Bucks County and its jail violated the privacy rights of tens of thousands of former inmates, which will cost it an estimated $68 million in punitive damages in what could be a precedent-setting federal class action suit, a jury decided Tuesday. The damage award is mandatory because the jury found the county “willfully” violated federal law when it posted criminal information online of …
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 …
Waymo’s case against Uber hinges on Anthony Levandowski, a former employee it alleges stole its self-driving car trade secrets before joining the ride-hail company to oversee its self-driving car program. Levandowski, though not party to Waymo’s suit, has so far invoked his 5th Amendment rights to avoid self-incrimination should the case become a criminal matter. The referral of the case to the …
Up to four agencies are investigating the 2015 pepper spraying of Amber Swink in a seven-point restraint chair by then Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Judith Sealey, court documents confirmed. Now, attorneys defending against Swink’s federal civil lawsuit told a judge they would face an “impossible decision” if Sealey and other Montgomery County Jail leaders give depositions while still …
Scientists and their supporters are planning a rally in Boston’s Copley Square to bring attention to what they say are the inc… Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut are meeting with constituents to discuss the impact of former President Barack Obama’s healt… Seth and Lauren had their seventh check-in on their 8 week “New Year, New Purpose” fitness and lifestyle journey. …
A Washington County woman claims that her ex-husband, a deputy sheriff, got her jailed for a critical Facebook post. In a lawsuit filed last month in U.S. District Court, Anne King claims that she asked Deputy Corey King in January 2015 to pick up medicine for their sick child. Her ex-husband refused, she said, claiming he was too busy.
Trends Police brutality Jerry Boyle, an attorney and legal observer with the National Lawyers Guild, filed the federal lawsuit on Thursday, naming as defendants the City of Chicago and various former and current officials with the Chicago Police Department. The Harris Corporation’s “Stingray” is the most well-known brand of the controversial spying technology, used by the FBI, the Secret …
A few Pittsburgh police officers habitually escalate confrontations with citizens, use excessive force on them and then file false criminal charges to justify or cover up their civil rights violations, a South …
The lawyer for a woman accusing Bill Cosby of sexual abuse in a California civil suit said on Tuesday she has canceled plans to take a sworn deposition from another woman listed as a potential witness against the comedian in a Pennsylvania criminal case. Attorney Gloria Allred said the criminal sexual assault case Cosby faces in suburban Philadelphia takes …
“Our client is a guy who is very concerned with privacy, and who protests DUI checkpoints around the capital region here in Hartford, Connecticut,” the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement on the lawsuit. “He feels they’re both unconstitutional and a waste of money. He has done public records investigations, for example, and recently found that for every two man hours put into a …