Is it fair for high school female athletes to compete against transgender athletes?  That is what a federal judge in Connecticut will determine.  Three female high school runners in Connecticut have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block transgender athletes

The daughters in Fiddler on the Roof sing, “Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match. Find me a find. Catch me a catch.” What happens, though, when you hire a matchmaking service and they fail to find you a find, or

The Houston Astros are entangled in a cheating scandal for stealing the opposing team’s pitching signs during the 2017 season in which the Astros won the World Series.  As a result, managers, coaches, and general managers who were with the

We all love Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, so it is so sad to see that the company has been sued.  James Ehlers is an environmental activist and filed the lawsuit in October alleging false advertising on the product labeling

Zion Williamson was the top draft pick in the 2019 NBA draft and is a foward for the New Orleans Pelicans. His rookie season was delayed due to injury and he has just recently begun his NBA career.  In addition

A New York Judge has ruled that actor Alec Baldwin’s critical comments of another man’s driving are not slander. This dispute began in November 2018 when Baldwin and Wojciech Cieszkowski got into a publicized dispute over a Manhattan parking spot.

We have all seen racy pictures of male firefighters.  Secretaries at a law firm I used to work at had firefighter calendars at their desk.  Indeed, firefighters are stereotypically well built and often have model-like looks to go with their

Lisa Vanderpump is a popular restaurant owner in Beverly Hills and a former star of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  She also owns a non-profit, Vanderpump’s Dog Foundation, which works “on both a domestic and international front to help create

A resident of Il Regalo Circle in Naples, Florida thought he was an artist and decided to give the outside of his home a makeover by “splash painting” the entire exterior, landscaping, vehicles, and mail boxes.  Geoffrey Liebman, the homeowner

Denise Richards is a star on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  She is an actress and model and is perhaps most famous for being married to Charlie Sheen for 5 years.  She and her current husband, Aaron Phypers, have been

The number of lawsuits based upon the Americans with Disabilities Act have increased in the last decade. A lawsuit filed in federal court lawsuit by Yaroslav Suris is certainly one of the more unique cases based upon this law. Mr.

The Grammy Awards will be given out to music’s biggest stars in just a couple of days. The Grammy Awards are presented by the Recording Academy. Yesterday, the Recording Academy’s former CEO has filed a discrimination complaint with the EEOC

Virtually every successful rock and roll band has had its internal squabbles.  Now it is Aerosmith’s turn (it’s not their first rodeo either).   Aerosmith has been one of America’s most successful bands of the last 50 years with hits like

Homeowners thought they were buying into luxury at the Ibis Golf and Country Club, located in Palm Beach County, with houses approaching $1 million and three golf courses designed by the Jack Nicklaus family.  However, these homeowners did not know

An airline passenger certainly should not expect to be harassed by an employee of the airline.  That is exactly what a San Diego woman alleges happened when she flew an American Airlines flight from San Diego to Chicago.  She claims

Condominium associations and homeowners’ associations have declarations, bylaws, and rules and regulations that must be followed.  The law in Florida is that associations must treat each of their homeowners equally. If they do not, the homeowners can assert that the

The average major league baseball salary in 2019 is $4.36 million.  Mike Trout of the California Angels recently signed a 12-year contract worth $426,500,000.  On the other side of the spectrum are minor league baseball players.  While they are doing

They definitely did not teach sword fighting in law school.  Despite this, a lawyer in Iowa, Matthew Hudson, is up against a litigant in a family dispute who has asked his judge to let the parties “resolve our disputes on

The Ohio State University and sports website, Overtime Sports, are involved in a heated federal court litigation over Overtime Sports’ logo.  Overtime Sports uses a black and white rounded “O” as its logo, which Ohio State claims is too similar

Twin Peaks Sports Bar & Restaurants is a restaurant chain similar to Hooters in that it embraces a “breastaurant” concept, where women servers wear revealing uniforms.    It describes itself as “the perfect man cave.”   Servers are “Twin Peaks Girls” and

McDonald’s slogan Lovin’ Beats Hatin‘ was not exactly the case when Morteza Javadi arrived for his in-person interview for a maintenance worker position. According to a recent lawsuit filed by the EEOC, Javadi, a Hasidic Jew, was told he would

This lawsuit is one of the cheesiest cases that I have ever seen.  A French court recently adjudicated a lawsuit about souffle.  French chef Marc Vayrat sued the Michelin Guide, which is a series of books published by a French

Patrick Reed is the 11th ranked golfer in the world and won the 2018 Masters Tournament.  Reed was recently in the news for breaking the rules of golf during Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.  During the third round of

Madonna, the queen of pop, has upset some of her Miami concert fans.  In fact, multiple class action lawsuits have been filed against her related to her December 2019 Miami residency. The concerts were initially scheduled to begin at 8:30

When you check into a hotel, you expect to be treated with the same respect as any customer.  According to Felicia Gonzales, who stayed at a Portland, Oregon Marriott, she was treated different because she was black.  She has filed

I have handled a wide array of probate cases over the years. I have also seen unique family squabbles, especially with the in-laws. This, however, is an unfortunate situation that I have not seen.  Dr. Alexander Sinclair, a Beverly Hills

A California woman actually sued the makers of Diet Dr Pepper for fraud because she didn’t lose weight drinking a diet drink.  Shana Becerra argued that she had been drinking Diet Dr Pepper for 13 years and “did not receive