There are times when you have to read a case five times before you are sure you understand it. And once you do, you realize you got it right the first time -- it never made any sense at all.That's true with Philadelphia's Asset Forfeiture Program, which was radically......

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which enforces federal discrimination laws in the workplace, has filed a lawsuit against Walmart for discriminating against pregnant employees. This suit was filed in Wisconsin, though the EEOC has almost identical class-action claims pending against Walmart in both New York and Illinois, representing......

Visa and Mastercard have finally settled an antitrust class action lawsuit brought by merchants that has been in the judicial court system since 2005. The case consolidated about 40 class action lawsuits last year, bringing the caseload paperwork to a whopping 65 million pages. The proposed $6.2 billion settlement......

It seems like every time we read about a legal decision, whether in a civil or criminal case, the losing party is promising to appeal. And one of the great features of our justice system is that very few decisions are final -- many legal rulings, whether by judges, juries,......

The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution clearly prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. But what it doesn't clearly do is describe what punishments, exactly, are cruel and unusual. That's been left up to the courts. And while one could argue that ending a person's life is the cruelest thing the criminal......

Choking is no joking matter. It is the third leading cause of death in American homes. Most of us have been eating for decades and have gotten a lot of practice at it! But that's why they call it an accident -- an unfortunate and unplanned event. But is......

Suge Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Terry Carter in Compton, California. Read more on FindLaw Legal Blogs....

Just as former NFL players had done with their league, dozens of professional wrestlers had filed lawsuits claiming World Wrestling Entertainment knew of the risks of repeated head injuries and concussions and failed to warn them. But six of those lawsuits didn't follow the script, according to a federal judge......

Imagine yourself in this situation. You answer the phone and hear a child cry out, "Help me, help me, do whatever they want!" A man tells you he is about to cut off your child's hand, and maybe even kill them, if a ransom is not paid. Panicking, the......

The U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado issued a major win for intersex people. Put a "W" in the "X" column! Though the judge in the case stated the ruling was particular to the case at hand, it will still serve as a powerful message that the United States......

Melanie Sanders was born prematurely, but otherwise healthy, in August 2016. She was given a routine eye exam along with 43 other babies that month, and less than a month later she was dead. A medical journal report published last year found that Melanie was one of 23 other infants......

If you come up with a great new product, you want to be the only one selling it. Like if you had to clear all the testing and regulatory hurdles associated with vaporizers and e-cigarettes and adhere to strict age requirements when selling them, and then you see dozens of......

Attorney General (AG) Jeff Sessions has used his power as head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in unprecedented ways this year. In a departure from the traditional laissez faire, small central government tenets of his Republican party, Sessions has been incredibly hands-on in his role as overseer of......

Cashierless stores are an interesting new development in the retail industry. Amazon recently announced it plans to open 3,000 of its Amazon Go markets by the year 2021.Imagine going into a grocery store, placing items in your cart as you go up and down the aisles. And then, you......

Having a bad day? It's just a bump in the road. But what if that bump in the road flips your Harley Davidson on top of you, resulting in life altering injuries? Can you sue the government? That's one question Dallas Fisher, a South Carolina resident would like to......

Choking is one of the leading causes of accidental deaths, accounting for over 5,000 deaths in 2016. Unblocking an airway within minutes can be the difference between life, death, and extremely impaired quality of life. When choking occurs, time is of the essence, and it's a natural human instinct......

Cody Wilson, founder and CEO of 3D printed gun designer Defense Distributed, has been charged with felony sexual assault of a minor after allegedly paying a 16-year-old for sex in an Austin hotel. According to reports, Wilson, an outspoken gun rights advocate, was traveling in Taiwan and may have been......

The Music Modernization Act has been called a lot of things. But, now that the Senate has finally passed the copyright bill, what will it actually mean in real world terms for songwriters and musicians?...

Shouldn't prisons try to save those who save themselves? An opioid dependent inmate at the Middleton Hall of Corrections has found himself in jail for 60 days for driving to the pharmacy on a suspended license to pick up his three day supply of methadone. Geoffrey Pesce had exhausted all......

Facebook's ad-targeting system has once again landed it squarely in the middle of a Title VII Civil Rights Act claim filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).This time, its ad-based targeting technology allowed employers to exclude women and non-binary users from......