From yesterday’s decision by Judge Gary Brown (E.D.N.Y.) in Ferlito v. Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.: Plaintiff purchased a splitting maul (an axe specially designed for splitting wood) from defendant in 2017. Several months later, while plaintiff was hanging the maul to store it, the head of the tool detached and struck plaintiff, causing injuries to his nose and left eye. Plaintiff initiated this lawsuit in 2020, alleging that the head detached due to a design defect; defendant […]

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In the span of seventy-two hours, the Supreme Court decided two cases on the emergency docket. First, by a 7-2 vote, in A.A.R.P. v. Trump, the Court issued an injunction against the “government” to block the removal of a “putative” class of aliens. It did all this even though neither the District Court nor the Fifth Circuit had ruled yet. In fact, had the Supreme Court waited a few more minutes, it would have had an actual decision […]

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U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter sharply criticized Los Angeles city officials for mismanaging billions of dollars spent on homelessness, calling it a “slow train wreck” during a hearing with top leaders like Mayor Karen Bass and City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson. Carter pointed to a recent audit showing the city couldn’t track over $2 billion because the Los Angeles Homeless Services Agency failed to collect accurate data or hold contractors accountable, a problem consistently seen in […]

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Earlier this week, former President Barack Obama applauded Harvard University for standing up to the Trump administration. Unlike Columbia University, which has swiftly fallen in line and agreed to implement various policies demanded by President Donald Trump in exchange for the restoration of $400 million in federal grants, Harvard is prepared to fight back. “We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement,” said Harvard President Alan Garber. “The University will […]

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When Willonte Yates, Malik Perry, Dayonta McClinton, and three other young men arrived at a CVS on College Avenue in Indianapolis on a Tuesday night in October 2015, they were there to rob the pharmacy at gunpoint. It did not go as planned. McClinton helped guard customers. Yates, who dubbed himself the “mastermind” of a string of similar robberies, led the charge with Perry. But their target, the safe, was equipped with a timed lock, meaning they would […]

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