Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order on Tuesday that places new goals and restrictions for the state regarding greenhouse gas emissions. When announcing the executive order, the governor stated “In the absence of leadership from the federal government, states and cities are stepping up and doing their part to reduce emissions.” By 2050, the [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White Sales Inc., in favor of a strict application of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to a contract dispute involving a mandatory arbitration clause. Archer and White Sales Inc., a small dental supply business, entered into a contract to sell the products [...]
An indictment unsealed on Tuesday revealed that Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya has been charged with obstruction of justice by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Though this indictment involves a separate case, Veselnitskaya has been identified as a key figure in the Special Counsel‘s Russia probe due to her involvement in a 2016 Trump [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Culbertson v. Berryhill that a federal law imposing 25 percent cap on attorney’s fees in Social Security cases applies only to fees relating to court proceedings rather than all fees incurred. The case questioned the interpretation of the 42 USC § 406, specifically Sections A and B, which [...]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Monday that seeks to change the way that the state pays for and acquires prescription drugs. The order directs state officials to set up what Newsom said would become the nation’s largest single-purchaser system for prescriptions. It directs California’s Medicaid system to negotiate drug prices for all [...]
A California jury heard opening statements on Monday in one of several thousand lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson of selling talc-based products contaminated with asbestos and for failing to warn about the dangers of mesothelioma. Plaintiff Terry Leavitt filed the lawsuit in the Alemeda County Superior Court in 2017 after she was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Unlike [...]
On Monday morning Governor Haslam granted executive clemency to Cyntoia Brown, commuting her life sentence. Brown is to be released August 7, at which point she will have served 15 years of her life sentence. This decision comes after Brown was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery following the murder of Johnny Allen in [...]
The Supreme Court began its 2019 term Monday with oral arguments for two cases: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht and Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus. In Merck v. Albrecht, the justices must determine whether a state failure-to-warn law claim is pre-empted when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected the drug manufacturer’s [...]
The US Supreme Court reversed and remanded in part an excessive use of force case against two police officers from Escondido, California who were responding to a domestic violence 911 call in April 2013. Marty Emmons, who was arrested by Officer Robert Craig, later sued both Officer Craig and Sergeant Kevin Toth, another officer at [...]
The San Diego District Attorney’s (DA) Office announced their plan Monday to challenge Senate Bill No. 1437, amending the murder accomplice law. The DA’s Office claims that they have grounds to challenge or question the new law’s constitutionality, arguing that “the Legislature didn’t have the authority to change the law without asking voters first.” The [...]
