These data breaches exposed sensitive information including the names and emails of tens of millions of customers and employees. Chegg has become a go-to online study source for students... Read More »
Six Flags is the subject of a class action lawsuit that alleges employees in states including Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey are owed unpaid wages from as far back as October 2016. The allegations include claims that employees were required to undergo security screenings and facility walkthroughs while off the... Read More »
After finalizing his deal with Twitter execs to purchase the company for what many have called an overvalued $44 billion, Elon Musk's first move as CEO was to clean house. Of the roughly 7,500 workers who were employed at Twitter before the takeover, nearly 3,700 have now found themselves suddenly... Read More »
An environmental group has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that endangered whales are at heightened risk of injury and death because of commercial net fishing off of the coast of California’s shores. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for... Read More »
In a recently filed lawsuit against a West Virginia college oversight agency, the Higher Education Policy Commission, an agency director alleges that the Commission illegally recorded over three years' worth of building staff conversations in its Charleston headquarters. As reported by the Charleston Gazette-Mail, the Higher Education Policy Commission's academic... Read More »
Over five years after the senseless murders of two Delphi, Indiana, teens Libby German and Abby Williams, Indiana police announced early Monday that a local man has been arrested and charged with the murders. Abby was just 13, and her best friend Libby was 14 when the pair were killed... Read More »
Cosmetics company L'Oreal Paris and partner companies, Namaste Laboratories LLC, Dabur International Ltd., and Godrej Consumer Products are at the center of a lawsuit that alleges women who use their chemical hair straightening products are at an increased risk of developing uterine cancer. The lawsuit was brought forward by civil... Read More »
The 82-year-old husband of Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, is recovering after he was the victim of a brutal assault in the couple's upscale San Francisco home. Officials arrested the attacker, 41-year-old David DePape, on a slew of charges including attempted murder, elder abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, battery,... Read More »
As first reported by the Associated Press, the Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against an Idaho city over illegal waste dumping into waterways that feed into several rivers throughout the area. The lawsuit was filed by the DOJ In Idaho's U.S. District Court on Monday. According to the... Read More »
A grandmother who was arrested after feeding the homeless at an Arizona public park has filed a lawsuit against the city with the support of the nonprofit public interest law firm, Institute for Justice. Last March, 78-year-old Norma Thornton was feeding the local homeless population at a nearby public park... Read More »
Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced the $10 million settlement with three real estate firms that operated developments in some of the most affluent communities in our nation’s capital. The settlement will be the largest civil penalty in a US housing discrimination case. The three real estate firms involved... Read More »
The 2020 Denver George Floyd protests resulted in a number of police brutality lawsuits that have required the city to dish out millions in settlement payments. The latest settlement will cost the city of Denver and others $485,000 in taxpayer dollars after protestor Trevor Hughes filed a lawsuit blaming the... Read More »
The families of two people who were killed in the 2021 Astroworld Music Festival have settled with concert organizer and headliner, rapper Travis Scott. The November 5 concert resulted in a deadly crowd surge shortly after Scott took the stage. The crowd surge killed 10 concertgoers and injured hundreds more.... Read More »
Less than a week after an online application portal for student debt relief went live, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Biden administration from moving forward with its student loan forgiveness plan. The ruling came Friday evening just as over half of qualifying student loan borrowers filed applications on... Read More »
An Illinois medical device sterilization company has been ordered to pay $363 million to a cancer survivor who lived in the same community where the company’s plant was based. The lawsuit was brought forward by Susan Kamuda, and her complaint is just one of over 700 that accused the company,... Read More »
