Ryan Farrick is a writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.


Texas Sues East Plano Islamic Center for Securities Fraud

On  Friday, Paxton formally accused Community Capital Partners—a private group that he claims EPIC founded—of failing to register as a securities dealer and committing securities fraud by misrepresenting the proposed settlement’s location, as well as the eventual compensation of its “leader.”







San Francisco Sues Manufacturers Over “Ultra-Processed” Foods

In a press conference, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that the lawsuit, filed earlier this week in California Superior Court, is intended to hold the companies “accountable for their unfair and deceptive practices, for violating California’s unfair competition law and public nuisance laws.”




Meta Faces Further Claims of Lax Safety Practices in Lawsuit

The filing provides additional evidence from discovery, the evidence-sharing stage of litigation that precedes trial. Meta’s own researchers, for instance, seemed to concede that the company’s policies were bad for young users, with one worker likening Instagram’s algorithmic practices to street-level drug dealing.