April 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), along with ten states, has filed a lawsuit against six major landlords, accusing them of an unlawful scheme to inflate rents using algorithmic tools and sensitive data sharing. The lawsuit follows an August complaint against property management software company RealPage, which developed a pricing algorithm allegedly used by the […]

TikTok is preparing to comply with federal legislation that could ban the app for U.S. users. According to sources, the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act, H.R. 8038, mandates that parent company ByteDance sell its U.S. assets by January 19, 2025, or face a nationwide ban. Under this act, new TikTok downloads would be banned

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a cornerstone of employee rights, outlining regulations for minimum wage and overtime pay. However, the FLSA does exempt certain employees from these protections, and employers often rely on these exemptions to defend against claims. To determine whether an exemption applies, the employer bears the burden of proof.

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order redefining birthright citizenship, a policy historically guaranteed under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This order would deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents without legal status or on temporary visas, and was immediately met with widespread legal challenges.

On January 28, 2025, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan issued a temporary block against the Trump administration’s attempt to halt federal grants, loans, and other forms of financial aid. This decision came in response to a January 27, 2025, memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which ordered a pause in federal funding

Louisiana is known for having one of the strictest abortion laws in the United States. It prohibits abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with only a few very narrow exceptions. Doctors who violate this law risk losing their medical licenses, facing up to 15 years in prison, and incurring fines of $200,000.While many people consider

The ongoing legal dispute surrounding the film ‘It Ends With Us’ has intensified with actress Blake Lively facing a new lawsuit. This time, she is being sued by a Texas crisis communications specialist, Jed Wallace, who owns the PR firm Street Relations. On February 4, 2025, Wallace filed a $7 million defamation lawsuit against Lively

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The lawsuit alleges that Starbucks uses diversity, equity, and inclusion policies to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, and sexual orientation. In October 2020, Starbucks laid forth a