Amazon Inc. to Pay $1.2 Million Over Pesticide Sales Violations

Late last week, the EPA announced that online retailer Amazon.com Inc will pay $1.2 million for violating American pesticide regulations. Reuters reports that the digital business committed nearly 4,000 violations of the law, allowing illegal pesticides or products containing illegal pesticides to be sold across its domain. As part of the settlement, Amazon agreed to




Recent Comments Draw Attention of Shaun White Accuser

As the winter Olympics continue, recent comments made by gold medal winner Shaun White managed to cause quite a stir and reminded many of a lawsuit between the Olympic snowboarder and the former drummer of his band Bad Things, Lena Zawaideh, that was settled last year. Not exactly the type of attention White was hoping for shortly after winning his “third Olympic gold medal in the men’s half pipe at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.” But what happened? Well, earlier this week while attending a news conference, White was asked about the lawsuit and whether he thought Zawaideh’s allegations of sexual misconduct “would tarnish his legacy.” In response, White replied, “You know honestly, I’m here to talk about the Olympics, not, you know, gossip. But I don’t think so.”





Le Cordon Bleu Agrees to Settlement for Former Students, Ending Decade-Long Lawsuit

A decade-long class-action lawsuit between the “now-defunct Le Cordon Bleu culinary school” and 2,200 former students is finally coming to an end. Recently the school’s parent company, Career Education Corporation, announced that it will be paying “44 percent of its students’ tuition or loan amounts,” among other concessions. But why was the lawsuit filed against the culinary school and Career Education Corporation in the first place?


$25M Trump University Settlement Approved by Federal Court

The lawsuit against President Donald Trump regarding Trump University is finally at an end. Earlier this week a $25 million settlement was approved in federal court, ending litigation that first began when “two federal class-action fraud lawsuits and a parallel state court action” were brought forward by Eric Schneiderman, the New York Attorney General. The lawsuits “accused Trump U. of deceiving students by falsely claiming that Trump knew the instructors and that the school was an accredited university.” Instead of being an accredited university, Trump University was a for-profit training program for those interested in learning all of Trump’s “secrets to creating a real estate empire” while charging students up to $35,000 to attend. Additionally, students claimed they were “cheated out of tuition through high-pressure sales tactics and misleading claims about what they would learn.”