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Metro Officer Fired Over Facebook Comment Files Lawsuit Against City

A former Metro police officer who was fired over a social media post is now suing the city of Nashville. Anthony Venable was fired for a comment he posted on Facebook in reference to a deadly officer-involved shooting in Minnesota. In July 2016, Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop.


Lawsuit: Clinic Is Responsible for Doctor Charged With Sexual Assault

The Bremerton nonprofit clinic that employed a Poulsbo doctor charged in 2014 with sexually assaulting women patients is being sued in federal court, with nine women claiming Peninsula Community Health Services failed to supervise Dr. Darren Chotiner even after knowing he kissed a patient in 2011. The criminal case against Chotiner made …


Tomi Lahren Files Lawsuit Against Glenn Beck and TheBlaze, Alleging Wrongful Termination for Expressing Pro-Choice Views

Conservative firebrand Tomi Lahren filed a lawsuit against Glenn Beck and TheBlaze on Friday, alleging she was wrongfully terminated for recently expressing a pro-choice opinion. The news she was fired, which TheBlaze disputed, was first reported by the Dallas Morning News. During a March 17 appearance on “The View,” Lahren said she could not “sit here and be a hypocrite and say I’m for …



Saudi Arabia Faces $6bln U.S. Lawsuit by Sept. 11 Insurers

Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania field. Advertisement The Saudi government has long denied involvement. Lawyers for the government and the charity, the Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia & Herzegovina, on Friday declined to comment or could not immediately be reached …


Lawsuit Filed Over Wisconsin Law Banning ‘Illegal’ Irish Butter

A state law that makes it illegal to sell a popular Irish butter in Wisconsin is unconstitutional and deprives consumers of their rights, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Ozaukee County court. The public advocacy group Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty brought the suit against the state on behalf of five clients, four of them consumers and one a Grafton food store. “Wisconsin’s …


Hollywood May Face Federal Lawsuit for Discriminating Against Women Directors

Earlier this week, Deadline reported that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is in “settlement talks” with the major Hollywood studios. These talks are in response to allegations that the studios systematically discriminated against women directors. A “knowledgeable” but anonymous source told Deadline, “Every one of the major studios has received a charge contending that they …


Here’s What You Need to Know About the St. Ives Apricot Scrub Lawsuit

You’ve seen it on store shelves: St. Ives Apricot Scrub, which promises smooth, soft skin. But two U.S. women launched a lawsuit, alleging the exfoliator’s crushed walnut shells damage the skin and even speed up the aging process. The $5 million lawsuit against Unilever, the makers of the scrub, may have potential to expand into a class action case, U.S reports suggest.


Connecticut Leads 20-State Lawsuit Over Drug Pricing

Six generic drug-makers artificially inflated and manipulated prices to reduce competition for an antibiotic and oral diabetes medication, 20 state attorneys general, led by Connecticut, said in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, whose office began its investigation more than two years ago into suspicious price increases of certain generic medications, …


Kentucky Teachers Plan to File Class-Action Suit Over Underfunding

Active and retired Kentucky public school teachers plan to file a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin and the Kentucky Legislature for allegedly illegally underfunding the $17.5 billion Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System, Frankfort, said Randolph Wieck, one of the plaintiffs. The lawsuit, expected to be filed in Franklin Circuit Court in Frankfort, will allege that …