Georgia-based attorney Stephanie R. Lindsey, Esq., has issued a strong advisory to parents: under current school policies, students can face suspension—even for trying to break up a fight. In a recent legal explainer shared on her Instagram account, Lindsey addressed a recurring question she encounters in her practice: Can a student be punished for intervening…
Apple users across the U.S. may be entitled to compensation from a $95 million class action settlement over allegations that the tech giant’s Siri voice assistant recorded private conversations without user consent. The lawsuit, Lopez v. Apple, filed in California federal court on March 17, 2021, accuses Apple of unlawfully capturing confidential conversations via Siri-enabled…
Attorney Nicole Westmoreland, a veteran criminal defense lawyer and survivor of sexual assault, has officially joined the legal team defending music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in his upcoming federal trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. The move, filed Monday in the Southern District of New York, comes as jury selection enters its final phase.…
Tensions are rising in the federal sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, as U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian sternly reprimanded high-profile attorney Mark Geragos for inflammatory podcast comments that the judge called “outrageous.” In a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, Judge Subramanian criticized Geragos, who is linked to Combs’ defense team, for remarks he made on…
New York Attorney General Letitia James is under scrutiny after a formal ethics complaint was filed with the New York State Unified Court System’s Committee on Professional Standards, following a criminal referral issued by Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte. The complaint, submitted by conservative legal advocacy group America First Legal (AFL), accuses…
More than 700 partners from top U.S. law firms have joined forces in a legal brief supporting Susman Godfrey LLP in its constitutional challenge against the Trump administration. The unprecedented show of solidarity, submitted Friday by the group Law Firm Partners United (LFPU), argues that a recent executive order targeting Susman Godfrey violates multiple constitutional…
The brutal 1918 lynching of Mary Turner, a young Black woman in Lowndes County, Georgia, stands as one of the most egregious failures of the American legal system to protect its citizens or enforce justice. More than a century later, her murder remains a powerful symbol of how state and local authorities allowed racial violence…
A Massachusetts woman is speaking out after a dramatic encounter with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents ended with her and her husband being forcibly removed from their car — despite their attorney advising them to wait for legal counsel. Last Monday, Marilu Mendez and her husband, Juan Mendez, were driving along Tallman Street…