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No television show or movie has written stuff this good. Jury selection for the securities fraud trial of Martin Shkreli began on Monday, June 26, 2017. The judge anticipated having a jury empaneled by noon, with the trial beginning in the afternoon....

Bill Cosby was on trial for sexual assault, accused of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand in 2004. Constand testified that Cosby, once a popular comedian, drugged and molested her. The defense is consent; that Constand was a willing partner to the...

Like many celebrities, Rapper Sean ‘Ditty’ Combs has a personal chef. She has sued the singer for hostile environment sexual harassment. In her complaint, she alleges that she was regularly asked to serve meals to Diddy while he was “engaged...

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has been sued by management trainees, called Apprentices, for nonpayment of overtime hours. The plaintiffs sought to pursue the case as a class action (a case with many plaintiffs “similarly situated”) involving...

A fascinating constitutional law issue arose in a case involving events at a Trump campaign rally held on March 1, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. Plaintiffs attended the rally and protested Trump’s policies. In response, Trump repeatedly said from...

Titleist is the presumed #1 in the sport. However, Costco, through its in-house Kirkland brand, came up with its own golf ball that received terrific reviews from golf magazines and duffers. The reviews were so good that Costco was unable to keep the...

LiDestri Food and Beverage is a company located in New York state that produces pasta sauces and salsa, as well as spirits and beverages. It entered a contract with 7-11, which is headquartered in Texas. Per the agreement, the convenience store company...

A group of delivery drivers brought suit against Oakhurst Dairy for the company’s failure to provide them with overtime pay. The case, originating in Maine, was based on Maine’s overtime pay statute, which provides that “[a]n employer...

A Memphis Tennessee Fight for $15 organization (an international movement begun in 2012 seeking a $15 minimum wage for low-income workers) is suing the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department for alleged violations of the Constitutional rights of free speech...

What do we do when a juror makes a racial slur during deliberations? Thanks to a Colorado criminal case that made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, we have the answer. In 2007, in the bathroom a Colorado race-horsing facility, a man allegedly sexually...

Lindsay Lohan’s Grand Theft Auto case alleging invasion of privacy is headed to New York’s highest court. Grand Theft Auto is an action-adventure video game series published by Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., Begun in 1997, the series...

Delta Sonic Car Wash Systems, Inc. is a company that owns 29 car wash facilities in New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania. In October, 2016, the company reached an $800,000 settlement of a class action lawsuit (a case with many plaintiffs, all injured from...

Patricia (Trish) Williams was a representative for Wyndham Vacation Ownership, selling time-share interests in Wyndham resorts, mostly to the elderly. In 2010, she reported to her employer that the elderly were being defrauded into buying time-share interests...

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was found unresponsive in her Atlanta home on January 31, 2015, and was in a medically induced coma until she died on July 27, 2015. Ms. Brown’s estate had filed suit...

President-Elect Donald Trump has settled the fraud (intentional misrepresentation) lawsuits against Trump University, despite adamant proclamations during the campaign that he would fight the “unfounded” charges and never settle. Trump has...

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore, age 69, has been suspended without pay from his official duties for the remainder of his term, which ends in 2019. Suspension means he will no longer be able to hear and decide cases. His offense: In January...

Pokemon Go is the new electronic game played mostly outside with smartphones’ camera and GPS capabilities. It is played on foot and uses augmented reality to superimpose creatures known as Pokemon onto real imagery and maps. The game also adds PokeStops...

Fox News CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors Roger Ailes, has been sued for sexual harassment by Gretchen Carlson, an anchor and commentator at the Fox News channel for ten plus years, and was Miss America in 1989. She initiated the case in New...

Sometimes, public figures’ employment difficulties shed light on evolving legal issues. Gretchen Carlson, a Fox News anchor until she was terminated because of low ratings on her afternoon show, “The Real Story,” has filed suit against...

Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, revealed that he provided about $10,000,000 to fund Hulk Hogan’s defamation suit against the online company, Gawker Media. Rolfe Winkler and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, “Thiel-Gawker Fight Divides...

A California judge has given tentative approval to a $2 million settlement reached in a class action against Abercrombie & Fitch. The complaint alleged that the retailer failed to provide legally mandated rest breaks. Abercrombie does not admit any...

Former Brooklyn police officer Peter Liang was tried and convicted of manslaughter for the shooting of a housing project resident in a stairwell. The prosecutor did not ask for prison time for Mr. Liang, noting that although he acted recklessly, there...

Per the constitution, Article II, only “natural born citizens” can be President. Donald Trump has questioned on numerous occasions whether Ted Cruz is “natural born”. Cruz’s birth occurred in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His...

There are 22 million American who have federal student loans. The total amount owed is $1.2 trillion. And 43% of that 22 million are either behind on their payments or arranged to have their payments postponed. Approximately $200 billion of the loans...

Michigan’s Attorney Grievance Commission has declined to revoke the law licenses of GM lawyers for their roles in the decade-long GM switch issues that have now been identified as the cause of 127 deaths. Jay Gass, whose 27-year-old daughter died...