Americans are now allowed to bring elephant tusks for ivory and other parts of this endangered animal’s body collected as trophies into the United States according to Donald Trump. This decision starkly contradicts statements made by Trump just last November when, following an announcement that the Fish and Wildlife Service repealed a ban on … [Read more...]
No Job Offer for Woman Who Tested Positive for THC
A woman in Connecticut was refused employment because she tested positive for marijuana when Bride Book found THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) in her system in a pre-employment drug test. The woman, Katelin Noffsinger, was a registered qualifying patient under the Connecticut Palliative Use of Marijuana Act (PUMA) and has used medical … [Read more...]
Texas Fetal Tissue Burial Law Suffers a Blow
Abortion-related topics are taking front and center lately with the confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh, a conservative United States appeals court judge nominated by President Trump to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Meanwhile, in Texas, U.S. District Judge David Ezra (Austin, Texas) issued a permanent injunction against Texas laws … [Read more...]
Bail Hearings Must Be Open, Says Lawsuit in Dallas County
In courtrooms all over the country, bail hearings are open to the public, but that is not the case in Dallas County, Texas where a class action lawsuit has been filed, and a district court judge has been compelled to order the release of video footage of some of the court’s past bail hearings. The idea of having a bail hearing in open court is … [Read more...]
$250 Million Settlement Reached in Hale v State Farm
Decades of Auto-Insurance-Related Legal Drama Now Resolved After almost 20 years of litigation, State Farm’s ongoing legal woes came to an end last week with the surprise announcement of a $250 million settlement in a class action suit related to vehicle repairs in the 1980s and 90s. The announcement of the settlement – literally minutes before … [Read more...]
Another Priest Serving Utah’s Diocese Accused of Sexual Abuse
Bringing Total Number of Sexually Abused to 16 Further accusations against Utah’s Catholic Diocese were made public recently, revealing a sixteenth abuser who served since the 1990’s. Father Jorge Martinez-Gomez was placed on leave in early July after the church received an “allegation of misconduct” involving a man. Although his parish was … [Read more...]
Trump Admin Will Send Cell Message to Almost Every American Thursday
Using new Obama law, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will test a system at 2:18pm ET on Thursday afternoon that lets the president send a message to most cell phones across the U.S. following a disaster, terrorist attack, or other serious threat to public safety. According to Reuters, "Former President Barack Obama signed a law in … [Read more...]
Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes
In 2015, George Kpingbah pled guilty to third degree criminal sexual assault with a mentally impaired or helpless victim. Kpingbah was a nursing assistant at the Walker Methodist Health Center in 2014 when another caregiver witnessed him raping 83-year-old Sonja Fischer in her room. This particular case was the first time Kpingbah was caught, … [Read more...]
Manafort Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate With Mueller
According to court documents, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has agreed to plead guilty to two criminal counts in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Manafort pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy against the United States and one count of conspiracy to obstruct … [Read more...]
Utah Woman Who Helped Abduct Elizabeth Smart To Be Released
(Reuters) - A street preacher’s wife who helped abduct 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002 will walk out of a Utah prison next week after serving 15 years for her part in a kidnapping that focused national attention on the issue of crime against children. Wanda Barzee appears in court, April 22, 2003, in Salt Lake City to face charges in the … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Over Senior Living Harassment Claims Reinstated
A woman who was threatened, verbally assaulted, and physically assaulted at Glen St. Andrew Living Community outside of Chicago in Niles, Illinois has had her lawsuit against the facility reinstated after 7th Circuit Judge Diane Wood disagreed with contentions from the senior center and its management team that a landlord isn’t liable under the … [Read more...]
In Depth: Trump Wants to Lengthen Detainment of Immigrant Minors
Move by DHS and HHS Could Increase Confinement Times for Migrant Children The Trump administration recently signaled its intention to expand federal detention facilities and increase custody times for migrant children. In the process, a decades-old settlement regarding the treatment of unaccompanied immigrant minors could be eliminated. What … [Read more...]
Trump Administration Seeks To Make It Easier To Detain Migrant Children
The Trump administration plans to make it easier to detain minors during immigration proceedings. The US said it will withdraw from a federal court agreement that limits authorities' ability to detain children. Reuters reports the administration released the regulation on Thursday. It will allow the government to detain children in facilities … [Read more...]
Colorado Catholic Priest Implicated in Sexual Abuse Report
Stephen Edward Jeselnick, a former Pennsylvania Catholic Priest, was accused of child sexual abuse by a grand jury in August. The jury’s findings were the result of a two-year investigation which uncovered not only the abuse committed by Jeselnick, but also the abuse of over a thousand other children across six Catholic Dioceses. Delayed Abuse … [Read more...]
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…Let ‘em Shoot Up?
Medical and recreational marijuana, sanctuary cities, net neutrality, and climate change. These are just a few examples of the many issues pitting state and local governments against the federal government. We can now add supervised injection sites (SIS), also known as supervised consumption services or overdose prevention centers, to that list. … [Read more...]
JPMorgan Pays $24 Million to Settle Out of Discrimination Lawsuit
More than 250 current and past employees of JPMorgan Chase & Co. will be paid a total of $19.5 million by their former employer as part of a settlement to a class action discrimination lawsuit. The six members of the class say the bank hindered both their success and the success of other African-American advisers by purposefully assigning … [Read more...]
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