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Union Station: Federal lawsuits related to public-sector unions: 2022 roundup

Since late 2019, Ballotpedia has tracked close to 200 federal lawsuits related to public-sector unions. Today, we’ll take a look at the state of litigation at the end of 2022 and highlight a selection of cases with recent activity in the district and circuit courts.

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Did party politics cost a Texas city manager and attorney their jobs?

City councils are typically nonpartisan. Odessa residents are wondering if that’s still the case after the local Republican Party helped elect new council members.

The Texas Tribune

Oberlin College finishes paying $25M judgement in libel suit

Oberlin College has finished paying out a $25 million judgment to an Ohio bakery that won a libel lawsuit against the school after a shoplifting incident involving three Black students

The Independent UK

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Lawsuits suggest some video game cheating could be illegal

Bungie, Take-Two and others cite potential copyright infringement

Axios

Madison Cawthorn sued for $193k over unpaid legal fees

The legal troubles are just the latest of Mr Cawthorn’s woes

The Independent UK

‘Call me now:’ Inside the mysterious life of 90s TV hotline psychic Miss Cleo

Miss Cleo, the face of the Psychic Readers Network, spent years imploring late-night television viewers to call a 1-800 number. Then a fraud lawsuit plagued the company and hotline. Miss Cleo mostly vanished. Now, there’s a new HBO Max documentary that investigates her life, Sheila Flynn reports

The Independent UK

Chicago police officer tied to disgraced unit fired 18 years after scandal

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was fired late Thursday for his role 18 years ago in one of the biggest scandals in department history.

Chicago Tribune

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Lawsuit accuses Miami of ‘racial gerrymandering’ in drawing new voting districts

MIAMI — A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Miami of creating racially segregated districts when officials redrew the boundaries of the city’s voting map in the spring, a controversial process that drew opposition from neighborhood groups over concerns that the plan weakened the political power of Black voters in Coconut Grove.

Miami Herald

NY attorney general sued after former adviser's #MeToo exit

A woman who accused a former top adviser to New York Attorney General Letitia James of unwanted kissing, hastening his Dec. 2 exit, filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that James and her office enabled the man’s behavior by ignoring previous warnings about him

The Independent UK

Cook County’s delinquent property tax sales process discriminates against minorities, lawsuit states

The lawsuit alleges that the tax sales process disproportionally causes minority families to lose their homes without compensating them for their property.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dallas company gets in ‘ugly’ fight with HGTV over home renovation show

The Dallas company known for advertisements saying “we buy ugly houses” is suing HGTV’s parent company over one of its latest home renovation shows.

Tribune News Service

Civil rights group sues Dallas for ban that ‘criminalizes poverty’

A coalition made up of legal advocates and a law firm is suing Dallas over a new rule that subjects people to fines of up to $500 for standing on road medians, arguing it is unconstitutional and will disproportionately impact homeless residents.

Tribune News Service

This U.S. Citizen Was Detained by ICE for Over a Month. Now He's Getting a $150,000 Settlement.

A Government Accountability Office report last year documented hundreds of ICE actions involving potential U.S. citizens.

Reason

Engineering firm reaches settlement in Flint water case

An engineering firm has settled a lawsuit with four families after being accused of not doing enough to stop lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan, water supply

The Independent UK

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NY Attorney General Letitia James protected chief of staff who was accused of sexual harassment, lawsuit says

NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James is accused of protecting her ousted chief of staff despite allegations that he sexually harassed colleagues, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.

The Independent UK

$698M deal to end Monsanto PCB pollution lawsuit in Oregon

Oregon's attorney general says Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns

Los Angeles Times

A city council in Canada votes to strip Paul Haggis’ name from hometown park after rape lawsuit

There’s a reason to hold off on naming things after people who are still alive: Paul Haggis’ birthplace finally voted this week to strip the Oscar winner’s name off a park in his Canadian hometown, a month after he was found liable for raping a woman in New York City.

Daily Record

Prince Harry says Meghan Markle's miscarriage was caused by 'stress' of tabloid lawsuit

Meghan described how she felt a a “sharp cramp” and “dropped to the floor” while changing their son, Archie.

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City That Forced Landlords To Evict Tenants Suspected of Crimes Will Pay $1 Million To Settle DOJ Lawsuit

Plus: Elon Musk bans Twitter account that tracks his private jet, Iong permit waits to build new apartment buildings in San Francisco, and more...

The National (Scotland)

Prince Harry claims Meghan Markle suffered miscarriage because of 'what the Mail did'

PRINCE Harry has claimed that his wife Meghan Markle suffered a miscarriage “because of what the Mail did” during her lawsuit battle with its…

Daily Mirror

Netflix's Julia Haart's ex-husband DROPS lawsuit after bombshell fraud allegations

Julia Haart has shared her joy after her ex-husband Silvio Scaglia dropped the lawsuits he filed against her after the former CEO of Elite World Group intended to divorce him

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: By embracing anti-Fauci and QAnon conspiracies, Musk tests how low Twitter can sink

People trying to track the intellectual and moral deterioration of Twitter under its new owner, Elon Musk, have gotten a few more data points to work with in recent days.

Los Angeles Times

Hollywood school took 8 hours to find teen overdose victim in bathroom, mother's lawsuit alleges

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Ramos was missing for eight hours before she was found dead of suspected fentanyl poisoning in a Hollywood school bathroom this year, the 15-year-old's mother and her lawyers said Wednesday in announcing a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Los Angeles Times

Accused of illegally evicting Black and Latino renters, Southern California city, sheriff to pay $1 million

LOS ANGELES — A Mojave Desert community and sheriff’s department will be forced to spend nearly $1 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging they discriminated against Black and Latino renters, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Athena Strand’s father sues FedEx, Dallas contractor and delivery driver

DALLAS — The father of slain 7-year old Athena Strand has filed a lawsuit following his daughter’s disappearance and death last month.

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