Legal News
- Trump gag order lifted on statements about hush money trial jurors and witnesseswww.courthousenews.com Trump gag order lifted on statements about hush money trial jurors and witnesses
The names and address of Manhattan jurors who convicted Trump will remain under wraps, however.
> The names and address of Manhattan jurors who convicted Trump will remain under wraps, however.
- Sidney Powell settles lawsuit with man she falsely claimed was on 'Antifa conference call'www.rawstory.com Sidney Powell settles lawsuit with man she falsely claimed was on 'Antifa conference call'
Notorious "Kraken" lawyer Sidney Powell, who pushed false claims about Dominion Voting Systems back in 2020 based on information she received from a woman who claims she can speak with the wind, has settled a defamation lawsuit filed against her by former Dominion executive Eric Coomer.Colorado Time...
> Notorious "Kraken" lawyer Sidney Powell, who pushed false claims about Dominion Voting Systems back in 2020 based on information she received from a woman who claims she can speak with the wind, has settled a defamation lawsuit filed against her by former Dominion executive Eric Coomer.
- Gender-affirming care case attorneys face Alabama federal judge over misconduct accusationswww.advocate.com Gender-affirming care case attorneys face Alabama federal judge over misconduct accusations
The 11 attorneys are accused of “judge-shopping.”
- For millionaire and four hunters, a wild Western lawsuit over public landwww.washingtonpost.com For millionaire and four hunters, a wild Western lawsuit over public land
The ruling on an invisible corner in Elk Mountain, Wyo., could help determine how much private property rights thwart the public’s ability to access its land.
- Former North Dakota lawmaker to plead guilty to traveling to pay for sex with minorapnews.com Former North Dakota lawmaker to plead guilty to traveling to pay for sex with minor
A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor.
> A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor.
- Louisiana sued over law making schools show Ten Commandmentswww.dw.com Louisiana sued over law making schools show Ten Commandments – DW – 06/25/2024
A new Louisiana law requires all public schools in the state to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But civil liberties groups say this violates the First Amendment of the US constitution.
> A new Louisiana law requires all public schools in the state to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But civil liberties groups say this violates the First Amendment of the US constitution.
- Hunter Biden requests new trial after conviction in gun casewww.theguardian.com Hunter Biden requests new trial after conviction in gun case
Lawyers for president’s son say Delaware court did not have jurisdiction over case when it proceeded to trial
> Lawyers for president’s son say Delaware court did not have jurisdiction over case when it proceeded to trial
- Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 vaccine appeals from nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.apnews.com Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 vaccine appeals from nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Supreme Court has rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F.
> The Supreme Court has rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F.
- Gay & bi veterans score a win in court as judge rejects DOD's attempt to dismiss casewww.lgbtqnation.com Gay & bi veterans score a win in court as judge rejects DOD's attempt to dismiss case - LGBTQ Nation
Thousands of veterans are having a hard time clearing their names after they were discharged for being gay. 35,081 veterans were discharged or otherwise separated from the military "because of real or perceived homosexuality, homosexual conduct, sexual perversion or any other related reason."
- Leila de Lima: Philippine court clears Duterte drugs war criticwww.bbc.com Leila de Lima: Philippine court clears Duterte drugs war critic
The former senator and justice minister was arrested in 2017 and spent more than six years in prison.
> The former senator and justice minister was arrested in 2017 and spent more than six years in prison.
- Paul Pelosi hammer attacker convicted of all charges in state trial, may face life in prisonwww.courthousenews.com Paul Pelosi hammer attacker convicted of all charges in state trial, may face life in prison
A sentencing date will be set after an August trial to determine the aggravating factors of the charges.
> A sentencing date will be set after an August trial to determine the aggravating factors of the charges.
- Iran court overturns death sentence of rapper Toomaj Salehi, lawyer sayswww.theguardian.com Iran court overturns death sentence of rapper Toomaj Salehi, lawyer says
Musician, 33, faces retrial after being sentenced to death for ‘corruption on Earth’
> Musician, 33, faces retrial after being sentenced to death for ‘corruption on Earth’
- US family sues Nasa for $80,000 in damages after space debris hits homewww.theguardian.com US family sues Nasa for $80,000 in damages after space debris hits home
Debris was from a pallet released from space station that did not burn up in atmospheric re-entry
> Debris was from a pallet released from space station that did not burn up in atmospheric re-entry
- Five men convicted for operating illegal streaming site Jetflickswww.bleepingcomputer.com Five men convicted for operating illegal streaming site Jetflicks
A federal jury in Las Vegas convicted five men for their involvement in the operation of Jetflicks, one of the largest and most popular illegal streaming services in the United States.
