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Connecticut woman shot by officer gets $1.1M settlement

A Connecticut woman who was seriously injured when a police officer opened fire on her and her boyfriend as they sat in a car unarmed has settled a lawsuit over the shooting for about $1.1 million

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Jury in defamation suit against Fox won't hear about Jan. 6

A judge says the upcoming trial in a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News for airing false allegations of vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election will not include testimony about the Jan. 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Louisiana Loses Social-Cost-of-Carbon Lawsuit in the Fifth Circuit (Again)

The plaintiff states lack standing to challenge the Biden Administration's interim Social Cost of Carbon estimates

Reason · Apr 5, 2023

DOJ tentatively settles over Texas church shooting for $144M

The Justice Department says it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

The star-studded mountaintop utopia that wasn’t

The creators of a "Ted meets Burning Man" conference set out to build a utopia for tech elites and celebrities on Powder Mountain, but it didn't work out quite as planned.

Fortune · Apr 5, 2023

How much do Love Is Blind contestants get paid?

Cast members are expected to pay for certain expenses out-of-pocket

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Australian mayor readies world's first defamation lawsuit over ChatGPT content

A regional Australian mayor said he may sue OpenAI if it does not correct ChatGPT's false claims that he had served time in prison for bribery, in what would be the first defamation lawsuit against the automated text service.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2023

ChatGPT threatened with defamation suit

SYDNEY: An Australian mayor is considering a defamation lawsuit over false claims made by ChatGPT that he had served time in prison for bribery, in what would be the first such action of its kind against the automated text service.

Bangkok Post · Apr 5, 2023

Washington stocks up on abortion pills ahead of court ruling

Washington state officials have purchased a three-year supply of a leading abortion medication in anticipation of a court ruling that could limit its availability

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Hundreds of 'undercover' LAPD officers take step to sue city over release of photos

LOS ANGELES — More than 300 Los Angeles police officers who worked in sensitive assignments gave notice Tuesday that they will file a negligence lawsuit against the city for allegedly endangering their lives by releasing their department photographs along with images of thousands of other cops under the state’s public…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2023