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Meta employees' lawsuit shows that if AI fires you, proving it is the hard part

A Meta Platforms lawsuit claims AI tools unfairly targeted employees for layoffs. Workers face difficulties proving AI discrimination due to limited access to internal processes. Arbitration agreements often prevent collective legal action and public scrutiny of workplace disputes. These hurdles explain the scarcity of high-profile AI employment lawsuits. Meta denies…

The Economic Times

Four Visa Workers Say Meta's AI Chose Them for Layoffs: Judge Says Harm Is 'More Than Speculation'

A groundbreaking lawsuit against Meta alleges AI-driven discrimination in layoffs during protected leave. Explore the court's stance and Meta's response in this key case on AI and employment law.

International Business Times UK

US judge won't block Meta from laying off workers who filed AI discrimination lawsuit

District Judge William Orrick in Oakland, California, in a written order said he would not stop Meta from carrying out the layoffs beginning July 22 while the merits of the workers' novel legal claims are decided in private arbitration. The lawsuit filed on Monday claims that in selecting jobs to…

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DOJ Threatens To Strip Police And Rape Kit Funding From Sanctuary Cities Blocking ICE

The Trump administration's threat to withhold federal funding from cities not complying with ICE directives endangers public safety services, prompting legal battles.

International Business Times UK

GoPro just avoided an $8.2 million fee as judge rules on a decade-long patent infringement fight

GoPro’s ability to stream to mobile apps didn’t infringe on existing patents, a judge has ruled in a case that has spanned more than a decade

Digital Camera World

Judge blocks White House from defunding 34 municipalities over ‘sanctuary’ policies

Cities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities had sued Trump administration over funding freeze

The Guardian - US

Trump can’t withhold funds from sanctuary cities, says federal judge

Judge William Orrick issues temporary injunction for over a dozen areas, ruling parts of Trump orders unconstitutional

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Federal Court Blocks Trump Executive Order Denying Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities

The decision is based on precedents in similar cases during Trump's first term.

Reason

Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities that limit immigration cooperation

A federal judge is barring the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions

The Independent UK

Nonprofits Move to Intervene on Behalf of Los Angeles Residents in Sanctuary Case

Many cities with laws restricting local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration officials have joined the lawsuit. Los Angeles is noticeably absent.

Capital & Main

It's not going well for artists in their battle against GenAI

Artists have had some of their copyright infringement claims against AI image generators dismissed by California judge.

TechRadar

Inside a 20-Year Effort To Clean Up the Oakland Police Department

The Riders Come Out at Night frames it as a hopeful sign that police reform is possible.

Reason

Jury awards $3.2 million to ex-Tesla worker for racial abuse

A federal jury has awarded nearly $3.2 million in damages to a Black former worker at a Tesla factory in California

The Independent UK

Tesla racism lawsuit: Elon Musk’s firm to pay $3.2 million after judge tosses $137 million award

Tesla must pay a Black former Tesla worker about $3.2 million, most of it in punitive damages, after a judge in the racism-based case threw out an earlier jury award of $137 million.

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Carmaker Tesla ordered to pay $3.2m in US racial bias lawsuit

The multimillion-dollar award is significantly less than previously awarded in the case, brought by a former employee.

Salon

"No constitutional right to housing"

Eviction of 300-person encampment in California shows scorn for right to housing

Tribune News Service

Juul settlement to end youth-vaping lawsuits gets initial approval

Juul Labs Inc. won preliminary approval of a settlement aimed at resolving thousands of lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a US youth-vaping epidemic.

Tribune News Service

Juul agrees to pay $1.2 billion in youth-vaping settlement

Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to resolve about 10,000 lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a U.S. youth-vaping epidemic, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Oakland police are doubling down on a tough-on-crime plan. Some activists are skeptical

It was late September, and to some, Oakland seemed a city on the brink.

Tribune News Service

Tesla wants new trial over extent of alleged ‘Jim Crow era’ racism at California factory

Tesla in a new court filing has cast doubt on the extent of racism at its Fremont, California, factory and whether a Black former worker suffered racism-based distress, the latest long-running lawsuit alleging that attitudes at the plant recalled the “Jim Crow era” in U.S. history.

The Independent UK

Ex-San Francisco official sentenced to 7 years in prison

San Francisco’s former public works director was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for steering public contracts and taking pricey gifts in a corruption case that ensnared several City Hall officials and insiders

Benzinga

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Tesla To Face New Trial In Race-Bias Lawsuit After Ex-Worker Rejects $15M Payout

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) will face a new trial related to the damages that it owes to a Black former factory worker after he turned down a $15 million award in a race discrimination lawsuit, Reuters

InsideEVs

Former Tesla Worker Sees Racism Damages Cut From $137M To $15M

US Districk Judge William Orrick from San Francisco said he reduced the initial $137 million award as it was excessive and rejected Tesla's bid for a new trial.

The Independent UK

Judge slashes Tesla’s damages to ex-employee in racism case

Rejecting Tesla’s request for a retrial, Orrick said ‘Tesla’s indifference to Diaz’s complaints is striking’

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