Shawnee Adams will be able to sue her son over a car crash that occurred while she was teaching him to drive when he was 15-years-old. They were driving...
Read more2010 Year in Review
2010 was an eventful year in legal news. We witnessed a mammoth oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that will cost BP billions in civil penalties, unprecedented vehicle recalls by Toyota, a new Supreme Court justice get sworn in, and the passage of an historic healthcare bill, whose detractors claim is unconstitutional. Those stories just scratch the surface of big headlines in 2010. Check out the National Law Journal’s Year in Review for a full recap.

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In the wake of the Chattanooga school bus crash, should we consider installing seat belts on school buses? Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, a school bus crashed in...
Read moreA proposed class action law suit filed in California claims that Yahoo! Inc. permitted hackers to access their users’ personal information and failed to warn users of the security...
Read moreCentral Oregon Community College has settled a lawsuit filed by one of their students over a stabbing incident that occurred on Halloween night back in 2014. The student, James...
Read moreRamzy Hattar, Co-Owner and Investor of Largo, Portland’s popular sandwich chain, filed a $9 million lawsuit against his business partners, Kurt Huffman and Rick Gencarelli, claiming they conspired to...
Read moreSteven Grasty, the Harney County Judge who assisted the county through the 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, is now facing recall after a recent petition....
Read moreAn Oregon High School Softball Team is suing the local school district over Title IX equality concerns, claiming that it failed to provide equal facilities to female athletes when...
Read moreA federal judge in Spokane Washington said that he won’t dismiss a lawsuit filed against two Washington state psychologist who helped design interrogation techniques for the CIA’s war on...
Read moreHeather Kowitz, a former Portland electrician, just filed a massive federal lawsuit against the city, claiming that she was fired and discriminated against for her sexual orientation, citing the...
Read moreIn a recent ruling by an Oregon Judge, a group of youngsters won a major battle in their continuing effort to sue the federal government over climate change. The...
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