EEOC, Jet Propolsion Laboratory Agree Age Discrimination Lawsuit Settlement for $10M
NASA’s Jet Propolsion Laboratory recently agreed to settle an age discrimination lawsuit for $10 million.
Verdicts & Settlements
Judge: Michigan Gov. Whitmer Cannot Enforce Employer Punishments in Coronavirus Orders
The companies suing Gov. Whitmer claimed her office had exceeded its authority.
Michigan Supreme Court Won’t Stop Law-breaking Owosso Barber
Owosso barber Karl Manke began defying Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order in early May, despite court orders to cease operations.
Lloyd Bell Secures $1.2M Verdict in Premises Liability Case
ACP Peachtree Center and Spring Street Restaurant Group held accountable for injuring customer at Metro Café Diner.
The Cancerous Dangers of Monsanto’s RoundUp
When California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) tried to add glyphosate to the state’s list of known carcinogens, Monsanto tried to stop the governmental agency by suing it.
Supreme Court Won’t Block Order to Release Federal Prisoners in Ohio
A district judge had ordered that prisoners at elevated risk of dying from coronavirus be transferred to home confinement.
False Imprisonment or Deprivation of Liberty? One UK Case Decided
The Court upheld what other courts had previously decided: that it is possible for there to be imprisonment at common law without a deprivation of liberty under Article 5 of the ECHR.
Supreme Court Says Sudan Must Pay Punitive Damages in Embassy Attack Lawsuits
Sudan has been sued over both the embassy attacks and the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen in October 2000.
Michigan Settles Right-to-Education Lawsuit Filed by Detroit Students
The settlement will provide close to $100 million in funds for Detroit literacy programs.
Ohio State University to Pay $40.9m Settlement to Men Abused by Former College Physician
The late physician Richard Strauss, who worked at OSU for decades, is suspected of sexually assaulting dozens of men between 1978 and the late 1990s.