Have you ever been annoyed by the guy handing out flyers in the street? Or worse, have you ever been yelled at by someone while you’re trying to hand out flyers for a cause you believe in? Ever worried or wondered about whether it’s legal to hand them out? Maybe you don’t worry about those kinds of things but never fear; we worry about it for you. And because we worry, we wanted to let you know, it’s probably OK....
H-1B visas, used by US companies to bring technical non-immigrant foreign workers into the United States, are the topic of hot debate. This time, their shortened duration is at the center of a lawsuit filed by IT Service Alliance, an IT advocacy group representing more than 1,000 small IT companies, against the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). H-1B visas are relied upon by thousands of tech companies to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China....
Komo News reports that a lawsuit filed over a bike rickshaw crash fatality in Seattle was filed by the family of Peter Dzioba. The lawsuit filed claims that the bike rickshaw (or pedicab) company failed to inspect the brakes on the rickshaw vehicle which failed and caused the rickshaw to run through a red light. When the rickshaw ran though the red light, it crashed into a minivan. This collision lead to the crash fatality....
Massachusetts is attempting to address the growing problem of school and cyber bullying with a bill that will go to the state Senate early next month. According to the Boston Globe, the bill follows the suicide last month of a bullying victim in South Hadley, Mass. The bill contains provisions to assist schools in setting prevention and intervention measures. Some models will be set up by the state to assist the schools in implementation....
With a new school year beginning soon, many college students will be eschewing the relatively predictable (if sometimes underwhelming) world of on-campus housing and moving off-campus. If you’re planning on living off-campus for the first time, finding somewhere that fits your budget is just the first step. What else do you need to know to keep your off-campus living situation from becoming a legal nightmare? Here are five legal dangers you’ll want to avoid when moving off-campus:...
Woman Felt ‘Naked and Humiliated’ Jennifer Hyatt, a 44-year-old nurse and Muslim from Newbury Park, was arrested on New Year’s Day in 2017 on suspicion of domestic battery after a dispute with her husband. According to her lawsuit, a Ventura County Sheriff’s deputy took her head scarf and refused to give it back or provide an alternative covering. Some Muslim woman adhere to an interpretation of the Koran which requires they cover their heads and most of their bodies out of modesty....
Bounce houses seem so fun and innocent. However, every year, thousands of children get injured in bounce houses. Children could injure limbs and heads when they fall after a bounce. They could jump into or on top of each other. The bounce house could fly away after a heavy gust of wind. If your child gets injured in a bounce house, can you sue? Negligence You may be able to sue the owner or operator of the bounce house for negligence....
A man who bit into a sandwich with a needle inside of it has been put on anti-HIV medication. The man was on a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Minneapolis-St. Paul when he took a couple bites from his sandwich. On his second bite, the needle punctured the top of the man’s mouth. Investigators are looking into the incident and it’s unclear if the needles were tainted with anything. The man was put on the anti-HIV medication as a precautionary measure....
Summer is the perfect time to get back to nature. And while nature can contain beauty, quiet solitude, and a break from the hustle of a job and city life, it can present its own set of dangers. From insects and animals to rocky trails, and, yes, falling trees, Mother Nature can be an unwelcoming host. Perhaps that’s part of the allure of camping, but what happens when something goes bad in the great outdoors?...
Mix a strip club, a drunken patron, and a horrific monster truck accident, and you get a $10.5 million jury award. The family of a woman received the award after a fatal accident in the parking lot of the Spearmint Rhino strip club in Dallas. The driver of a monster truck ran over 23-year-old Kasey McKenzie in March 2011. McKenzie’s family sued the strip club under Texas’ dram shop law, and accused the club of serving way too much alcohol to the driver of the truck, reports NBC News....
A Georgia high school teacher is under suspicion of making terroristic threats against one of his students, and has been accused of attempting to place a hit on the 16 year-old boy. Randolph Forde, a 10th-grade special education teacher at Mundy’s Mill High School in Clayton County, was arrested last month on suspicion of trying to persuade another student to kill a 16 year-old, the Associated Press reports. He could lose his job....
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on one portion of the Patriot Act. The case, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project asks the Court to define that part of the Act making it illegal to provide “material support” to any organization the government has designated a terrorist organization. Those critical of the law say that currently, the government’s definition of “material support” is so broad, even peace activists are open to prosecution for aiding terrorists....
According to Courthouse News, there has been an unprecedented surge in interest for homeschooling children, based on the decline in funding for public schools, bullying issues, and recent mass school shootings. Courthouse News was also careful to point out that the largely unregulated nature of homeschooling has led to instances of child abuse, and a number of mass killers, Mark Anthony Conditt and Adam Lanza among them, have been homeschooled....
Accidents and natural disasters may seem inevitable or like an act of God. But that doesn’t mean that all injuries stemming from a disaster are unavoidable, or that someone isn’t liable for the accident itself. Determining that liability, however, and recovering for your injuries, can be complicated. Here are some tips if you’ve been injured and are considering a lawsuit after a disaster. The first step is always avoiding injuries during a disaster, to the extent possible....
What is the USA FREEDOM Act? It’s a response to Americans’ concerns about privacy and security, and will effectively end the NSA’s wholesale data collection by amending the USA PATRIOT Act. The USA FREEDOM Act, introduced Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), would change federal laws which allow agencies like the National Security Agency to surveil American citizens and foreign diplomats. Here is an overview of what the proposed USA FREEDOM Act would do:...
The victim of an anger management class stabbing is suing the nonprofit that ran the class, accusing the company and its instructor of negligence. What triggered the in-class stabbing? A dispute over the instructor’s showing of a “Dr. Phil” DVD, KING-TV reports. Luna Oraivej, 37, of Issaquah, Wash., filed suit Dec. 5, seeking damages for her stab wounds and emotional distress. She also wants a refund for the $180 anger management course....
The City of New York has agreed to pay close to $1 million to a man who suffered a stroke after being falsely arrested by the NYPD. According to Gerardo Mayol’s $540 million lawsuit against the city, New York Police Department officers allegedly mocked him after his arrest in a landlord-tenant dispute and even “refused to take him to a hospital when he became ill.” The New York Post reports that doctors later determined that Mayol had suffered a stroke; he spent 20 days in the hospital because of his injuries....
If you’ve ever had to deal with a lawyer, you’ve probably thought to yourself multiple times whether it’s time to change attorneys. Luckily for you, if there’s anything this country doesn’t lack, it’s attorneys. Regardless of your legal issue, there may be hundreds of qualified attorneys in your area. It’s a buyer’s market, and you have the power. So if you’re not comfortable with your lawyer, or think he’s doing a rotten job, you may want to get a new attorney....
Much was made of the ’enhanced interrogation techniques’ employed by the U.S. military and contractors in terrorism investigations. Often considered torture, the interrogation program was at the center of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed against the alleged architects of that program, on behalf two men subjected to those techniques and the family of one man who froze to death in a CIA prison. In what the ACLU says is a first for lawsuits involving CIA torture, the two defendants in the case, psychologists James Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen, have agreed to settle the lawsuit, for an undisclosed amount....
As an employer, you should know that you can be held responsible for your employees’ acts, and you should know that liability can extend to car accidents. But what if your employee was distracted at the time? What if they were texting or taking a phone call? Would it matter whether or not that call or text was work-related? Here’s how distracted driving laws could affect employer liability in the event of a car accident....