> A federal jury in Las Vegas convicted five men for their involvement in the operation of Jetflicks, one of the largest and most popular illegal streaming services in the United States.
- ‘Rape Room’ Coca-Cola Tycoon Vows to Ignore $900m Court Judgmentwww.thedailybeast.com ‘Rape Room’ Coca-Cola Tycoon Vows to Ignore $900m Court Judgment
Alki David said none of the plaintiffs in a sexual assault lawsuit would receive their monies. “These people haven’t received a penny and never will. Over my dead fucking body.”
- Dutch appellate court rules against Oracle and Salesforce in a GDPR-related cookie casewww.csoonline.com Dutch appellate court rules against Oracle and Salesforce in a GDPR-related cookie case
The ruling means the litigation — which began in 2020 — can continue. The case involves whether cookies collecting user information violates GDPR and whether the two companies are responsible for what web site operators do.
> The ruling means the litigation — which began in 2020 — can continue. The case involves whether cookies collecting user information violates GDPR and whether the two companies are responsible for what web site operators do.
Case file: https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2024:1651
- Missouri attorney general to sue New York over Trump prosecutionswww.theguardian.com Missouri attorney general to sue New York over Trump prosecutions
Andrew Bailey’s lawsuit targets New York attorney general and Manhattan DA, who both secured Trump convictions
- KrebsOnSecurity Threatened with Defamation Lawsuit Over Fake Radaris CEO
> On March 8, 2024, KrebsOnSecurity published a deep dive on the consumer data broker Radaris, showing how the original owners are two men in Massachusetts who operated multiple Russian language dating services and affiliate programs, in addition to a dizzying array of people-search websites. The subjects of that piece are threatening to sue KrebsOnSecurity for defamation unless the story is retracted. Meanwhile, their attorney has admitted that the person Radaris named as the CEO from its inception is a fabricated identity.
Case file: https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Letter-to-Mr.-Krebs-4-19-24-1.pdf Case file: https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Letter-to-Mr.-Krebs-w-Exhibits-6-13-24-1.pdf
- Snapchat Inc. to pay $15 million to settle discrimination and harassment lawsuit in Californiaapnews.com Snapchat Inc. to pay $15 million to settle discrimination and harassment lawsuit in California
Snapchat Inc. will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s civil rights agency. The California Civil Rights Department accused the company of discriminating against female employees, failing to prevent workplace sexual harassment and retaliating against women who complained.
> Snapchat Inc. will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s civil rights agency. The California Civil Rights Department accused the company of discriminating against female employees, failing to prevent workplace sexual harassment and retaliating against women who complained.
- New Zealand woman sues partner for not taking her to airportwww.bbc.com New Zealand woman sues partner for not taking her to airport
New Zealand's Disputes Tribunal dismissed the claim, saying the promises did not constitute a contract.
> New Zealand's Disputes Tribunal dismissed the claim, saying the promises did not constitute a contract.
Case file: https://www.disputestribunal.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Decisions/CL-v-HG-2024-NZDT-118-7-March-2024.pdf
- Alex Murdaugh’s son sues Netflix over docuseries linking him to 2015 deathwww.theguardian.com Alex Murdaugh’s son sues Netflix over docuseries linking him to 2015 death
Son of convicted murderer says Netflix defamed him when suggesting he was involved in death of Stephen Smith
> Son of convicted murderer says Netflix defamed him when suggesting he was involved in death of Stephen Smith
Case file: https://www.fitsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2024/06/PIImageDisplay.aspx-3.pdf
- Lawsuit Filed Challenging Constitutionality Of Vast Network Of Illinois License Plate Readerswww.techdirt.com Lawsuit Filed Challenging Constitutionality Of Vast Network Of Illinois License Plate Readers
This lawsuit might be a long shot, but it’s not completely a foregone conclusion at this point. The state of Illinois has tougher privacy laws than most states, which may factor into the judg…
> This lawsuit might be a long shot, but it’s not completely a foregone conclusion at this point. The state of Illinois has tougher privacy laws than most states, which may factor into the judge’s decision. On the other hand, this lawsuit — filed by two Illinois residents with the assistance of the Liberty Justice Center — has been filed in federal court, where assumptions about expectations of privacy won’t necessarily be quite as affected by state law stipulations.
Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24763737/alpr-4th.pdf
- Lawsuit: Meta engineer told to resign after calling out sexist hiring practicesarstechnica.com Lawsuit: Meta engineer told to resign after calling out sexist hiring practices
Meta managers are accused of retaliation and covering up mistreatment of women.
> Meta managers are accused of retaliation and covering up mistreatment of women.
Case file: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Smith-v-Meta-Complaint-6-18-2024.pdf
- Texas court dismisses Exxon’s lawsuit against climate activist shareholderswww.theguardian.com Texas court dismisses Exxon’s lawsuit against climate activist shareholders
Arjuna Capital agreed not to pursue effort to put climate science on agenda at company’s annual meetings
> Arjuna Capital agreed not to pursue effort to put climate science on agenda at company’s annual meetings
- Google, Cloudflare & Cisco Will Poison DNS to Stop Piracy Block Circumventiontorrentfreak.com Google, Cloudflare & Cisco Will Poison DNS to Stop Piracy Block Circumvention * TorrentFreak
Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco must poison their DNS resolvers to prevent access to around 117 domains used by pirate sport streaming sites.
> Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco must poison their DNS resolvers to prevent access to around 117 domains used by pirate sport streaming sites.
- FTC Takes Action Against Adobe and Executives for Hiding Fees, Preventing Consumers from Easily Cancelling Software Subscriptionswww.ftc.gov FTC Takes Action Against Adobe and Executives for Hiding Fees, Preventing Consumers from Easily Cancelling Software Subscriptions
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against software maker Adobe and two of its executives, Maninder Sawhney and David Wadhwani, for deceiving consumers by hiding the early terminati
- Trooper with checkered FBI past convicted of child rape in Alabamawww.courthousenews.com Trooper with checkered FBI past convicted of child rape in Alabama
Christopher Bauer's arrest came amid a reckoning in which the FBI pledged to crack down on sexual misconduct
> Christopher Bauer's arrest came amid a reckoning in which the FBI pledged to crack down on sexual misconduct
- Starbucks Need Not Rehire Pro-Union Employees, Supreme Court Rulesnews.justia.com Starbucks Need Not Rehire Pro-Union Employees, Supreme Court Rules
In a win for Starbucks on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the coffee chain could not be compelled to rehire fired employees who were trying to unionize.
> In a win for Starbucks on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the coffee chain could not be compelled to rehire fired employees who were trying to unionize.
Case file: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/602/23-367/case.pdf
- Clearview AI Used Your Face. Now You May Get a Stake in the Company.www.nytimes.com Clearview AI Used Your Face. Now You May Get a Stake in the Company.
The facial recognition start-up doesn’t have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, so lawyers are proposing equity for those whose faces were scraped from the internet.
A facial recognition start-up, accused of invasion of privacy in a class-action lawsuit, has agreed to a settlement, with a twist: Rather than cash payments, it would give a 23 percent stake in the company to Americans whose faces are in its database. From a report:
>Clearview AI, which is based in New York, scraped billions of photos from the web and social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram to build a facial recognition app used by thousands of police departments, the Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. After The New York Times revealed the company's existence in 2020, lawsuits were filed across the country. They were consolidated in federal court in Chicago as a class action.
>The litigation has proved costly for Clearview AI, which would most likely go bankrupt before the case made it to trial, according to court documents. The company and those who sued it were "trapped together on a sinking ship," lawyers for the plaintiffs wrote in a court filing proposing the settlement. "These realities led the sides to seek a creative solution by obtaining for the class a percentage of the value Clearview could achieve in the future," added the lawyers, from Loevy + Loevy in Chicago.
>Anyone in the United States who has a photo of himself or herself posted publicly online -- so almost everybody -- could be considered a member of the class. The settlement would collectively give the members a 23 percent stake in Clearview AI, which is valued at $225 million, according to court filings. (Twenty-three percent of the company's current value would be about $52 million.) If the company goes public or is acquired, those who had submitted a claim form would get a cut of the proceeds. Alternatively, the class could sell its stake. Or the class could opt, after two years, to collect 17 percent of Clearview's revenue, which it would be required to set aside.
