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Federal judge to block part of California gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban

A federal judge issued a tentative ruling Friday that blocks half of a California gun bill that state legislators, at the behest of Gov. Gavin Newsom, modeled after the controversial Texas law allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers.

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PulteGroup fires incoming COO after Bill Pulte lawsuit claims Twitter harassment

PulteGroup Inc. has fired its incoming chief operating officer after the grandson of the company's founder sued the executive this week, alleging he harassed him on Twitter.

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Appeals court upholds CIAC’s transgender policy

HARTFORD, Conn. — The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City upheld the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s transgender policy Friday after attorneys for cisgender girls who filed a lawsuit appealed to the court to change the records and results of track races in which the transgender female…

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Lawsuit filed regarding constitutionality of Arizona Proposition 209, which addressed medical and other debt

On Nov. 8, Arizona voters approved Proposition 209 with 72% of the vote. The citizen-initiated measure is designed to reduce interest rates on debt accrued from receiving healthcare services, as well as increase the value of certain property and assets exempt from debt collection processes.

Ballotpedia

Judge Plans to Block California Fee-Shifting Statute That Targets Gun Lawsuit Plaintiffs (and Lawyers)

From AP (Julie Watson): U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said he plans to issue an injunction because the law would force people who challenge any of California's famously restrictive gun laws to pay the government's legal fees if they lose. Benitez said this would have a "chilling effect" on…

Reason

NC Supreme Court dismisses suit to return Confederate statue

North Carolina’s Supreme Court has determined the local chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy lacks standing to challenge the city of Winston-Salem’s removal of a Confederate monument on private property, but it can refile a future lawsuit making similar arguments

The Independent UK

NYPD ends tactic of prolonging stops to check for warrants

The New York City police department reached a legal settlement Friday that requires it to abandon a practice in which officers use prolonged street stops to check for arrest warrants and ties to other cases, a tactic critics denounced as “digital stop and frisk.”

The Independent UK

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Union Station: Federal lawsuits related to public-sector unions: 2022 roundup

Since late 2019, Ballotpedia has tracked close to 200 federal lawsuits related to public-sector unions. Today, we’ll take a look at the state of litigation at the end of 2022 and highlight a selection of cases with recent activity in the district and circuit courts.

Ballotpedia

Did party politics cost a Texas city manager and attorney their jobs?

City councils are typically nonpartisan. Odessa residents are wondering if that’s still the case after the local Republican Party helped elect new council members.

The Texas Tribune

Oberlin College finishes paying $25M judgement in libel suit

Oberlin College has finished paying out a $25 million judgment to an Ohio bakery that won a libel lawsuit against the school after a shoplifting incident involving three Black students

The Independent UK

Lawsuits suggest some video game cheating could be illegal

Bungie, Take-Two and others cite potential copyright infringement

Axios

Madison Cawthorn sued for $193k over unpaid legal fees

The legal troubles are just the latest of Mr Cawthorn’s woes

The Independent UK

‘Call me now:’ Inside the mysterious life of 90s TV hotline psychic Miss Cleo

Miss Cleo, the face of the Psychic Readers Network, spent years imploring late-night television viewers to call a 1-800 number. Then a fraud lawsuit plagued the company and hotline. Miss Cleo mostly vanished. Now, there’s a new HBO Max documentary that investigates her life, Sheila Flynn reports

The Independent UK

Chicago police officer tied to disgraced unit fired 18 years after scandal

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was fired late Thursday for his role 18 years ago in one of the biggest scandals in department history.

Chicago Tribune

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Lawsuit accuses Miami of ‘racial gerrymandering’ in drawing new voting districts

MIAMI — A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Miami of creating racially segregated districts when officials redrew the boundaries of the city’s voting map in the spring, a controversial process that drew opposition from neighborhood groups over concerns that the plan weakened the political power of Black voters in Coconut Grove.

The Independent UK

NY attorney general sued after former adviser's #MeToo exit

A woman who accused a former top adviser to New York Attorney General Letitia James of unwanted kissing, hastening his Dec. 2 exit, filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that James and her office enabled the man’s behavior by ignoring previous warnings about him

Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County’s delinquent property tax sales process discriminates against minorities, lawsuit states

The lawsuit alleges that the tax sales process disproportionally causes minority families to lose their homes without compensating them for their property.

Tribune News Service

Dallas company gets in ‘ugly’ fight with HGTV over home renovation show

The Dallas company known for advertisements saying “we buy ugly houses” is suing HGTV’s parent company over one of its latest home renovation shows.

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Civil rights group sues Dallas for ban that ‘criminalizes poverty’

A coalition made up of legal advocates and a law firm is suing Dallas over a new rule that subjects people to fines of up to $500 for standing on road medians, arguing it is unconstitutional and will disproportionately impact homeless residents.

Reason

This U.S. Citizen Was Detained by ICE for Over a Month. Now He's Getting a $150,000 Settlement.

A Government Accountability Office report last year documented hundreds of ICE actions involving potential U.S. citizens.

The Independent UK

Engineering firm reaches settlement in Flint water case

An engineering firm has settled a lawsuit with four families after being accused of not doing enough to stop lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan, water supply

Tribune News Service

NY Attorney General Letitia James protected chief of staff who was accused of sexual harassment, lawsuit says

NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James is accused of protecting her ousted chief of staff despite allegations that he sexually harassed colleagues, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.

The Independent UK

$698M deal to end Monsanto PCB pollution lawsuit in Oregon

Oregon's attorney general says Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns

Los Angeles Times

A city council in Canada votes to strip Paul Haggis’ name from hometown park after rape lawsuit

There’s a reason to hold off on naming things after people who are still alive: Paul Haggis’ birthplace finally voted this week to strip the Oscar winner’s name off a park in his Canadian hometown, a month after he was found liable for raping a woman in New York City.

Daily Record

Prince Harry says Meghan Markle's miscarriage was caused by 'stress' of tabloid lawsuit

Meghan described how she felt a a “sharp cramp” and “dropped to the floor” while changing their son, Archie.

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