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Naked Man Shot In Hospital By Houston Cop Gets $900K Settlement

The city quietly paid off Alan Pean, a man injured by an off-duty Bayou City police officer during a mental health crisis.

Texas Observer

The $500m Romeo and Juliet case opens a new frontier for #MeToo reckoning

The question of informed consent on Zeffirelli’s 1968 film has revived the historical abuses argument – will movie production companies be hit by a tidal wave of lawsuits?

The Guardian - UK

Legal dispute with financiers of 'Top Gun: Maverick' casts spotlight on controversial Russian oligarch

LOS ANGELES — Two years ago, when the pandemic plunged the movie industry into one of its darkest periods, New Republic Pictures and its founder and chief executive, Brian Oliver, were touted as a bright light.

Los Angeles Times

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FDA adds a major new twist to the abortion pill fight

Abortion rights advocates say that if the FDA withdraws its mifepristone approval, it would essentially result in a national ban.

Axios

Is Ye Hiding From His Ex-manager’s $4.5m. Lawsuit?

The disgraced hip-hop mogul is reportedly living a nomadic lifestyle where his former business manager on the verge of a lawsuit.

Zenger

Stars of 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet’ sue studio for child sexual abuse over nude scene

LOS ANGELES — The stars of the 1968 movie “Romeo and Juliet” have submitted a lawsuit in Los Angeles County accusing Paramount Pictures of sexually abusing them by filming their nude bodies without their knowledge when they were children.

Los Angeles Times

Oregon judge extends ban on new gun law's background checks

An Oregon judge is continuing to freeze the part of a new, voter-approved gun safety measure that requires a completed criminal background check before a gun can be sold or transferred

The Independent UK

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Inmates allege Texas to use unsafe drugs for executions

Three Texas death row inmates allege that the state’s prison system plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to carry out their executions early this year

The Independent UK

US Virgin Islands fires attorney general in Epstein cases

The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has fired the attorney general of the U.S. territory who led a lengthy legal case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that resulted in a $105 million settlement

The Independent UK

Cameron Winklevoss gives crypto baron one week to come up with a $1 billion solution to make his Gemini customers whole

Winklevoss and his identical twin brother first rose to prominence through their lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg, who they claimed stole their idea for Facebook.

Fortune

Canoo Sues Former Employees For Stealing Secrets For Rival Company

Canoo has come forward to accuse many former employees of reportedly stealing trade secrets as they worked to start a competing electric vehicle company.

InsideEVs

Girl, 17, dies at boarding school after her 'crippling pain ignored for weeks’

Taylor Goodridge, 17, collapsed and died on December 20 at the Diamond Ranch Academy in Hurricane, Utah, US, just weeks after complaining of abdominal pain

Daily Mirror

Defaming Like a Rockstar? No, Said Court in Lawsuit Against DaBaby

An interesting illustration of the defamation per se / per quod distinction, recognized in some states.

Reason

Metaverse company CEO sued for sexual harassment by former NFL player who claims she pressured him to sleep with colleagues

Lawsuit alleges employee was told ‘way to [play] the game’ was to ‘get laid by a co-worker on a business trip’

The Independent UK

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France 24

Canadian users of Essure birth control coils take pharma giant Bayer to court

Essure contraceptive implants were removed from sale a few years ago, but are now the subject of court cases in several countries. In Canada, their manufacturer, Bayer, faces a class action lawsuit. According to plaintiffs, the birth control devices cause a number of serious side effects. Bayer denies any link…

WEKU

A woman accused Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting her in the 1970s

A 65-year-old said she first met and was sexually assaulted by the Aerosmith frontman when she was 16, according to a new lawsuit filed under a California law that extended the statute of limitations.

Los Angeles Times

Californians have a green light to sue the gun industry. How will that work?

LOS ANGELES — One of the strangest pieces of legislation ever enacted in California took effect Jan. 1, giving state residents and visitors the same power to threaten the gun industry that Texans now wield over abortion providers.

The Independent UK

Banks seek to quash women's lawsuits in Jeffrey Epstein case

Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase are asking a federal court to throw out lawsuits that claim they helped Jeffrey Epstein abuse young women and maintain his sex-trafficking ring

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The Independent UK

Bill Cosby sued by woman who says he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1986

Stacey Pinkerton’s lawsuit says Cosby ‘engaged in forced sexual intercourse’ with her

Tribune News Service

New law forces Florida officials to choose: Keep their government jobs or be a lobbyist

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An upheaval affecting the intersecting worlds of Florida government, politics and lobbying is forcing officials to choose: They could hold onto their positions in elected or appointed offices. Or they can keep their careers, or future career plans — as paid lobbyists.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman sues Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, alleging child sex assault in 1970s

The 65-year-old Julia Misley said in a statement that she wanted to seize “a new opportunity to take legal action against those that abused me in my youth.”

Los Angeles Times

Steven Tyler is sued for alleged 1970s sexual assault of a teen, ahead of legal deadline

LOS ANGELES — Steven Tyler has been sued, along with a number of other defendants, for the alleged sexual assault and sexual battery of a woman who says she met the Aerosmith singer in 1973, when she was 16 and he was 25.

WEKU

Hershey's faces a lawsuit over heavy metals in its dark chocolate bars

The lawsuit comes after Consumer Reports sounded the alarm about dangerous heavy metals in dark chocolate bars from manufactures like Lindt, Ghirardelli and Hershey's.

The Independent UK

Google to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve privacy suit

Google has agreed to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices

The Independent UK

Woman sues Steven Tyler, alleging child sex assault in 1970s

A woman who has previously said Steven Tyler had a sexual relationship with her when she was a teenager is suing the Aerosmith frontman for sexual assault, sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress

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