Massachusetts Court Takes Neutral Stance in Case Dismissal
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court refused to outright dismiss the nearly 21,000 drug related criminal cases linked to Annie Dookhan.
Lawsuits & Litigation
Alecia Schmuhl Sentenced To 45 Years
Virginia ex-lawyer Alecia Schmuhlwas sentenced in tears to 45 years in prison for the home invasion and attack of her former managing partner and his wife.
Settlement Reached Over Secret Service Racial Discrimination Allegations
A lengthy lawsuit against the Secret Service for committing racial discrimination against African-American agents is coming to a close, seemingly trial-free. Encompassing more than 100 agents, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Secret Service, the lawsuit first began back in 2000 when a handful of agents sued the agency due to claims that “they
St. Clair County Reaches Verdicts in 11 Civil Cases
St. Clair County has awarded almost $15.5 million to seven plaintiffs in 2016 with 11 civil cases reaching a verdict last year.
Did Navient Mislead and Cheat Millions of Student Loan Borrowers?
Crippling student loan debt was a hot topic this past election cycle, so much so that it helped spark discussions about “reigning in college costs.” Considering the fact that the total outstanding student loan debt in the United States clocks in at more than $1.4 trillion, reigning in costs would be a great idea, as would solutions to help make student loan payments a bit more bearable for borrowers who are struggling month to month in order to make their payments. The student loan debt crisis isn’t new, though. It’s been gaining attention for years. What is new, however, is news that one of the nation’s largest servicer of student loans, Navient, has been misleading student loan borrowers and making “serious mistakes at nearly every step of the collections process” and “illegally driving up loan repayment costs for millions of borrowers” for years, according to lawsuits filed recently “by a federal regulator and two state attorneys general.”
Lawsuit Revived In Missouri Regarding Naked Pretrial Detainees
Imagine that you’re a pretrial detainee in a little jail in Missouri. Now imagine that, as a detainee in that small jail, you’re forced to go naked for several hours while your only set of clothes are in the laundry. The only thing to cover yourself is a sheet and any other bedding you might have, while guards, potentially of the opposite sex, look in on you from time to time from your cell’s window. Sound a bit hard to believe? Well, believe it, because this is the reality that pretrial detainees face on a regular basis at the Cole County Detention Center in Jefferson City, Missouri. Fortunately for detainees who find the rule a bit demeaning and uncivilized, a federal appeal court revived a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the jail’s policy.
Deutsche Bank Settlement Complete
Deutsche Bank has agreed to a $7.2 billion settlement with the Department of Justice.
States Urge Against Remington Trigger Settlement
Remington class action settlement specifically indicates the trigger mechanisms in the company’s guns are defective in design.
Lawsuit Alleges School Should Have Stopped Abuse
The family of abuse victim is convinced school personnel should have instituted a better screening process for its employees.
Pyrrhic Victory for Johnson & Johnson
A Dallas judge’s ruling resulted in a pyrrhic victory for Johnson & Johnson. The latest and possibly last chapter in a long-lasting court case came to a close at the beginning of January. For two years, Johnson & Johnson had been fighting six plaintiffs’ accusations of negligence. At the forefront of the drama was a