The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against rideshare company, Uber. The complaint alleges that Uber violated the rights of disabled riders after charging them for taking too long to enter their ride. Uber’s wait time policy requires that riders have two minutes to get into the vehicle... Read More »
Popular shoe brand Vans is suing big-box giant Walmart over sneakers that appear to be a knockoff of Van’s most popular shoe lineup. In a complaint filed earlier this week, Vans alleges that Walmart’s in-house brands Time and Tru, Wonder Nation, and No Boundaries have made it a habit to... Read More »
A US judge has approved a settlement Boeing introduced to the families of the 157 victims killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash. As part of the settlement, Boeing agrees to liability for compensatory damages brought forward in lawsuits filed by the victims’ families. After introducing the settlement,... Read More »
The identity of Bitcoin's founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been one of the digital finance world’s greatest mysteries. This week, a trial is underway in a Florida court that could finally unveil who Nakamoto is. For many Bitcoin fanatics, this civil suit is considered to be the trial of the century.... Read More »
North Carolina resident Dontae Sharpe is now a free man after serving 24 years behind bars for a murder that he did not commit. North Carolina's Governor, Roy Cooper, announced last week that Sharpe would be granted a pardon of innocence for his wrongful conviction. Sharpe will also be paid... Read More »
Carole Baskin lost her legal battle against Netflix last week after a judge shot down her request for a temporary restraining order. Baskin and her husband, Howard Baskin, are the owners of Big Cat Rescue, a tiger sanctuary located in Tampa, Florida. Baskin became a household name after the hit... Read More »
As lawsuits continue to pile up against Travis Scott and promotion company Live Nation Entertainment, the blame game has begun as authorities try to piece together how and when Scott’s Astroworld concert turned deadly. The Astroworld festival left eight concertgoers dead and many others injured Friday, November 5th. Nearly a... Read More »
Residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan, have come together to file a class-action lawsuit over the town’s lead-contaminated water supply. The 63-page complaint was filed by 16 residents who allege that both state and city officials did not properly inform residents about the contaminated water in Benton Harbor. The complaint details... Read More »
U.S. District Judge Judith Levy has given final approval to a $626.25 million settlement that will be paid out to the residents of Flint, Michigan, who were impacted by the water crisis that caused lead in piping to seep into the city’s water supply. In an effort to save money,... Read More »
A criminal investigation has been opened after multiple concertgoers died and dozens of others were injured during rapper Travis Scotts’s performance at Astroworld Festival in Houston last week. Authorities confirmed over the weekend that eight concertgoers died after the massive 50,000 person crowd surged forward, crushing attendees. The victims ranged... Read More »
Bankruptcy can be a scary and complicated process to navigate, but for some individuals, families, and businesses, it's a necessary step for moving forward after mounting financial debt. A new piece of legislation aims to streamline this complicated process by replacing Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy with a revamped... Read More »
A jury has reached a verdict that would require pharmaceutical giant Bayer to pay $62 million to students and others in Monroe, Washington’s Sky Valley Education Center. The suit was brought by two parents, four former students, and one other adult who details having spent an excess of time at... Read More »
On Tuesday, Facebook, now rebranded as Meta, announced that it would be shutting down its facial recognition program. The program has over one million individual facial recognition templates that it plans to delete. In a statement released by Meta, the brand explains that societal concerns and uncertainty about regulation are... Read More »
Three men have been indicted for narcotics conspiracy after over one ton of cocaine was intercepted entering the New York area last week. Jorge Aponte-Guzman, Nelson Agramonte-Minaya, and Carlos Maisonet-Lopez were arrested in connection to transporting the cocaine through the New York region. Authorities explain that at the end of... Read More »
A Minnesota man is facing five criminal charges after trying to extort the Major League Baseball organization out of $150,000. U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York, Damien Williams, announced last week that along with the extortion attempt, Joshua Streit, 30, also known as Josh Brody, allegedly “illegally... Read More »
