The American Civil Liberties Union and protesters from Maryland and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Trump administration over the use of force to push peaceful demonstrators out of Lafayette Square on Monday.
President...
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New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson won't have to answer questions under oath in the Prime Sports Marketing lawsuit after being granted a temporary stay by a Florida appeals court Thursday, according to Daniel Wallach of The...
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Gabrielle Union filed a discrimination complaint against America’s Got Talent and the show’s producers, and now NBC has responded to the lawsuit.
The 47-year-old entertainer, who served as a judge on the show last year, accused NBC exec...
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Black Lives Matter‘s DC chapter has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and the federal government after force was used against protesters outside of the White House earlier this week.
The protesters who were gathered north of the White...
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Mass arrests of protesters across the country — many held for hours in vans, cells and other enclosed spaces — are heightening the risk of coronavirus spread, according to public health experts and lawsuits filed by civil rights groups.
As tens...
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According to allegations in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), apparel retailer Gap (NYSE: GPS) failed to pay nearly $66 million in rent and other expenses that it owed during the months when those locations were shut down...
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A reminder yesterday from Judge James S. Gwin (N.D. Ohio) in Doe v. Doe, a slander lawsuit stemming from allegations of sexual abuse at Oberlin College—the plaintiff is seeking to litigate the case under a pseudonym, but that requires court...
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Kodak Black says his civil rights were violated when federal law enforcement allegedly leaked pic of him in cuffs to the press – and now he wants the federal government to pay.
This week, the “Zeze” rapper...
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The U.S. Supreme Court could revisit its 50-year-old doctrine of "qualified immunity" for law enforcement, which has shielded cops from misconduct lawsuits.
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Google is facing a $5 billion class action lawsuit over tracking Chrome users — even in incognito mode. The lawsuit, which was filed in the federal court in San Jose, California on Tuesday, accuses the company of collecting information about what...
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All too often, the road to a costly lawsuit is paved with
good intentions.
Take the recent complaint
filed against the Internet Archive (IA) by a coalition of publishers, alleging
that IA’s online posting of over one million books constitutes...
Defamation lawsuits often fail because of the high bar plaintiffs need to meet to prove defamation -- especially of a public figure. But, while there are lots of ways to lose a defamation lawsuit as a plaintiff, my favorite must certainly be the...
Defamation lawsuits often fail because of the high bar plaintiffs need to meet to prove defamation -- especially of a public figure. But, while there are lots of ways to lose a defamation lawsuit as a plaintiff, my favorite must certainly be the...
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A group of three Amazon warehouse employees who work out of the company’s New York fulfillment centers have filed a lawsuit alleging the company put them and their families at risk of COVID-19 infection,...
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Politics, Americas
Both police and protesters have been accused of harming journalists during recent unrest.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the city of Minneapolis demanding a ban on arresting or...
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Brian HaussThis lawsuit will be the first of several we intend to file in states across the country. (Photo by Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
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Jessica Corbett, staff writerThe ACLU of Minnesota filed a class-action lawsuit overnight Tuesday against the city of Minneapolis and local and state law enforcement for "targeting and attacking journalists" covering ongoing protests over police...
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U.S. federal judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers this week ruled that a class action lawsuit accusing Apple of fraudulently concealing weakening demand for iPhones between August 2017 and January 2019 can proceed in part, as reported by Reuters.
In...
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The ACLU filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday against law enforcement officials for city of Minneapolis and for state of Minnesota over law enforcement actions against journalists who have been covering protests to the death of George Floyd....
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