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Optus lawsuit a ‘wake-up call’ to corporate Australia

Optus customers, many of whom say they fear for their privacy and safety in the wake of a data breach at the telco, are suing for "substantial" compensation.

The New Daily

A Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Launched Against Optus After Their Yuuuuge 2022 Data Breach

The class action has been lodged on behalf of more than 100,000 people.

Pedestrian.tv

Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation lawsuit against Australian news website

Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch dropped a defamation lawsuit against an Australian news site over an opinion piece he said accused him of complicity in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying the defendant was trying to generate publicity.

Reuters

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Judge rejects LA County’s revamped homeless settlement

LOS ANGELES — A frustrated federal judge once again refused to sign off on an agreement that would have ended a long-running lawsuit over the government response to the homeless crisis, criticizing Los Angeles County officials for bringing him a settlement he felt the court had no way to enforce.

Los Angeles Times

'We won': Murdoch drops defamation suit against Crikey

Media mogul Lachlan Murdoch has dropped his defamation lawsuit against the publishers of Crikey, who have claimed his withdrawal as a victory for free speech.

AAP

Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey

Move comes days after Fox reached a $US787.5m settlement with the voting equipment company Dominion in a separate defamation lawsuit

The Guardian - AU

California wildfires grew worse. The Forest Service dropped more retardant. Did it help?

Greg Bolin has watched the colorful spray of fire retardant fall from airplanes over the canyon near his home. He has also had wildfires come close to his back door.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Racist texts by California police lead to federal lawsuit

A San Francisco Bay Area police department embroiled in a racist text scandal was hit with a federal lawsuit Wednesday

The Independent UK

Arizona GOP loses bid to undo $18K in fees over 2020 lawsuit

An appeals court has rejected a bid by the Arizona Republican Party and its lawyers to undo $18,000 in attorneys’ fees that they were ordered to pay for bringing one of the party’s failed lawsuits challenging President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state

The Independent UK

Optus sued by 'vulnerable' victims of data breach

A new lawsuit accuses Optus of failing to take reasonable steps to protect customers' personal information before it was breached last year.

AAP

Philly archdiocese accused of covering up sex abuse complaints against priest who allegedly found a new victim in Nashville

PHILADELPHIA — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is facing new accusations that it covered-up sexual misconduct, this time involving a former priest who allegedly forced himself on multiple women and told them the unwanted encounters were “special trials” ordained by God.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Settlement reached in Maryland lawsuit against EPA, Pennsylvania over inadequate Chesapeake Bay cleanup

Maryland and other plaintiffs have reached a proposed settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in their 2020 lawsuits arguing the agency did not adequately enforce the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan in Pennsylvania.

Tribune News Service

California could protect sex assault victims facing lawsuits

The California Assembly has voted to advance a bill to protect sexual assault survivors from retaliatory lawsuits

The Independent UK

Optus data breach class action launched for millions of Australians caught up in cyber attack

Slater and Gordon lawyers say they will pursue "substantial" compensation for up to 10 million current and former Optus customers whose data was exposed in the recent hack.

ABC News

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Reason

Professional Duty to Warn Clients About Risk of Reputational Harm from Filing Lawsuit?

"Plaintiff was not informed by his legal counsel prior to filing suit of the potential for immediate disclosure of his name if his Motion to Proceed Under Pseudonym was denied."

Fortune

‘Lawsuit time’: Elon Musk explodes after Microsoft’s Twitter ad snub

Musk appeared to accuse Microsoft and OpenAI of “illegally” training A.I. models on Twitter data.

Reason

Parents' Lawsuit Against School Social Worker Can Go Forward

The social worker had reported the parents for educational neglect; the parents argue this was knowingly false, because the social worker knew the parents "were in compliance with their statutory obligation to educate their child" by home schooling.

RideApart

National Motorcycle Museum Hit With Lawsuit Over Evel Knievel Display

K & K Productions, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the National Motorcycle Museum regarding displays and merchandise that it says are trademark infringements.

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The Independent UK

Dominion v Fox News: The people and networks still being sued by voting company over election lies

Dominion has pending lawsuits against right-wing networks Newsmax and OAN, and Trump allies Mike Lindell, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK

Fox News finally covers the Dominion trial, fails to mention how much they’re paying to make it go away

The settlement robs the public of any further revelations about Fox News’ impact on democracy

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: What the $787.5 million Fox-Dominion settlement sidesteps

I’m sorry that a settlement was reached in the giant landmark defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News.

WEKU

Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement

The settlement stems from a lawsuit alleging Facebook developers sold user data to Cambridge Analytica, a former political consulting firm, to target people in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Fox News settled Dominion’s lawsuit for $787 million. Is the public left empty-handed?

Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News was settled for $787.5 million at the start of a trial Tuesday. Based on a series of sneak peeks at the damning evidence against Fox developed in pretrial discovery, the lucrative payout wasn’t surprising: The case Dominion was prepared to present was…

Sports Illustrated

Ex-New Mexico State Players Accuse Former Teammates of Sexual Assault, Battery

The men’s basketball program was suspended in February after hazing allegations were brought forward.

The Independent UK

New Mexico St players file lawsuit alleging sexual assault

Two former New Mexico State basketball players filed a lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted by teammates and that the coaching staff and other administrators did nothing when they reported the assaults

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