Former staff and advocacy groups file suit to restore Voice of America – JURIST
A group of former journalists and other employees of the federal government-funded media company Voice of America (VOA) filed a complaint in a New York federal court Friday seeking to force…
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California, Democratic states sue Trump to stop Education Department cuts
California on Thursday joined other Democratic-led states in suing the Trump administration, seeking to halt massive layoffs at the Department of Education, alleging the cuts amount to an illegal shutdown…
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Fired federal workers can fight their dismissals, but there’s a catch
WASHINGTON — The more than 2 million federal employees have legal rights as civil servants that are supposed to protect them from being fired unfairly, including for political reasons. But the Trump…
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Former LASD jailer pleads no contest to sex crimes against inmate
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department custody assistant pleaded no contest to committing sex crimes against an inmate in a Lancaster jail cell in 2019. The district attorney announced…
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Jewelry designer accuses L.A. celebrity attorney in ‘fraud’ lawsuit over unpaid fees
When the jewelry company Alex and Ani sought to redefine its product line in 2023, executives turned to L.A.-based designer Pamela Love. Along with her own eponymous brand, Love had…
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Ex-EEOC Attorney Agrees to End Bias Suit Over Denied Promotions
A Black former attorney at the US Equal Opportunity Commission agreed to drop her suit alleging the agency discriminated and retaliated against her by denying her promotions within its diversity,…
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‘Why Don’t You Wear a Suit?’: A Right-Wing News Outlet With Coveted Access Questions Zelensky
A voice from the press section joined the chorus of people demanding answers from President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday, during a meeting with President Trump and his associates….
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9th Circuit clears Grindr in child sex trafficking case
Grindr, the dating app that caters to gay men, cannot be held responsible for the rape of a 15-year-old boy who the company matched with sexual predators, the U.S. 9th…
Read More »“A Strong Victory” – Professor Shubha Ghosh on the Summary Judgment in Thomson Reuters’s Copyright Suit Against Ross Intelligence
Crandall Melvin Professor of Law Shubha Ghosh, Director of the Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute, commented that the recent summary judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters in their lawsuit claiming…
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Accuser drops rape lawsuit against Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
A woman who had accused Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z of raping her at a house party following the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000 dropped her lawsuit against the…
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Court blocks Musk’s DOGE team from Education Department loan data
Lawyers representing the Trump administration agreed Tuesday to temporarily stop the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency from accessing student loan and financial aid information after a University of California…
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Kanye West called himself ‘Hitler’ to ex-employee, lawsuit alleges
Kanye West told a Jewish employee that he was a “Nazi,” compared himself to Adolf Hitler and fired her the day after she complained about his behavior, according to a…
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California sues Trump administration over NIH funding cuts that affect UC, CSU, Stanford, USC
California joined 21 Democratic-run states Monday in a lawsuit to stop cuts to billions of dollars in NIH funding that supports medical research, alleging the action will hurt Americans who…
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Suit alleges sexual violence by Chino prison gynecologist, says state failed to prevent it – Orange County Register
LOS ANGELES — Six women and the California Coalition of Women Prisoners have filed suit in Los Angeles against the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a prison gynecologist, and…
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Woman accuses major motel chains of enabling sex trafficking
She was just 13 when she fled child protective services in Dallas, and within days, she met a pimp who put a gun to her head and forced her to…
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Suit accuses gynecologist at California prison of abusing patients
Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of alleged sexual abuse. For seven years, the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women, a high-security prison facility in Chino, has…
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Lawsuit claims LAPD officer pulled gun in dispute over girlfriend
A man who says an off-duty police officer chased him with a gun in Westchester last spring is suing the city of Los Angeles, alleging he was threatened at gunpoint…
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Drake’s Defamation Suit Assigns Blame To UMG And Popular Streamers. Does He Know We All Have The Same Internet?
(Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images) Kendrick Lamar. Universal Music Group. Drake. His defamation lawsuit has some big names, big accusations, and big money in the balance. With things this heavy,…
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Supreme Court denies oil industry plea to block California climate suit
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry on Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California and other blue states that seek billions of dollars in…
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NGOs Appeal Dismissal of Suit Seeking TSCA Section 6 Rule
On December 26, 2024, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed notice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that…
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