The city of Aurora, Colorado has settled with Elijah McClain’s family after 23-year-old Elijah McClain died at the hands of police officers in 2019. The city of Aurora has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the McClain family after Elijah’s death. The settlement was reached... Read More »
A complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, California, accuses tech giant Google of systemic bias against Black employees. The lawsuit was filed by former employee April Curley. The complaint details that Curley, who is a Black woman, was hired on for an entry-level position despite having over five... Read More »
A California man has been indicted on charges stemming from fraudulent loan applications seeking at least $27 million from the nation's coronavirus relief program, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Robert Benlevi, 53, of Encino, California, has been charged with falsely submitting 27 loan applications to four different banks in order... Read More »
The 12-year-old shooter at a South Carolina middle school has been arrested and charged with the murder of another 12-year-old student. The Greenville County Sheriff's office confirmed last Friday to the local news outlet, Greenville News, that the 12-year-old victim, Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson, died as a result of gunshot... Read More »
Florida’s controversial "Parental Rights in Education" bill has caused an uproar within the state and throughout the nation. Parents with school-age children, particularly children who identify as gay or transgender, have been vocal about the harm they believe the bill could cause, with a major concern being the potential bullying,... Read More »
A now-retired Pennsylvania trooper was awarded $2 million after a Philadelphia jury found his claims of forced retirement by his employer, the state police, to be substantial. Robert Newton was a Pennsylvania state trooper when he filed a federal lawsuit in December 2018 against the state police department. In his... Read More »
An investigation into Missouri-based nonprofit charity Preferred Family Healthcare has resulted in the forfeiture of over $8 million to the federal government and the state of Arkansas. Preferred Family Healthcare was the nation's largest Medicaid-funded charity providing services to the public including counseling, treatment for mental health and substance abuse,... Read More »
Jurors have awarded protesters in the 2020 demonstrations against the death of Minneapolis man, George Floyd, a total of $14 million. The death of Floyd in the summer of 2020 sparked a national outcry for police reform across the nation. In many cities, demonstrators came out to peacefully protest police... Read More »
In early March, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukrainians living in the United States. This latest initiative to help nationals of the war-torn country will impact an estimated 30,000 Ukrainians who are currently living in the United States under a... Read More »
The mother of a nine-year-old boy has filed a lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court after a school worker allegedly threw the child across an empty room. Tiria Jones’s autistic son was just days into the new school year at Four Creeks School when an altercation with one of the... Read More »
Three Muslim Americans have filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Los Angeles against Department of Homeland Security officers. The men, who are from Minnesota, Texas, and Arizona, were traveling home from an international trip when they claim that US border officers targeted them and questioned them about their... Read More »
Two former Tik-Tok moderators are suing the popular video-sharing app and its parent company, ByteDance. The federal lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, accuses the Chinese-owned app of violating California labor laws for not offering proper mental and emotional support for its content moderators. The plaintiffs named in the suit... Read More »
A Massachusetts-based company that specializes in background checks is at the center of four lawsuits. The lawsuit accused the company, Creative Services, Inc., of negligently failing to protect the private information of its clients. The company, which is located in Mansfield, Massachusetts, offered services to employers, universities, and government agencies... Read More »
Lawyers in several states are pushing for class-action lawsuits against Family Dollar after reports of a rat infestation in the company’s distribution center surfaced earlier this year. Attorneys in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee have all come forward with lawsuits seeking class-action certification. Reports of the infestation began... Read More »
The family of a man who was shot while riding an Amtrak train in Missouri is suing the transportation company for $100 million. 30-year-old Richie Terell Aaron Jr. was shot on the evening of January 14 while aboard an Amtrak train that was traveling north to Independence. After stopping at... Read More »
