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How a 12-year-old federal lawsuit turned a judge into Texas’ foster care czar

As Judge Janis Jack continues to threaten contempt-of-court fines in a federal lawsuit against the state’s foster care system, advocates say the case has moved the needle on reform — but it has come with a hefty price tag.

The Texas Tribune

Robin Abcarian: Bad news: A Texas judge holds the future of medication abortion in his very conservative hands

Could a federal judge really declare that an abortion drug used safely by millions of American women over more than two decades did not receive proper vetting and force it off the market?

Los Angeles Times

"Third-Party Standing" Doctrine Shouldn't be Used to Block Lawsuits Challenging Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Legal scholar Michael Dorf claims Supreme Court should rule on this basis. But the doctrine doesn't apply to this case, and is dubious anyway.

Reason

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New deputy 'gang' forming in LA County Sheriff's Department, lawsuit alleges

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies are forming a new "gang" in the agency's East L.A. station, according to a deputy who alleges in a lawsuit he was abused when he refused to join the group.

Los Angeles Times

Report slams police as ‘unprofessional’ in Tyre Nichols beating

One officer is accused of sharing photos of the injured 29-year-old motorist who was pulled over without explanation.

Al Jazeera

Appeals court backs North Carolina AG Stein on libel law

A federal appeals court has sided again with North Carolina’s attorney general in a lawsuit involving a libel law that a district attorney sought to use to attempt to prosecute Josh Stein over a 2020 campaign commercial

The Independent UK

We were sexually assaulted years before Madison Brooks. LSU failed us, too

In the aftermath of Madison Brooks’ alleged rape and death, former Lousiana State University students and sexual assault survivors Samantha Brennan and Elisabeth Andries tell Andrea Blanco how the school has failed to address rape culture

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Hermès wins lawsuit against creator of NFT MetaBirkins, jury claims NFTs are not protected as art under the First Amendment

The verdict could have broad ramifications for NFTs and the metaverse.

Fortune

Detroit Woman Sues City After Police Officers Shot Her Dog and Left It in a Trash Can

Tiffany Lindsay says officers never contacted her to let her know they shot her dog. Instead, a neighbor found it in their trash can.

Reason

Kenosha off-duty officer sued for kneeling on 12-year-old girl’s neck

Lawsuit accuses the officer, whose actions were caught on tape while working as a school guard, of an illegal chokehold

The Guardian - US

Immigrant Detention Center Operator Faces Fines, Lawsuit Over Working Conditions

California has fined GEO Group over $100,000 for

Capital & Main

Bahrain loses state immunity bid in dissidents' spyware lawsuit in UK

Bahrain cannot claim state immunity to block a lawsuit brought in Britain by two dissidents who say its government hacked their laptops with spyware, the High Court in London ruled on Wednesday.

Reuters

Nicola Peltz’s first-choice wedding planner speaks out amid billionaire father’s lawsuit

Billionaire Nelson Peltz is suing the second set of wedding planners

The Independent UK

Prince Harry and Meghan will be grilled in lawsuit filed by Samantha Markle

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be questioned after Samantha Markle filed a lawsuit for defamation over 'malicious' claims the duo made in their Oprah interview

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry must answer questions in her half-sister’s lawsuit, judge rules

Samantha Markle is suing the Duke of Sussex and his wife in Florida, alleging defamation and injurious falsehood

Tribune News Service

Trump headed to trial in April in NYC rape and defamation case

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump is headed to trial in New York City this spring in writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit alleging he raped her and then defamed her by saying she was lying about the sexual assault, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Reason

Libel Lawsuit (Related to Causing-Suicide Allegations) Between Two Trans Political Commentators,

"Defendant White would go on to accuse Ms. Erlick of sexually abusing and—most importantly, including by Defendant White’s own reckoning—causing the death of the person (Danie) who made the accusation."

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Landmark Pa. school funding case decided: The state’s system is unconstitutional

Pennsylvania’s school funding system is unconstitutional, a Commonwealth Court judge ruled Tuesday, delivering a long-awaited ruling in a landmark lawsuit brought in 2014 by school districts, parents, and advocacy groups against the state.

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The Independent UK

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle must be deposed in her half-sister’s lawsuit, judge rules

Samantha Markle is suing Prince Harry and his wife in Florida, alleging defamation and injurious falsehood

The Independent UK

Wisconsin student’s dad sues over police officer’s neck restraint

An Illinois man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging an off-duty police officer improperly put his knee into his 12-year-old daughter's neck during a fight in a Wisconsin middle school last year

The Independent UK

Sarah Michelle Gellar recalls being sued by McDonald’s when she was five because of Burger King ad

Gellar previously revealed she was not ‘allowed’ to eat at McDonald’s during lawsuit

Reason

Police Officer Who Kneeled on a 12-Year-Old Girl's Neck Faces a Federal Lawsuit

According to the suit, the officer "acted with malice or in reckless disregard of Jane Doe's federally protected rights."

The Independent UK

Wisconsin student's dad sues over officer's neck restraint

An Illinois man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging an off-duty police officer improperly put his knee into his 12-year-old daughter's neck during a fight in a Wisconsin middle school last year

Los Angeles Times

Wells Fargo didn't act after an LA executive was raped by her boss, lawsuit alleges

Content warning: This story includes descriptions of sexual assault.

The Independent UK

German court rejects climate lawsuit against automaker BMW

A German court has rejected a lawsuit by environmental campaigners seeking to force automaker BMW to stop selling combustion engine vehicles by 2030

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