- Chemical Makers Sue Over Rule to Rid Water of ‘Forever Chemicals’www.nytimes.com Chemical Makers Sue Over Rule to Rid Water of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Industry groups said the E.P.A. had exceeded its authority in requiring the drinking-water cleanup. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are linked to cancer and health risks.
> Industry groups said the E.P.A. had exceeded its authority in requiring the drinking-water cleanup. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are linked to cancer and health risks.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/1w83U
- Nike Loses In EU Over ‘Footware’ Trademark After Losing In US Earlier This Yearwww.techdirt.com Nike Loses In EU Over ‘Footware’ Trademark After Losing In US Earlier This Year
It will come as no shock to regular readers here when I remind you all that Nike is a notoriously aggressive actor when it comes to policing its intellectual property, including for trademarks it h…
> It will come as no shock to regular readers here when I remind you all that Nike is a notoriously aggressive actor when it comes to policing its intellectual property, including for trademarks it holds. The reason that reminder is important as a matter of throat-clearing in this case is that one of the worst outcomes when it comes to trademark law is when you pair an aggressive holder of a mark with a mark that is also far too broad or generic, such that it never should have been granted in the first place.
- President Joe Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the borderapnews.com President Joe Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the border
Several immigrant advocacy groups are suing the Biden administration over President Joe Biden's directive last week to stop asylum processing at the southern border.
> Several immigrant advocacy groups are suing the Biden administration over President Joe Biden's directive last week to stop asylum processing at the southern border.
Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24742826/immigrant-advocates-lawsuit.pdf
- Louisiana Supreme Court reopens window for lawsuits by adult victims of childhood sex abuseapnews.com Louisiana Supreme Court reopens window for lawsuits by adult victims of childhood sex abuse
Louisiana's highest court is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits.
> Louisiana's highest court is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits.
- Ex-officer in Mississippi gets 1 year in prison for forcing man to lick urine off jail floorapnews.com Ex-officer in Mississippi gets 1 year in prison for forcing man to lick urine off jail floor
A former Mississippi police officer has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick urine off a jail floor.
> A former Mississippi police officer has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick urine off a jail floor.
- UKIPO Confirms That Beer Is Not In Fact Vodka In Trademark Opposition Disputewww.techdirt.com UKIPO Confirms That Beer Is Not In Fact Vodka In Trademark Opposition Dispute
Nearly two years ago, we wrote about a trademark opposition conflict in the UK between macro-distillery Campari and a tiny, one-man beer brewery operation called Dark Sky Brewery. Steve White, the …
> Nearly two years ago, we wrote about a trademark opposition conflict in the UK between macro-distillery Campari and a tiny, one-man beer brewery operation called Dark Sky Brewery. Steve White, the owner/operator for Dark Sky Brewery, filed to trademark the name of his business. On the very last possible day of the objection window, Campari filed an objection to the application, claiming that the name of the brewery was too close to the name of one of its well known brands, Skyy Vodka.
- Steam owner Valve accused of ripping off 14m UK gamerswww.bbc.com Steam owner Valve accused of ripping off 14m UK gamers
Legal claim alleges Steam's market dominance means consumers are paying too much for video games.
> Legal claim alleges Steam's market dominance means consumers are paying too much for video games.
- Elon Musk sued by SpaceX engineers claiming they were illegally firedwww.theguardian.com Elon Musk sued by SpaceX engineers claiming they were illegally fired
Musk ordered firings after engineers raised concerns about alleged sexual harassment and discrimination, lawsuit says
> Musk ordered firings after engineers raised concerns about alleged sexual harassment and discrimination, lawsuit says
- Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects state education board's authority over public school librariesapnews.com Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects state education board's authority over public school libraries
The Oklahoma State Supreme Court has rejected the state Board of Education's attempt to determine what books are available in public school libraries.
> The Oklahoma State Supreme Court has rejected the state Board of Education's attempt to determine what books are available in public school libraries.
- Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparationsapnews.com Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre who were seeking reparations.
> The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre who were seeking reparations.
- Modest needs? Charity founder accused of embezzling $2.5 million to fund lavish lifestyleapnews.com Modest needs? Charity founder accused of embezzling $2.5 million to fund lavish lifestyle
The charity was called Modest Needs but federal prosecutors who filed charges against its founder say his weren’t.
> The charity was called Modest Needs but federal prosecutors who filed charges against its founder say his weren’t.
Case file: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1355311/dl