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Yes, consumer fireworks are legal in Texas in 2025, but with strict regulations. New legislation (HB 554) now allows fireworks sales June 14-19 for Juneteenth celebrations in counties that approve it. Consumer fireworks classified as “Fireworks 1.4G”—including fountains, sparklers, ground spinners, and Roman candles—are permitted. Illegal fireworks include sky rockets, bottle rockets exceeding size limits,…
Most fireworks remain illegal in Maryland in 2025-26. Only gold-label sparklers without chlorates or perchlorates, ground-based sparkling devices that are non-aerial and non-explosive, and paper-wrapped snappers containing less than 0.03 grains of explosive composition are permitted under state law. Bottle rockets, firecrackers, Roman candles, fire balloons, and signal lights are all prohibited. However, several Maryland…
Tyra Banks faces a $2.8 million breach of contract lawsuit filed in October 2025 by Washington D.C. landlord Christopher Powell over her abandoned Smize & Dream ice cream shop. Powell alleges Banks and her business partner Louis Martin signed a 10-year lease in April 2024, abandoned the property in June 2024 without paying rent, then…
Instacart agreed to pay $60 million in consumer refunds on December 18, 2025, settling FTC allegations that the company deceived customers with false “free delivery” claims, misleading satisfaction guarantees, and unauthorized Instacart+ subscription charges. The settlement was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Case No. 3:25-cv-10783). Hundreds of thousands…
A litigation hold is a legal directive suspending normal document retention/destruction policies to preserve all potentially relevant evidence when litigation is reasonably anticipated or pending. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e) governs preservation failures for electronically stored information (ESI), requiring parties to take reasonable steps to preserve evidence or face sanctions including adverse inference instructions,…
The three stages of a records lifecycle are creation/receipt, maintenance/use, and disposition. These stages govern how organizations create, capture, store, access, and ultimately destroy or preserve business records. Federal laws including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (5-7 year retention), HIPAA (6 year minimum), and the Federal Records Act impose strict retention requirements, with criminal penalties including 20…
BREAKING TRUTH: The “Daniel Reid lawsuit” involving a man sued for saving Jessica Moore from a car is entirely fabricated. No such case exists in any US court. Multiple fact-checking organizations have confirmed this viral story is AI-generated misinformation designed to manipulate public outrage. The Daniel Reid lawsuit is a hoax. Despite going viral across…
Jaywalking is partially decriminalized in California under the Freedom to Walk Act (AB 2147), effective January 1, 2023. Police cannot cite pedestrians for crossing outside crosswalks unless a reasonably careful person would realize there is immediate danger of collision. Safe mid-block crossings are now legal, but dangerous jaywalking still carries fines up to $196 plus…
Adult performer Janice Griffith sued Dan Bilzerian and Hustler Magazine for negligence after Bilzerian threw her off a roof during an April 23, 2014 photo shoot, causing her to miss the pool and break her foot. The case was filed December 16, 2014 in Los Angeles County Superior Court seeking $85,000 in damages and was…