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Walmart to Pay $65M Settling Lawsuit Over Cashier Seating

By Lisa M. Schaffer, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Walmart cashiers in California won a landmark victory in their class action suit, Brown v. Walmart, for the right to take a seat. Though denying any wrongdoing...

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Yahoo Settles Data Breach for $50 Million

By Lisa M. Schaffer, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million to users affected by data breaches in 2013 and 2014, finally bringing to a close one of the darkest days in Yahoo's...

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Tennessee Must Stop Suspending Driver's Licenses of People Who Can't Pay

By Lisa M. Schaffer, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Tennessee took another step towards treating indigent people more humanely. There, a federal district judge ruled that the state can no longer revoke people's...

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$1.6M Settlement Over Pokemon Go-Less Pokemon Go Fest

By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

A Pokemon Go Fest without Pokemon Go isn't much of a fest at all, as game creator Niantic quickly learned last summer. The first (and perhaps last) of its...

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Supreme Court Softens Deportation Law for Criminals

By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

It is well established, as the Supreme Court noted in an opinion handed down this week, that "any alien convicted of an 'aggravated felony' after entering the...

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Trump's Attempt to Delay 'Gas Guzzler' Fines Blocked by Federal Court

By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Since 1970 the Environmental Protection Agency has had the authority to set national emissions standards for automakers limiting the hazardous air pollutants...

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