Posted by Luis Ferreira, Jr. Volkswagen, who recently met the goal of becoming the world’s biggest car making company, has gotten themselves into some legal troubles. The accusations stem from excessive amounts of pollutants caused by their cars and using emission cheating software to cover it up. The company has installed the software into 11 million engines worldwide. The software …
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Deflategate
Posted by Kyle Chapman. On January 18, 2015, the New England Patriots played the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship. The Patriots would go on to win the game, but a massive legal controversy would follow in the aftermath of the game. Reports arose after the game that the Patriots had used footballs inflated below …
United States V. Vania Lee Allen
Posted by Ismail Surakat. This is a case between Southern District of Georgia and Vania Lee Allen, a native of Jamaica, who committed a fraud and falsely impersonating a United Sates FBI special agent in connection with an international lottery fraud arrangement based in Jamaica. According to the indictment, 30-year-old Vania Lee Allen was charged for …
Pharmaceutical Drug Major Price Increase
Posted by Jose L. Diaz. Imagine having a potential life-ending disease or illness that you depend on medication for to survive. Money is tight, and most of your savings goes towards purchasing the medication in order to survive. Suddenly, just overnight, the price of this drug not only increases, but it increases by 5000%. While …
Case: Texas NAACP v. Steen (consolidated with Veasey v. Perry)
Posted by Emily Nichols. In late 2013, the Texas State Conference of NAACP filed suit challenging Texas’s photo voter ID law. The specific law that was being challenged was S.B. 14, which was enacted in 2011 and requires voters to present photo ID from a limited list of approved identification in order to vote. This law …
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United States v. Edward Weaver, et al.
Posted by Emily Nichols. On November 5, 2015, six men were convicted on felony charges of fraud and conspiracy in the sale of vending machine business opportunities. All six of these men were from New York, and they were just six of the 22 individuals convicted with this vending machine scheme. Two of the men …
Sometimes Staring Into Your Phone Helps You Win
Posted by Katie Kontos. Years ago a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY) entitled Look Up went viral that urged the public to put down their phones and other technology to pay attention to the world around them. The most moving line says, “So look up from your phone, shut down the display take in your surroundings make …
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Apple v. FBI
Posted by Renaldo Nel. Judge, Sheri Pym, of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, recently ordered Apple to assist the FBI in an investigation involving the San Bernardino terror attacks. The Apple iPhone belonging to one of the shooters, Syed Farook, was recovered by the FBI. The FBI wants to …
The OJ Knife Dilemma
Posted by Luke Iorio. It was deemed the trial of the century–a trial with so many twist and turns it has sparked books to be written about it as well as a TV mini series. It is the O.J. trial, and there was a recent discovery that could finally provide all the answers. The one …
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The Justice Department may soon reveal the details of a criminal settlement with GM over its failure to recall vehicles with defective ignition switches. The deal will require GM to plead to wire fraud and pay a penalty of approximately $1 billion. “GM is expected to enter a deferred prosecution agreement under which the government …