Major record labels are once again trying to force an Internet service provider into enforcing their copyrights by cutting off customers from the Internet over copyright accusations. The lawsuit they filed against Texas broadband provider Grande Communications suffers from many of the same due process problems as the BMG Music Publishing v. Cox Communications case, which is on appeal. The issue …
Cox Communications won dismissal of a class-action lawsuit filed in Louisiana by an employee of an installation contractor who said he wasn’t compensated for overtime work. According to Law360, Eastern District of Louisiana Court Judge Janis van Meerveld granted the dismissal based on the fact that plaintiff Scott Gremillion is an employee of installation contractor Grayco Communications LP, …
On Sunday night in front of the millions of viewers watching the 2017 Grammy Awards, actress Lavern Cox stood on stage and gave a shout out to a Virginia high school student. “Everyone, please Google ‘Gavin Grimm,'” Cox said. “He’s going to the Supreme Court in March.
Steve Harvey says he declined to join a lawsuit against NASCAR. (Photo: David Becker, Getty Images) Steve Harvey had a message Tuesday after his name appeared in a $500 million federal lawsuit filed against NASCAR that claims the series discriminates against black-owned teams and drivers. “You are not going to do is drag me into the mud with NASCAR,” the comedian and actor said on his …
How NASCAR Shot Down Steve Harvey and Earned a Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Steve Harvey wanted to start a racing team, but his efforts stalled before they even got started because NASCAR is a good-ol’-white-boys league and Steve Harvey is … well, Steve Harvey. At least that is what Terrance Cox, CEO of Diversity Motorsports, says he believes, and he has filed a $500 million lawsuit against …
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office’s decision to twice put a troubled deputy back on patrol puts taxpayers on the financial hook in a federal civil-rights lawsuit, records show. …
A Yucca Valley businesswoman is suing San Bernardino County and a sheriff’s deputy over her arrest and incarceration in December 2014. Lucinda Cox filed her lawsuit in February in federal court in Riverside, alleging that she was arrested on charges that were not thoroughly investigated and jailed at West Valley Detention Center for seven days because her bail had been improperly…
Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish, is tucked in Louisiana’s north-west corner, bordering small towns in Texas and Arkansas. It has bayous, weeping willows, shotgun houses, and blues music, but lacks joie de vivre. It is the sober man’s New Orleans.