Nelson Confirmed as the First Black Woman to Serve as a Federal Judge in Oregon
On Wednesday, former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Adrienne Nelson was confirmed to be the first Black woman to serve the U.S. District...
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Feb 17, 2023
Day of Love in Marion County Courthouse
This Valentine's day in Salem, the Marion County Justice Court celebrated a “Day of Love.” Judge Justin Kidd presided over nine...
Feb 8, 2023
Appeals Court Declares Gun Ban For Those With Domestic Violence Restraining Orders Unconstitutional
On Thursday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down 18 U.S.C § 922(g)(8), which made it a federal crime for an individual subject...
Dec 30, 2022
Is AI-Generated Art You Create Covered by Copyright? Naruto the Monkey’s Legal Case Says No
In 2015, on behalf of Naruto the monkey, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sued David Slater, a photographer,...
Dec 2, 2022
Epstein Victims Sue JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank Claiming they Profited from Sex Trafficking
Last week, two women who have accused Jeffery Epstein of sexual abuse filed lawsuits against Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan chase,...
Oct 31, 2022
Thomas Shields Graham from Georgia Election Interference Investigation
Earlier this week, Justice Clarence Thomas ordered an administrative stay, giving the Court further time to weigh Senator Lindsey...
Oct 26, 2022
How Do States Compensate the Wrongly Convicted?
When Adnan Syed was 18 years old a jury handed him a life sentence plus 30 years for the murder of his former girlfriend, Hae Min Lee....
Sep 29, 2022
Social Security Administration Removes Requirement of Evidence to Update Binary Gender Marker
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has quietly removed some of the historic barriers, such as doctor’s notes, to updating an...
Sep 9, 2022
Texas Church Apologizes, Promises to Pay Damages Over Unauthorized 'Hamilton' Performance
The wildly popular, Tony Award winning Musical “Hamilton” has come back into the news after The Door McAllen, a nondenominational...
Sep 8, 2022
U.S. Court of Appeals Rules that Gender Dysphoria is Covered Under the ADA
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit became the first appellate court in the nation to find that gender dysphoria is covered by...
Sep 6, 2022
Moderna Sues Pfizer, Claiming Patent Infringement Over Covid-19 Vaccines
Vaccine manufacturer Moderna has sued Pfizer and their development partner, BioNTech, claiming that their Covid-19 vaccine copied...
Sep 5, 2022
Court of Appeals Overturns McWoods Verdict After Finding Jurors Were Dismissed Because of Their Race
The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned the murder conviction of a Black man after finding that prosecutors dismissed two potential...
Jul 19, 2022
Twitter Sues Elon Musk
On Tuesday, Twitter filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk in an attempt to force him to follow through with a $44 billion dollar deal to...
Jul 15, 2022
Welcome Bob Tyler to TRLF!
Help us welcome the newest member of The Reynolds Law Firm, Bob Tyler! Since 1989, Bob's practice has always focused on litigation. He...
Jun 27, 2022
Jury Awards Judy Huth $500,000 After it Finds She Was Assaulted by Bill Cosby in 1975
Bill Cosby was just now, in June 2022, found liable for having assaulted Judy Huth, in 1975, when she was a teenager. However, the Santa...
May 25, 2022
Oregon Wine Producer has Files Half a Million Dollar Lawsuit - Nation Wine Day
May 25th - National Wine Day In local wine law history, Willamette Valley Vineyards filed a lawsuit in Polk County in 2015 claiming that...
May 6, 2022
Will Someone be Charged for Leaking Alito’s Draft Overturning Roe v Wade?
The morning after the nation was shell shocked by an historic leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that appears to overturn Roe v. Wade...
May 4, 2022
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU
Today’s date is a nod to the popular Star Wars franchise. The Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride at Disneyland and Disney World,...
May 3, 2022
‘Whole Range of Rights Could Now Be At Risk’ if Roe v. Wade is Overturned, Biden Says
President Joe Biden states that there is a “whole range of rights' ' that will come into question if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v....
Apr 11, 2022
X Gender Marker Available on U.S. Passports Starting April 11th, 2022
Starting today, April 11th, 2022, there will be a third gender marker available on a U.S. passport. Represented by an “X”, the Secretary...
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