Immigration Policy Endangers Pentagon’s Citizenship-for-Service Plan

The Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy is endangering a Pentagon initiative to offer citizenship in exchange for service. According to POLITICO and the Associated Press, Pentagon officials had been hoping to revamp a critical services program. Under its purview, individuals with ‘critical medical or Asian and African language skills’ would be allowed to joined the


Soccer Player Cristiano Ronaldo At the Center of Rape Allegations Filed by Nevada Woman

Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo is at the center of rape allegations filed by a Nevada woman who claims Ronaldo raped her back in 2009 and then “dispatched a team of ‘fixers’ to obstruct the criminal investigation and trick her into keeping quiet for $375,000.” The woman’s suit was filed after she requested police to reopen the criminal case last month. Earlier today, Las Vegas Police confirmed that they had indeed reopened the sexual assault case.


Two Dozen Cattlemen and Beef Suppliers Seek to Join Suit Against Kane Beef

About two dozen beef suppliers and cattlemen recently decided to join a federal Packers and Stockyards Act lawsuit filed by “livestock sellers that claim Kane Beef Processors LLC owes them millions of dollars.” It turns out, Kane Beef Processors LLC, based in Corpus Christi, has been paying $500,000 each month to settle with the cattlemen and beef suppliers, but new businesses have stepped forward arguing they have a “cause to join the case.”





Negligence Lawsuit Filed Against Unlicensed Pittsfield Township Daycare After Toddler Drowning

If you’re a parent with a child in daycare, chances are you have a level of expectation that your child will be well cared for while you’re away. Unfortunately, accidents happen, and sometimes those accidents result in lawsuits. For example, the family of a toddler who drowned back on October 16, 2016, at an unlicensed Pittsfield Township daycare filed a lawsuit yesterday against “a number of people connected to the property.” The toddler was 22-month-old Annie Mae Flynn.


Facebook Data Breach Exposes an Estimated 50 Million Accounts

Facebook said on Friday that a recent data breach has compromised the personal information of some 50 million users. The company says it discovered the breach this week. Hackers purportedly exploited a feature in the social media website’s code that allowed them to take over individual accounts en masse. Facebook claims it’s already fixed the


California Awaiting Governor’s Net Neutrality Decision

California Gov. Jerry Brown is facing a Sunday deadline to approve or veto a measure that’d reinstate Obama-era net neutrality regulations. Last month, reports the Wall Street Journal, ‘California Republicans joined Democrats in the state legislature to approve what experts say are the nation’s strongest net-neutrality provisions.’ The bill would, among other things, prevent internet


Personal Injury lawyers Targeting Bird and Lime Scooters

In the past year, motorists, pedestrians, and politicians across the country have been dodging motorized scooters. Reports of people being injured by electric scooters are becoming increasingly common. Now, the manufacturers and users of the scooters are dodging personal injury lawyers. When they first appeared, the scooters were accidents waiting to happen. Now, accidents have indeed happened, and personal injury lawyers are sensing a fresh source of contingency fees.