Author: Aron Solomon

By Aron Solomon A class action is something that we have all heard about but probably only know a bit about. The goal of this article is to have you leave as a class action expert – okay, at least no longer a novice. This is really what a class action is: It’s a lawsuit filed by a group of people (a class) against one defendant. The reason a group would file a class action is because all of the members of the class claim to have suffered a similar “injury,” which doesn’t need to be a physical one. Class…

Aron Solomon, of Today’s Esquire, joins the team at Feast of Fun to discuss conservatorships, Brittney Spears, her ongoing legal battle, and why “all of her songs sound like coded messages asking for help.” Listen below, and enjoy the show!

By Llewellyn King Editors Note: This article originally appeared in Inside Sources In this, the Information Age, truth was supposed to be the great product of the times. Spread at the speed of light, and majestically transparent, the world of irrefutable truth was supposed to be available at the click of a key. The internet was to be like “Guinness World Records,” conceived by Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Brewery, when he missed a shot while bird hunting in Ireland in 1951. This resulted in an argument between him and his hosts about the fastest game bird in…

By Aron Solomon Editors Note: This article originally appeared in Inside Sources California has some of the most expensive rent in the nation. In its major cities, such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, rents pierced the $3,000 level before the global pandemic hit. As a response to the pandemic, back in March 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom imposed the nation’s first statewide shutdown. Along with that, he placed a moratorium on evictions. Landlords were allowed to use the program to collect aid equivalent to 80 percent of the rent if they agreed to forgive the final 20 percent. But this was…

By J. Mark Powell Editors Note: This article originally appeared in Inside Sources Ben Franklin may have been right that “nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” but we hate preparing for both. Many people put off writing their last wills and testaments, perhaps to avoid confronting their own mortality. But when they do, their decisions about distributing their estates can reveal much. Let us consider the quirky, eccentric, and downright weird tidbits tucked in the farewell documents of famous folks: You learned as a child, “Listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride…

By Aron Solomon On Friday, FINA, the international federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee for administering international competitions in water sports, rejected the use of a product called the Soul Cap, a Black-owned brand, for the Tokyo Olympics and any of their international competitions. In holding that Soul Cap does not “fit the natural form of the head” and to the best knowledge of the governing body “the athletes competing at the international events never used, neither require…caps of such size and configuration,” FINA evinced a profound lack of understanding of the needs of a certain group of their…

By Gerard Scimeca Editors Note: This article originally appeared in Inside Sources Imagine trying to make a purchase online from a familiar website, only to be thwarted by a new policy announcing it only accepts Japanese yen or Chinese yuan. Or consider a vending machine that repeatedly spits back your crisp, clean dollar as unrecognizable. And what may be your reaction if you check your bank statement, only to see your balance represented in euros? As odd and far-fetched as these dystopian scenarios may seem, they illustrate the dangerous path our nation is following in its befuddling and stone-age approach to…

The artificial intelligence revolution has touched almost every industry, and the legal field is not immune to this technological progress. As legal fees may not be in the budget for your average citizen, having an affordable and efficient option is of great importance to those facing legal challenges they simply aren’t equipped to handle on their own. During Season 3, Episode 4 of The Next Level Podcast, host Aron Solomon speaks with Joshua Browder, founder and CEO of DoNotPay, the world’s first robot lawyer, where you can fight corporations, beat bureaucracy and sue anyone at the press of a button.…

By Trevor Burrus Editors Note: This article originally appeared in Inside Sources On July 4 some 245 years ago, the signing of the Declaration of Independence articulated the political ethos of the United States: A country founded on the consent of the governed and rooted in the idea that governments exist to protect the natural rights of the citizens. Eleven years later, delegates met in the same place to draft a Constitution that would, they hoped, institutionalize those founding principles. How are things going today? Not so well on the governing front despite positive developments for human freedom. The structural…

By Aron Solomon Last week, in deciding Alston v. NCAA, the Supreme Court stayed away from a critically important issue – the student-athlete monetization of their name, image, and likeness, known as NIL. Then mere hours after the Alston decision, the NCAA announced that they had set a July target (yes – only eight days following their announcement) for the adoption of interim rules that would allow college athletes to be paid for their NIL. The Business of College Sports site has an NIL tracker that they are diligently updating. The tracker shows all of the NIL legislation, including which…