Seizing Property a Subject Up for Debate in Michigan Lawsuit
Seizing Property a Subject Up for Debate in Michigan Lawsuit
Seizing Property a Subject Up for Debate in Michigan Lawsuit
Church of Scientology Settles With Former Female Member, Avoids Trial
On Monday, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. government cannot continue administering psychotropic drugs to immigrant children without their consent. The decision caps a controversial practice which was revealed in July. An immigrant detention facility in Texas was accused of force-feeding children medications intended to treat psychiatric disorders. Told they were taking ‘vitamins,’ the
According to a new lawsuit filed against Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPSG), the parent company of Canada Dry, the popular ginger-flavored soft drink doesn’t actually contain ginger. The suit was filed by Julie Fletcher on July 10 and argues she was “misled about the potential health benefits of the ginger-flavored drink.”
On July 12, LexisNexis® Legal & Professional announced the launch of Lexis Analytics, a comprehensive suite of analytics tools that leverages advanced technology, vast stores of legal content and expert curation to give lawyers a decisive competitive advantage in the business and practice of law.
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is striking down regulations that protect students from predatory, for-profit colleges. According to The New York Times, the planned cut-back will remove gainful employment requirements. Under the Obama administration, for-profit universities were made to show the employability of their graduates. A crackdown on the industry and its enablers led to
Bernie Sanders is promoting a bill introduced last Wednesday, which would end the practice of using cash bail at the federal level and encourage states to follow suit. Called the No Money Bail Act, the bill would end the use of secured bonds in federal criminal proceedings. The Root reports that the legislation recommends providing
Physicians Ask Patients to Explain Reason for Visit, Then Interrupt
Shortly after Defense Distributed and the company’s owner, Cody Wilson, got the green light to continue publishing “designs and other technical files” for 3D printed guns, lawsuits are already pouring in to stop it. Earlier this week, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit “against the Trump Administration to stop the publication of plans for 3D-printer guns on the Internet.”
In the aftermath of the fatal ‘duck boat’ accident that left 17 people dead, the families of four of the victims decided to file a lawsuit against the tour operator, claiming “Ride the Ducks endangered passengers by letting the boat out on the water after the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area, and that passengers were not told to put on life jackets.” The vessel operated that fateful day was a “World War Two-style tourist ‘duck boat’ that sank on a Missouri lake during a storm earlier this month.”