Everyone’s been watching as Alex Rodriguez received an unprecedented suspension from baseball due to alleged steroid use. After receiving an astounding 200 games in his initial suspension, he was able to get a reduction in his sentence to only 162 games through arbitration. Only recently did A-Rod file suit against the Player’s Union seeking to […]
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Lacy Vs. the City of St. Petersburg
After a shootout in January 2011 in a St. Petersburg neighborhood, two officers (K-9 Officer Jeff Yaslowitz and Sergeant Tom Baitinger) and, the man that shot them (Hydra Lacy), were found dead. Lacy, hiding in his attic, shot at officers leading them into a major shootout. Hydra lived in the home with his wife, Christine […]
Covan World Wide Moving Caught Falsifying Weight Certificates
Handling everything from residential to corporate to commercial to government business, massive Alabama based trucking company was recently discovered as deceiving the US government. Since 2007, Covan World-Wide Moving and its affiliate, Coleman-American Moving Services, were paid by the government based on the items they are moving and just how much they weigh. According to […]
Neglected Fire Escape Collapses Killing Albert Suh
Last month’s fire escape collapse in Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia left one man dead and two women seriously injured. The roomates, Albert Suh, a 22-year-old financial analyst, Laura O’Brien, a 24-year-old kindergarten teacher and 22-year-old Nancy Chen, were throwing a birthday party when around midnight, they went out onto the corroded stairwell to smoke a cigarette. […]
Holten vs. Narconon Arrowhead
Imagine a loved one has fallen into a cycle of substance abuse. You’re able to address the situation with this person and agree that help is required. You do your research, you find specialists in the area and this person decides to take the next step of moving into a facility where they can be […]
Former Florida A&M Football Player Shot by Police Office While Trying to Seek Help
The family of Jonathan Ferrell has filed a civil lawsuit against those they believe were involved in his death. In September 2013, the 24 year old Ferrell was driving home from dropping off a friend, when he drove off the road and into an embankment in a suburb outside Charlotte, N.C. Unable to open the […]
Court Upholds HIPAA over Florida Law
It is always interesting when a state law conflicts with a federal law. Which law does one follow? Nursing homes in Florida found themselves in this very predicament when the Florida law regarding disclosure of patient records conflicted with the privacy law of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). A few […]
Does Religious Freedom Overrule Corporate Dress Codes?
Corporate dress codes are coming under scrutiny by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for religious discrimination. In August of 2012, former Disney employee, Imane Boudlal sued Disney after being told she could not wear her hijab to work and just recently a Kentucky Fried Chicken former employee sued the franchise that dismissed her […]
Can Leaving a Negative Company Review Damage Your Credit Score?
Imagine purchasing a product online only to have it never delivered. When you try to contact customer service for help, no one picks up. You are now out your money with no product and no way to contact the company. What would you do? Would you write a negative review? That is exactly what Salt […]
Target Sued After Security Breach
A class action suit has been filed against Target for neglecting to notify customers of the security breach and disclosing which customers’ credit cards were compromised by the breach. Target earlier this month announced it suffered a major security breach. Hackers successfully obtained over 40 million customers’ credit and debit card information during November 27th […]
