The US Senate Wednesday advanced the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2021 (HR 3967) which will help veterans injured due to exposure to toxic military burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The PACT Act plans to provide “health care, presumption of service-connection, research, resources, and other matters related to veterans who [...]

US President Joe Biden Wednesday signed an executive order which directs key federal agencies to advance LGBTQI+ equality and protect communities from hateful attacks. Biden’s executive order, which was signed during Pride Month, will combat historic anti-LGTBQI+ laws passed across the US. The executive order will address discriminatory legislative attacks, prevent conversion therapy, safeguard health [...]

The man who shot US President Ronald Reagan in 1981 Wednesday received unconditional release in compliance with US District Court Judge Paul Friedman’s order earlier in June. In response to his unconditional release, John Hinckley wrote on social media “After 41 years 2 months and 15 days, FREEDOM AT LAST!!!” Judge Friedman earlier in June [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday issued an opinion in which the Court held “that the COVID-19 pandemic is not a natural disaster under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)” and that employers are not allowed to initiate mass layoffs without notice due to pandemics. Oil producers hired [...]

Volkswagen and Porsche Wednesday reached an $80 million settlement with plaintiffs in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The car companies faced a class action lawsuit for alleged manipulation of fuel economy and fuel emission tests for nearly 500,000 Porsche class vehicles. This class action sought to reimburse “consumers who purchased [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday broadened federal courts’ abilities to decide whether a child in an international custody dispute has to return to their home country by saying that courts do not need to consider “all possible ameliorative measures” for a child’s return when a child is at risk of grave harm. In the case [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) partially preempts a California law that invalidates waivers of the right to assert representative claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The FAA states that arbitration agreements in specific contracts are valid, irrevocable, and enforceable. PAGA allows aggrieved employees to [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled in a 6-3 decision that veterans cannot seek “collateral review at any time on grounds of ‘clear and unmistakable error” due to the invalidation of a regulation. In George v. McDonough, Kevin George, a Marine veteran, brought a lawsuit because he was denied disability benefits by the US Department [...]

New York’s highest state court Tuesday dismissed former President Donald Trump and his children’s request to avoid questioning by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The questioning is a part of the Attorney General’s civil investigation into allegations that the Trump organization engaged in financial fraud. Donald, Donald Jr. and Ivanka Trump must now testify. [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a North Carolina school’s dress code requiring females to wear skirts violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The Charter Day School required all female students to wear skirts, noting that “girls are ‘fragile vessels’ deserving of ‘gentle’ treatment by boys.” Male students [...]