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Ken Paxton scandal details spill out

House investigators publicly detailed allegations of a yearslong pattern of misconduct and questionable actions

Salon

An Orlando drag show restaurant files lawsuit against Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis

Hamburger Mary's in Orlando, which has held drag performances since 2008, is asking the court to block the implementation of the state's new law, which the governor signed last week.

WEKU

Brickbat: Purged

Thousands of messages were deleted from the phones of then-Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan and other city officials during protests in that city in 2020 following the death of George Floyd. Now, city officials have agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers who helped reveal…

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Anita Chabria: A Black guard shot a Black man for shoplifting. Blame San Francisco's legacy of racism

Last month, a Black man raised in chaos and scarcity shot and killed a Black man living in chaos and scarcity on the sidewalk in front of a downtown Walgreens.

Los Angeles Times

Catholic clergy 700-page abuse report could prompt lawsuits and changes to Illinois law

Illinois’ attorney general ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state Tuesday, releasing a nearly 700-page report that revealed the problem was far worse than the church had said in 2018 at the start of the state’s review

The Independent UK

What to know about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s long-running scandals and legal battles

Less than a year into his first term, Paxton was charged with felony securities fraud. The Justice Department is investigating bribery allegations against him as a Texas House committee conducts its own probe into his behavior.

The Texas Tribune

Dallas day care punished children with push-ups, according to parent's lawsuit seeking $1 million

DALLAS — A lawsuit against a northeast Dallas day care alleges a kindergartner was pushed out of a chair by a staff member and that her class was required to do push-ups and wall sits as a form of punishment.

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Wisconsin trial over fake electors set to start just before 2024 presidential election

A jury trial in a lawsuit seeking $2.4 million in damages from Republicans who attempted to cast Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes for Donald Trump in 2020 even though he lost is scheduled to begin just two months before the 2024 presidential election

The Independent UK

Judge greenlights JPMorgan lawsuit blaming ex-executive in Jeffrey Epstein scandal

A federal judge says he won't block JPMorgan's legal efforts to accuse a former executive of hiding Jeffrey Epstein's decades-long sex abuse in order to keep the financier as a client

The Independent UK

Home Business Lawsuit Argues People Have a Natural Right To Keep Bees on Their Property

Ellen Finnerty wanted to make and sell honey. The town of Ottawa, Kansas, says that's illegal.

Reason

Catholic clergy abuse report could prompt lawsuits, changes to Illinois law

The Independent UK

Family of Georgia woman who died after falling from moving patrol car files wrongful death lawsuit

The family of a Georgia woman who died last year after she fell from a moving patrol car has filed a civil rights lawsuit

The Independent UK

Trump calls E Jean Carroll a stalker over 2012 Facebook comment

Former president is facing a second lawsuit after repeatedly defaming the longtime Elle advice columnist

The Independent UK

FedEx hit with $2 million jury award to deaf worker claiming supervisors yelled, spit on him

Younes Mchaar transferred from his FedEx package-handler job in Virginia to a similar position in San Jose, California, hoping to leave behind the disability discrimination he experienced at work as a deaf person. Instead, he found more of the same, and worse: Managers mocked him, yelled at him, and one…

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New Mexico, ‘Climate Champ’ Governor Sued for Oil and Gas Failures

Lawsuit argues the state is not equally upholding environmental protections enshrined in its constitution.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Did Shaquille O’Neal blame his crypto legal saga on Steph Curry while interviewing him?

Both individuals were named in a class action lawsuit filed against FTX.

Salon

Texas AG calls for GOP speaker to resign

AG accused Phelan of presiding over House while drunk. Phelan office called it “a last-ditch effort to save face"

The Independent UK

Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls

Attorneys general across the U.S. have joined a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry

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The Independent UK

DeSantis v Disney: Why Florida’s governor is at war with the Mouse

A year-long feud between the governor and the powerful entertainment company has boiled over into legal battles that could shape the company’s future in the state, Alex Woodward writes

InsideEVs

Judges Dismisses Lawsuit Against Tesla's Elon Musk Over Twitter Purchase

The class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk alleged that his decision to purchase Twitter, and the mess it became, may have negatively impacted investors.

Reuters

UK students seek go-ahead for lawsuit over COVID, strikes disruption

Thousands of university students asked London's High Court on Wednesday to give the go-ahead to a mass lawsuit against University College London (UCL) over disruption to their studies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and strikes.

The Independent UK

Famed restaurant Hamburger Mary’s sues Florida over DeSantis’ drag ban

Hamburger Mary’s Orlando has been hosting drag shows since it opened in 2008

The New Daily

JPMorgan accuses US Virgin Islands of shielding Epstein

JPMorgan Chase is defending itself against a lawsuit by the US Virgin Islands accusing it of empowering Jeffrey Epstein to abuse teenage girls.

The Independent UK

JPMorgan Chase defends lawsuit by blaming US Virgin Islands for Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes

JPMorgan Chase is defending itself against a lawsuit by the U.S. Virgin Islands accusing it of empowering Jeffrey Epstein to abuse teenage girls

The Independent UK

The Flatiron Building’s $161m sale ends a bitter legal battle. Now its owners must decide what comes next

After a long-running battle between its owners, and a farcical first public auction, New York’s famous Flatiron Building sold at auction for $161m. Its proprietor tells Bevan Hurley he wants to restore the world-famous landmark to its previous glory

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