Tag: Lawsuit
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US Writer Testifies Before Court in Lawsuit Trial
[ad_1] Last Updated: April 27, 2023, 10:06 IST Washington, United States In this file photo Writer E Jean Carroll arrives as jury selection is set to begin in the defamation case against former US President Donald Trump brought by Carroll. (AFP) The case is one in a series of legal challenges facing Trump as the…
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Rural internet provider unreliable and deceptive, Manitoba woman claims in lawsuit – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] A Manitoban is leading a lawsuit against a Canadian rural internet service provider, alleging unreliable connection, deceptive marketing and an onerous cancellation process. The lawsuit seeks class-action certification. New Brunswick-based Xplore Inc., formerly branded as Xplornet Communications, is the defendant in a statement of claim, filed in the Court of King’s Bench on Jan…
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Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI ask court to throw out AI copyright lawsuit
[ad_1] Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI want the court to dismiss a proposed class action complaint that accuses the companies of scraping licensed code to build GitHub’s AI-powered Copilot tool, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a pair of filings submitted to a San Francisco federal court on Thursday, the Microsoft-owned GitHub and OpenAI say the…
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Judge scolds Trump lawyers, denies bid to toss fraud lawsuit – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge on Friday scolded Donald Trump’s lawyers as he denied their bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the former president and his company of a yearslong fraud scheme. Judge Arthur Engoron said lawyers for Trump and his Trump Organization “should have known better” than to recycle what he…
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Lawsuit accuses largest US meat producers of wage fixing – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] DENVER (AP) — A class-action federal lawsuit accuses 11 of the United States’ largest beef and pork producers of conspiring to depress wages and benefits for its workers. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Denver on Friday, alleges that the producers have worked together since at least 2014 to keep workers’ compensation lower…
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Virginia judge dismisses obscenity lawsuit over books
[ad_1] A Virginia judge has dismissed an unusual case that could have banned selling two books to children in the state. Following a hearing on Tuesday, Virginia Beach Circuit Court Judge Pamela Baskervill found that Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer: A Memoir and Sarah Maas’ A Court of Mist and Fury failed to meet the standard…
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Single lawsuit last remaining legal issue for Deshaun Watson – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] HOUSTON (AP) — When the first woman accused Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct during a massage session in a lawsuit filed in March 2021, it was just the initial step in a protracted saga that would eventually encompass 23 more civil filings, a criminal investigation and the possibility of indefinite suspension by the NFL.…
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Elon Musk’s lawyers try to slow down the progress of Twitter’s lawsuit
[ad_1] Elon Musk’s legal team has responded to Twitter’s lawsuit against him, saying that the company is demanding an unreasonably fast trial. In response, Musk’s team asks that the case not be heard until next year, according to Bloomberg. Twitter has pushed for the trial to take place in mid-September, justifying the request to expedite…
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Pirates of the Caribbean star speaks out about ‘problematic’ Johnny Depp lawsuit | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Johnny Depp battled Amber Heard in court over the course of a few months in a defamation lawsuit this year. He hit out at an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post which spoke about her history with domestic abuse. On June 1, Depp won the defamation case and was awarded $15 million in damages,…
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Google to pay $118 million to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
[ad_1] Google is set to pay $118 million to settle a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit that includes around 15,500 women (via Bloomberg). As noted in the settlement’s press release, Google is also required to have an independent labor economist evaluate its hiring practices and pay equity studies. The lawsuit first emerged in 2017 after three…