The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is staying an Obama-era regulation that would enforce higher safety standards for companies storing large quantities of hazardous chemicals. The rule was written after 15 people were killed in a fertilizer plant explosion in 2013. The rule will not be enacted until June 19th of this year. EPA Director, … [Read more...]
Appeals Court Upholds Gun Possession Ruling
US Sixth Circuit of Appeals Upholds Ruling That Kentucky Employee Was Not Wrongfully Fired for Having a Weapon on Company Grounds Bruce Holly, an employee of the United Parcel Service in Kentucky, sued his employer for firing him after he concealed a weapon in another employee’s car. In the language of the case summary of the US Sixth Circuit of … [Read more...]
Congress Introduces a Bill That Will Make It Easier for Employers to Access Workers’ Medical Information
A bill, known as the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, has been introduced to Congress that would make it more difficult for employees to prevent employers from accessing their private medical information, including genetic data. Additionally, the bill would increase penalties for people who wish to opt out of workplace wellness programs, … [Read more...]
Republicans Vote to Exploit Workers, Roll Back Obama-Regulation
On Monday March 6th, the Senate passed yet another “resolution of disapproval,” effectively rescinding an Obama regulation meant to track companies’ violations of labor laws – including minimum wage, overtime, and health and safety statutes – to prevent the federal government from contracting such corporations. This regulation, known as the Fair … [Read more...]
Minnesota Witnesses its First Lawsuit Against a Gun Shop Owner
According to a Report in the Star Tribune, Officers of the law, Beau Schoenhard and Joshua Eernisse, are suing Full Metal Gun Shop and its owner, Troy Buchholz, who according to the suit, knowingly sold a gun to a straw buyer who then sold it to Ray Kmetz. Kmetz, who had been committed to a mental facility, attacked the New Hope City Council with … [Read more...]
US Citizen Disqualified From DC Tuition Assistance Program Due to Mother’s Immigration Status
Natalia Villalobos sought justice last month, with the help of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), when she filed suit against Muriel E. Bowser, the Mayor of D.C., and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE). The suit came as a response to the OSSE’s refusal to grant Villalobos college tuition … [Read more...]
White House Memo Suggests Major Cuts to Top Climate Science Agency
The Washington Post obtained a four-page memo outlining a plan to decrease the budget of a top climate science agency by 17 percent. The substantial cutting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) budget would include trimmings of research funding and data-collecting programs. It would also seek to reduce … [Read more...]
FCC Blocks Internet Privacy Regulations
In October of 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed legislation tracking the ways in which Internet Server Providers (ISPs) handle sensitive online data. If the rule were active, it would require large companies like AT&T and Comcast to offer customers the option to “opt-in” before selling personal information to advertisers. … [Read more...]
Small Victory for Black Voters in Virginia as Supreme Court Returns Racial Gerrymandering Case for Reexamination
According to certain African-American voters, following the 2010 census, Virginia State legislators redistricted the voting map specifically to ensure that each district held 55 percent of the black voting age population (BVAP). In the voters’ eyes, this was an attempt to weaken the power of black voters by spreading them out across district lines, … [Read more...]
District Judge Allows Case Against GEO Group to Continue as Class Action Lawsuit
On February 27th, John Kane, a US District Judge of Denver, CO, allowed 62,000 plaintiffs to continue with a class action lawsuit against GEO Group, a private prison company that runs 64 correctional facilities in the US. The plaintiffs, all current or former detainees of an immigrant detention center in Aurora, CO, claim that guards threatened … [Read more...]
The ACLU Sues the City of Washington D.C. and the Metropolitan Police on Behalf of Lourdes Ashley Hunter
On Tuesday February 28th, the ACLU filed suit against the Metropolitan Police and city of Washington D.C. for unlawfully entering the home of Lourdes Ashley Hunter, the executive director of the TransWomen of Color Collective (TWOCC) and a self-described revolutionary. One day after the November election and one day before the White House … [Read more...]
Trump Executive Order Takes on the Clean Water Rule
The last month and a half of Donald Trump’s presidency has been a chaotic rush to change rules and regulations he does not like. Every day there is something new to chart and figure out. Trump has continued to churn out executive orders one after the other. The latest executive order is one that induces environmental regulators to rescind or revise … [Read more...]
Takata Corp. Will Pay $1 Billion for Fraud
The latest chapter of the Takata airbag scandal was written this week, when the Chief Finance Officer, Yoichiro Nomura, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Takata is to pay $1 billion in total as per an agreement between the corporation and the US Department of Justice. The question still stands whether this is an appropriate amount given … [Read more...]
Michigan School District Sued For Sexual Discrimination
In Warren, Michigan, a former Warren Cousino High school student sued the Warren Consolidated Schools district after being expelled for complaining about an alleged sexual assault. Case Background In 2015, a Warren Cousino High student, who was not named in the lawsuit, began her freshman year at the age of fifteen. According to the lawsuit, the … [Read more...]
Trump’s Travel Ban Court Battle Explained
https://youtu.be/ItNaCwPn7e4?rel=0 From the BBC News, YouTube: Politicians and protesters have had their say on the president's executive order on immigration - now lawyers are getting in on the act. The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan explains the legal back and forth and why the US Supreme Court is likely to have the final verdict. … [Read more...]
House Republicans Overhaul “Stream Protection Rule”
On Wednesday (1/1/17), the US House of Representatives voted to kill the “stream protection rule” regulation by a vote of 228-194. The “stream protection rule” was signed into effect by the Obama administration on December 16, 2016. The rule, in simple terms, ensures that coal mining companies don’t dump mining debris into local streams and … [Read more...]
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