Florida State Lawyers May Be Seeing a Jump in Members
Summary: The Florida State Bar is considering allowing reciprocity, despite a large vocal opposition from state lawyers. A proposal was…
Legal News
Discovered Emails Between Opposing Lawyers May Ruin Settlement
Summary: Billion dollar settlements between merchants and major card companies MasterCard, Visa, and American Express are coming undone after communication…
Houston Discrimination Ordinance Must Be Repealed or Voted On
Summary: The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the city of Houston was required by their city charter to listen to…
$380 Million Leftover from Native American Discrimination Settlement
Summary: The claimants of the settlement would like to see the money distributed between them, while the government wants the…
Judge Rules in Favor of Amazon in Patent Case
Summary: A federal judge has ruled that patents that Amazon challenged cannot stand because they seek to patent ideas. U.S.…
A Right to Die Lawsuit in California Gets Turned Down
Summary: Californians may be seeing the discussion of assisted suicide come from their state politicians as the courts do not…
Woman Sues after Being Fired for Upholding Her Religious Beliefs
Summary: A southern Indiana woman refused to process same-sex marriage license applications because of her religious beliefs, resulting in her…
Equality Act Proposed by Democrats
Summary: The Equality Act was introduced by Democrats, in opposition to the Republicans First Amendment Defense Act, to extend federal…
Family of Smoker That Died from Lung Cancer Gets $10.5 Million
Summary: Three tobacco companies have been ordered to pay $3 million each for their role in the death of a…
Solitary Confinement Issues Are Being Brought to the Discussion
Summary: Several cases are in the process, either at the federal level or Supreme Court, of being argued to whether…
Oil Drilling Employee Fired for Being Old
Summary: A supervisor threatened to fire older employees leading Maurice Goudeau to complain to HR about the comment. The 57-year…
Citibank Required to Pay $735 Million for Illegal Practices
Summary: Citibank must pay back $700 million to consumers and $35 million to the CFPB as a penalty for the…