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'Child's shoes in the roadway': Family sues after 4-year-old allegedly run over by Amazon delivery driver while he was outside playing in his favorite park
Inset: Tadens Joseph (Facebook). Background: News footage of the area in Kansas City, Mo., where Tadens Joseph was killed on May 4, 2026 (KCTV). A Missouri family who lost their 4-year-old boy in an alleged hit-and-run by an Amazon delivery driver has now filed a...
Dumped man who sent more than 100 text messages responded to being ignored by shooting his ex-girlfriend and her teenage son with a stolen shotgun
Inset: Jose Antonio "Adrian" Roman (Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office). Background: The residential street leading to the house where a woman and her son were killed in Santa Fe, N.M. (Google Maps). A New Mexico man will almost certainly die in prison after shooting...
Tenth Circuit Holds That a Defense Presentation of Plaintiff’s “Cop-Watch” Social Media Posts at Trial Was Unduly Prejudicial Under Fed. R. Evid. 403, Warranting a New Trial
In Cronick v. City of Colorado Springs, No. 25-1235 (10th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026), the Tenth Circuit holds that cross-examining a plaintiff for about her “cop-watching” social media videos, in which she’s shown in police and security guard...
Marines board, sink alleged drug ship off Ecuador
U.S. forces boarded and then later sank an alleged “floating refueling station” on Friday, U.S. Southern Command said. The raid is the latest incident of direct U.S. military action in and around Ecuador in the last two weeks in coordination with the country’s...
Beltway Buzz, August 28, 2026
USCIS Proposes $103,265 Fee for H-1B Petitions. On August 25, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published in the Federal Register a proposed rule, “Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions,” that would require employers to include a $103,265 fee with...
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (AUGUST 24 – AUGUST 28)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil DecisionsGood afternoon.Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 24, 2026. It was a light week. Continue Reading In Minotar Holdings Inc. v....
Five Things Executives Need to Understand About Personal Liability Under California’s Wage and Hour Laws
Most executives operate on a comfortable assumption: the company is the employer, so the company bears the wage and hour liability. Form the entity correctly, keep your corporate housekeeping in order, and your personal assets stay out of the line of fire. In...
Executive Order 14420 Restricts Foreign Equipment in the U.S. Bulk-Power System
OverviewOn August 26, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order 14420 (EO), declaring a national emergency to secure the U.S. bulk-power system and restrict procurement and installation of a broad array of foreign-produced equipment used in the U.S. electric power...
US military laser downs Mexican cartel drones near border
The incident marks the first time the military has used the Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser, or AMP-HEL, system to engage cartel-linked drones on the border, according to U.S. Northern Command.