Trevor Milton, the former CEO and founder of innovative electric truck company Nikola Motors, has been found guilty on three of four counts of fraud. The fraud charges stem from misleading statements Milton made while he was the acting chairman and CEO of Nikola. Milton, who rose to the rank... Read More »
A Jacksonville, Florida man has filed a lawsuit against medical device provider, Tracpatch Health Inc. The lawsuit was filed by Robert C. Hovey in the Middle District of Florida. According to Hovey, Tracpatch Health Inc. knowingly marketed a hip replacement system known as the Consensus Hip System despite it being... Read More »
The University of Washington has been ordered to pay the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) nearly $540,000 following a 2020 lawsuit that alleged the university destroyed critical public records during a federal investigation. In December 2021, the National Institute of Health released the results of a federal investigation... Read More »
Former Peloton trainer Daniel McKenna has filed a $2 million lawsuit against his former employee and a company executive. McKenna claimed that he was “subject to a hostile work environment” after the company discriminated, harassed, and retaliated against him. McKenna filed his lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court in... Read More »
The U.S. government has reached a deal with Native American victims who were sexually abused as boys by pedophile doctor Stanley Patrick Weber. The boys were abused at the hands of Weber in federal hospitals in Montana and South Dakota during the mid-1990s. Reports detail that eight victims would receive... Read More »
Music festival season has come to a close, but that hasn't kept the nation's most beloved festival, Coachella, out of national headlines. Last week Coachella's parent company Goldenvoice announced that it was suing the organizers of the similarly named Ghanese music festival, Afrochella, over copyright infringement. According to Goldenvoice, organizers... Read More »
A Washington state cattle rancher will serve 11 years in prison after his ‘Ghost Cattle’ scam racked up over $244 million in fraudulently obtained payments from partner companies. According to the Department of Justice, 51-year-old rancher Cody Allen Easterday used his company Easterday Ranches Inc to funnel millions of dollars... Read More »
One of the nation's leading gun manufacturers, Smith & Wesson, is the subject of at least 11 newly filed lawsuits by the survivors of the Highland Park, Illinois, shooting. The shooting spree, which took place on Independence Day, killed seven parade goers and injured dozens more. The lawsuits have been... Read More »
The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed while on the set of the movie Rust, has settled their wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and the other producers of that movie. In a statement released last Wednesday, Halyna’s widower, Matthew Hutchins, shared a statement that read in part, “We... Read More »
A Maryland woman has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her constitutional rights were violated after she was forced to give birth in a concrete jail cell without any assistance or access to medical support. After being arrested and jailed for a probation violation just days before her due date,... Read More »
Weeks after President Biden announced sweeping student debt cancellation for federal student loan borrowers, the lawsuits have begun trickling forward against what many have called a politically motivated stunt ahead of midterms. Lawsuits have been filed across the nation by whole states as well as individual borrowers. These lawsuits have... Read More »
Biotech company Biogen has agreed to a $900 million settlement to resolve claims that it violated Federal laws guarding against kickback payments. The whistleblower lawsuit was brought forward by Michael Bawduniak, a former employee of Biogen. Bawduniak filed the lawsuit in 2012 under the False Claims Act, a federal regulation... Read More »
Three Black Houston area real estate agents are suing a fellow real estate agent, her company, and other real estate agencies for racial discrimination after they say they were denied the sale of condo units because of their race. The three real estate investors, James Ra-Amari, his wife Misty Ra-Amari,... Read More »
The Department of Justice has announced charges against two men who conspired to steal $39 million in a foreign exchange fraud scheme. Both men have pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Officials explain that Patrick Gallagher, 44, of Middleborough, Massachusetts, and Michael Dion, 49, of... Read More »
The threads are continuing to unravel in one of the largest welfare embezzlement schemes in the state of Mississippi. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice along with the Hinds County District Attorney's Office announced that former state official John Davis pled guilty to federal counts and 18 state counts. ... Read More »
