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May 10 2024
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Open Source: Lawsuit accuses Red Hat of ‘anti-white’ racism. A familiar name is behind it.
I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News & Observer, and this is Open Source, a weekly newsletter on business, labor and technology in North Carolina. In an interview last week with Time magazine, former President Donald Trump promised that, if reelected, he would fight “a definite anti-white feeling” in the country. And this week, a law firm headed by past Trump adviser Stephen Miller
The News & ObserverNov 01 2023
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Schwalb Claims a Tech Company and 14 of D.C.'s Largest Landlords Colluded to Fix Rent Prices in New Antitrust Lawsuit - Washington City Paper
The rent is too damn high in D.C., and Attorney General Brian Schwalb claims in a new lawsuit that a tech company illegally colluded with 14 of the city’s largest landlords to keep it that way. Schwalb announced Wednesday that he’s filing a federal lawsuit against RealPage, a Texas-based company that works with big commercial property owners to help them set rent prices, for a series of
Washington City PaperApr 24 2024
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IVF clinic transferred ruined embryos to patients, lawsuits claim
A California fertility clinic transferred ruined embryos into multiple patients, failing to realize that the embryos had been compromised and could not result in pregnancy, a set of lawsuits alleged this month. At least 11 people being treated at an Ovation Fertility office in Newport Beach, Calif., underwent embryo transfers and waited to find out whether they would become pregnant — but the
Washington PostMay 01 2024
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Johnson & Johnson Offers $6.5 Billion Deal for Talcum Powder Cancer Lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson offered a $6.5 billion settlement deal to plaintiffs suing the company for its products allegedly causing ovarian cancer, in what would be one of the biggest lawsuit payouts in history. The New Jersey-based pharma giant is being sued by a whopping 54,000 people over claims of its now-discontinued talcum powder causing the deadly cancer, which has a relative five-year
Breitbart NewsMay 01 2024
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Trader Joe's must pay union's legal fees for 'weak' trademark lawsuit
May 1 (Reuters) - Trader Joe's must pay more than $100,000 in attorneys' fees for bringing an "exceptionally weak" trademark lawsuit against its employee union, a California federal judge has determined. U.S. District Judge Hernan Vera said on Tuesday that Trader Joe's case was meritless and that "the obvious motivation behind the suit" was to influence the grocery-store chain's fight with
ReutersApr 18 2024
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Boulder officials approve $75K settlement for disability lawsuit
Boulder’s City Council on Thursday night unanimously approved a $75,000 settlement agreement for a lawsuit brought by a disabled woman who alleged the city discriminated against her. Joslynn Montoya, a deaf Boulder woman, alleged the city violated her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to provide a sign language interpreter during an interaction with police that led to
Boulder Daily CameraMay 06 2024
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Southern Baptist Convention presidential candidate calls sex abuse lawsuits a ‘distraction’ in Alabama sermon
Speaking at Valleydale Church in Pelham on Sunday, Southern Baptist Convention presidential candidate David L. Allen called the 42 sex abuse lawsuits against Southern Baptist entities a distraction from the gospel. “We have gotten involved in trying to figure out how to negotiate problems with sexual abuse, how to address that, how to address that in a financially responsible way,” Allen said
AL.comApr 18 2024
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Hearing for Beckley city manager lawsuit set for Friday
Apr. 18—In the midst of its search for a city manager, Beckley is also facing a lawsuit for its city manager ordinance, which allowed for the transition from a strong mayor to a city manager government. A hearing for the lawsuit will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, April 19, in Raleigh County Circuit Judge Andrew Dimlich's courtroom in the Raleigh County Judicial Center. City Attorney Bill File
Yahoo NewsMay 08 2024
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Neil Portnow Accuser Asks Judge to Dismiss Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Former Grammy CEO
The Jane Doe plaintiff who accused former Grammys CEO Neil Portnow of rape in a 2023 lawsuit has asked the judge to dismiss the case. The accuser’s allegations against Portnow first surfaced in January 2020 as part of his successor Deborah Dugan’s discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after she was ousted just over a week before the 62nd Grammy Awards. While
RollingStone.comApr 18 2024
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Sheetz accused of discriminatory hiring practices in federal lawsuit
The feds are suing convenience store chain Sheetz over alleged racist and discriminatory hiring practices. The chain, which has more than 700 stores in six states, is accused of discriminating against minority job applicants. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which filed the suit in Baltimore against the Altoona, Penn.-based company, accused it of weeding out applicants who were
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