Attorneys representing at least 15 former Northwestern University student athletes announced plans Wednesday to sue the university over allegations that its athletics department fostered a “toxic culture” that facilitated harassment and sexual abuse. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said the legal team is also speaking to at least 50 other former student athletes as they […]

The Washington Attorney General’s Office will issue a formal opinion on whether Franklin County commissioners wrongly approved increases to their fringe benefits paid to them instead of medical benefits. Franklin County Prosecutor Shawn Sant sent a letter June 20 to the AG’s office requesting an opinion on the issue that has divided the county courthouse. […]

This post was authored by Sebastian Perez, JD The question before the Court of Appeals of Georgia (the “Court”) was at what point a landowner had vested rights in real property where Plaintiff purchased the subject property (the “Property”) to develop 9,000 square foot lots when the county’s zoning code (the “Code”) allowed for such […]

Behind the scenes, progress is being made in the homicide investigation of Stephen Smith, a Smith family attorney said this week. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), which took over the Smith’s cold case and began investigating the unsolved death in the summer of 2021, is now making “substantial” progress, attorney Eric Bland said. […]

FRANKLIN, NH — A man fatally shot a woman, their 18-month-old daughter, and wounded another child before he was found dead hours later of an apparent suicide on the bank of the Merrimack River, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said. The man, Jamie Bell, 42, was seen fleeing a home in Franklin on Saturday […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Testimony continued Friday in the murder trial of former Florida State and NFL wide receiver Travis Rudolph. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Detective Emily Vander-Laan, the lead detective in the April 2021 shooting death of Sebastien Jean-Jacques, returned to the witness stand Friday morning for cross-examination as Rudolph’s defense attorney […]

The Supreme Court Case that Threatens to Upend US Labor Law Priyanka Podugu Within the next few months, the Supreme Court will release its decision for Glacier Northwest v. Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters, a case that has held the attention of union activists and corporate leaders, alike. The case reached the Supreme Court in the […]

The Role of Electric Vehicles in Michigan Eric A. Shalloway In the state of Michigan, gas taxes contribute funds to improve roads and infrastructure, but between 2019-2021 it is estimated that there was a $50 million decrease in revenue due to electric vehicle owners not paying the tax.[1] The Michigan County Road Association explained that […]