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Louisiana Facing a Class Action Lawsuit for Not Providing Defendants Adequate Defense

A collection of civil rights attorneys and a New York City law firm filed a class action lawsuit in February, hoping to change the racist and unconstitutional legal system in Louisiana. The Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and Section 13 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 guarantee the right to meaningful and effective assistance of counsel to every person …


Tech-Heavy Food Chain Eatsa Slapped With Federal Lawsuit

A San Francisco-based food company proud of its tech-savvy features was recently slapped with a federal class action lawsuit for failing to provide adequate services to customers with visual impairments, according to a report. Eatsa, which features an automated, human-free system that allows customers to select their quinoa dish of choice on their smartphones or in-store iPads before delivering …


US Aid to Israel Illegal: Lawsuit

American aid to Israel is illegal under a decades-old law that prohibits aid to nuclear powers that have not signed the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, DC. The lawsuit, filed this week by Grant Smith, the director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, comes as the US and Israel have closed many of …