Law and Daily Life

Several southern states have attracted significant media attention recently for proposed and enacted legislation that would limit the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Much of the publicity…

Workers across the United States have been asking for a higher minimum wage for some time, and a new bill introduced in Baltimore would provide it, if passed into law.…

The 25-year marriage of Cancer Treatment Centers of America founder Richard Stephenson and his wife Alicia was formally dissolved at the beginning of the year — seven years after the…

More than 1,200 women who suffer from ovarian cancer have sued Johnson & Johnson. The company markets talcum powder under several brand names, such as Shower to Shower, and its long-term…

A story recently rocked the NFL world, as former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith was shot and killed in New Orleans. A man named Cardell Hayes was quickly…

On April 7, lawyers for General Motors filed a letter in a Manhattan federal court reporting that a settlement had been agreed to in a lawsuit filed over a faulty…