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Brickbat: A Little Too Late

A federal judge in Massachusetts has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the family of Shayne Stilphen, who died of an overdose while in the custody of the Boston Police Department. Judge Richard G. Stearns said the complaint offers "both subjective and objective reasons for the officers to understand…

Reason · Dec 19, 2022

Widow sues FedEx claiming faulty tires caused fiery crash that killed her husband

Lawsuit states husband was ‘aware of his impending death, and that he was burning alive’

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Workers in Thailand who made F&F jeans for Tesco ‘trapped in effective forced labour’

Exclusive: Supermarket faces landmark lawsuit in the UK from 130 former workers alleging negligence

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022

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Republican candidate tries to throw out daughter's ballot after she votes for rival

The local Republican party in Mendham Township, New Jersey, launched the lawsuit after their candidate lost the election by just three votes and they allege some of the votes were cast fraudulently

Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022

Lawyer barred from Mariah Carey concert sues over MSG boss James Dolan decision to ban attorneys from NYC venues

NEW YORK — All she wants for Christmas is a chance to see Mariah Carey in concert.

Tribune News Service · Dec 18, 2022

‘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 · Dec 17, 2022

Tristan Thompson to pay Maralee Nichols nearly $10,000 per month in child support after ‘settling’ lawsuit

Thompson reportedly tried to force Nichols to withdraw her lawsuit before paternity test results confirmed he had fathered a child with the fitness instructor

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022

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A $1.6 billion lawsuit alleges Facebook's inaction fueled violence in Ethiopia

One of the plaintiffs says he contacted Facebook several times about posts threatening violence against his father, who was murdered by members of a militant group.

WEKU · Dec 17, 2022

How rental company Hertz falsely accused its own customers of auto theft

After accusations resulted in numerous false arrests at gunpoint, the company recently announced it will pay $168m to settle 364 claims

The Guardian - US · Dec 17, 2022

Federal judge to block part of California gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban

A federal judge issued a tentative ruling Friday that blocks half of a California gun bill that state legislators, at the behest of Gov. Gavin Newsom, modeled after the controversial Texas law allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers.

Tribune News Service · Dec 17, 2022

PulteGroup fires incoming COO after Bill Pulte lawsuit claims Twitter harassment

PulteGroup Inc. has fired its incoming chief operating officer after the grandson of the company's founder sued the executive this week, alleging he harassed him on Twitter.

Tribune News Service · Dec 17, 2022

Appeals court upholds CIAC’s transgender policy

HARTFORD, Conn. — The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City upheld the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s transgender policy Friday after attorneys for cisgender girls who filed a lawsuit appealed to the court to change the records and results of track races in which the transgender female…

Tribune News Service · Dec 16, 2022

Lawsuit filed regarding constitutionality of Arizona Proposition 209, which addressed medical and other debt

On Nov. 8, Arizona voters approved Proposition 209 with 72% of the vote. The citizen-initiated measure is designed to reduce interest rates on debt accrued from receiving healthcare services, as well as increase the value of certain property and assets exempt from debt collection processes.

Ballotpedia · Dec 16, 2022

Judge Plans to Block California Fee-Shifting Statute That Targets Gun Lawsuit Plaintiffs (and Lawyers)

From AP (Julie Watson): U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said he plans to issue an injunction because the law would force people who challenge any of California's famously restrictive gun laws to pay the government's legal fees if they lose. Benitez said this would have a "chilling effect" on…

Reason · Dec 16, 2022

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The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

NC Supreme Court dismisses suit to return Confederate statue

North Carolina’s Supreme Court has determined the local chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy lacks standing to challenge the city of Winston-Salem’s removal of a Confederate monument on private property, but it can refile a future lawsuit making similar arguments

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

NYPD ends tactic of prolonging stops to check for warrants

The New York City police department reached a legal settlement Friday that requires it to abandon a practice in which officers use prolonged street stops to check for arrest warrants and ties to other cases, a tactic critics denounced as “digital stop and frisk.”

Ballotpedia · Dec 16, 2022

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.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 16, 2022

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.

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The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

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

Axios · Dec 16, 2022

Lawsuits suggest some video game cheating could be illegal

Bungie, Take-Two and others cite potential copyright infringement

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

Madison Cawthorn sued for $193k over unpaid legal fees

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

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

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

Chicago Tribune · Dec 16, 2022

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.

Miami Herald · Dec 16, 2022

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.

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

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

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