On April 1, the U.S. House passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana. But it’s probably not time just yet to pop a Champagne cork or fire up a fatty. Despite the House passage and despite a recent Gallup poll showing that more than two-thirds of Americans favor legalization, the U.S. Senate appears poised to just say no. The House […]

The FBI is investigating at least 15 nonprofit organizations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area for what it calls a “massive fraud scheme” to siphon off millions of government dollars meant to feed needy children. Investigators from the FBI and other agencies raided 15 homes and offices in the Twin Cities after obtaining search warrants. In affidavits obtained by the New York […]

Is the lack of a Chick-fil-A restaurant at the San Antonio International Airport a concrete, particularized injury sufficient to grant would-be customers standing to sue? We do not know yet, but Texas courts may have to grapple with that question. In 2019, the San Antonio City Council was tasked with approving an agreement allowing a concessionaire to contract with various […]

Two South Carolina chicken farmers filed a federal class-action lawsuit April 18, claiming they were ripped off by a standard poultry industry contracting practice that may be victimizing others like them. Michael and Jean-Nichole Diaz, a married couple, contend that after they signed a contract with Amick Farms LLC in 2019 to provide chickens for the poultry processing company, they […]

Before you sign a contract to buy a dog, make sure you read the fine print. That is the takeaway from an April 13 settlement announcement by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. A California-based financial services company agreed to pay $930,000 to resolve allegations that it was illegally leasing dogs in Massachusetts. If you were unaware that dog leasing exists, neither did […]