The Biden administration’s effort to forgive some student loan debt is facing its first legal hurdle.Pacific Legal Foundation, a conservative/libertarian group, recently sued the Department of Education over the debt relief plan, calling it an illegal abuse of authority.Frank Garrison, an attorney who works at the foundation, says he is actually in line to receive $20,000 in student loan forgiveness under the Biden p
For many claimants, the largest sex abuse case against a single organization in the history of the United States has reached an end.On Thursday, September 8, bankruptcy judge Laurie Selber Silverstein approved a Chapter 11 restructuring plan that allows the Boy Scouts of America to begin settling claims and resume its scouting opportunities.The scouting organization filed for bankruptcy after it was hit with a record-setting number of claims...
Personal injury claims or lawsuits may arise when one party suffers as a result of another party's intentional or negligent conduct. Common examples that may qualify for a personal injury claim include car accidents, workplace accidents, medical malpractice, and more. However, some personal injury cases are more severe than others; whenever an injury sustained due to another party's negligence results in long-term or permanent injuries, or...
Wrongful deaths can occur in a myriad of ways and may be difficult at first to determine, but as a general rule if someone’s death could have been avoided, the death may have been wrongful. Understanding what constitutes a wrongful death is important, because whenever someone’s death occurs due to negligent or intentional conduct on the part of one or more parties, it may be possible to file a wrongful death claim to pursue not only the...
As unemployment benefits designed specifically for the COVID pandemic began drawing to a close, workers who had yet to receive benefits due to a backlog in the system as well as those who remain unemployed quickly filed suit in multiple states including Ohio, Oklahoma, Indiana, Maryland, and Texas. The Biden administration responded by extending the deadline for pandemic unemployment benefits in some places to September 6th, 2021, although some...
A new series of class-action lawsuits filed by former president Donald Trump against Facebook, Google, and Twitter argues that these big-tech and media companies should be viewed as state actors, and therefore should be subject to First Amendment restrictions on government limitations on free speech; these suits seek to end the practice of banning, censorship, and “canceling” online voices as the defendant’s see fit. Supporters of the tech...
As nationwide litigation surrounding Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller is coming to a close, new litigation has arisen in regard to the herbicide paraquat, sold under the brand name “Gramoxone”. Already banned in the European Union, Brazil, and China, the toxic chemicals in this herbicide are suspected to lead to Parkinson’s disease in those who experience chronic exposure to the substance, such as maintenance and agricultural workers...
In one of a series of recent state lawsuits against popular vape-manufacturer Juul, the company agreed to settle with the state of North Carolina for $40 million over allegations that they marketed their products to minors. Not only did the settlement include $40 million to be paid to the state, but it also included a restriction on the sale of products known to be popular among minors, as well as compliance with yearly report requirements...