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Lawsuits Aug 21, 2017

On Social Media, Not All Speech Is Free

Got a neat photo you want to post on Instagram? Can’t wait to share a joke about someone on your Facebook page? Angry over a botched brake job and anxious to spout off about it? You might want to think twice before you post. Just ask Jahmel Binion, the local man who sued NBA great Shaquille O’Neal three years ago for mocking his rare medical condition, ectodermal dysplasia, in an online post. “I was just shocked,” Binion, 26, said about the posting, which included …

Lawsuits May 3, 2017

Organizers of Disastrous Fyre Festival Now Facing $100 Million Class-Action Lawsuit (Video)

This photo provided by Jake Strang shows tents and a portable toilet set up for attendees for the Fyre Festival, Friday, April 28, 2017 in the Exuma islands, Bahamas. Organizers of the much-hyped music festival in the Bahamas canceled the weekend event at the last minute Friday after many people had already arrived and spent thousands of dollars on tickets and travel. A statement cited …

Lawsuits Apr 18, 2017

More Women Join Lawsuit Over Rape Kits

Buy Photo February 13 2014 – Stacks of rubber gloves and rape kits sit behind a glass cabinet at the Rape Crisis Center at 1750 Madison on Thursday Feb. 13, 2014. (Photo: William DeShazer, The Commercial Appeal)Buy Photo CONNECTTWEET1 LINKEDIN1 COMMENTEMAILMORE More women are joining legal proceedings against the city over the accumulation of thousands of untested rape kits disclosed three …

Lawsuits Mar 24, 2017

Costco Golf Balls Now at Center of Lawsuit

The wacky case of Costco’s coveted golf balls continues with a new wrinkle: Costco is suing Acushnet Company, a premium ball maker, over comments made about the Kirkland Signature ball. Costco’s ball became …

News Feb 20, 2017

‘Fixer Upper’ Stars Chip and Joanna Gaines Slammed With Lawsuit — Again!

Chip and Joanna Gaines are having some legal trouble — again! A San Antonio woman is suing Magnolia Market, the popular tourist attraction owned by the stars of the hit HGTV show “Fixer Upper,” for an alleged head injury she suffered back in June 2016. Nancy Brown claims that low-hanging steel rods, which support the canopies attached to picnic tables on the premises, caused her “serious and …

News Feb 10, 2017

Young People’s Climate-Change Lawsuit Takes on Trump

A 19-year-old college student from Oregon was suing Barack Obama in hopes of saving the world. Now that Obama is out of office, she’s turning her lawyers loose on Donald Trump. “Trump,” said Tia Hatton, “is scary. He’s terrifying.” On Thursday, the young people asked their lawyers to go to court and substitute Trump for Obama as the defendant in their 2-year-old lawsuit, which could come to trial in federal court in Oregon this year. In November, a federal judge denied a U.S. Justice Department motion to have the case dismissed. Hatton came to San Francisco to explain the suit as the guest of the prestigious Commonwealth Club. “The government just isn’t doing its job,” Hatton said in an interview. …

Lawsuits Dec 14, 2016

Police Officer Files Lawsuit Against Fellow Officers After Misconduct

A Chicago Police officer is suing eight of his fellow officers in federal court, accusing them of disrespect, misconduct, and not backing him up. It all started with a photograph, according to the lawsuit filed by Chicago Police Officer Cornelius Davis. A photo he said was passed around by several other officers.

News Nov 14, 2016

Taylor Swift Groping Lawsuit Photo Leaked

The picture, labelled Exhibit 14 in the joint petition was described as being, “Extremely personal and sensitive in nature”. The petition filed last month (14Oct16) further requested that the image “Should not be shared with the public until absolutely necessary (at trial).” Both parties noted, …

News Nov 4, 2016

Fired Disc Jockey: Taylor Swift Lawsuit ‘Defies Credibility’

A former disc jockey who was fired from a radio station in Denver after Taylor Swift alleged that he groped her is firing back in court, saying her story “defies credibility.” David Mueller was fired from KYGO after an alleged incident backstage at a Swift performance at the Pepsi Center in Denver in 2013. The superstar alleges that Mueller reached up her skirt and touched her inappropriately …

Lawsuits Nov 4, 2016

Trump Campaign Faces Lawsuit Over ‘Humiliating’ Ad Comparing Refugees to Skittles

It was a campaign ad that ignited a firestorm: Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a photo of a bowl of skittles and compared the colourful candy to Syrian refugees. Now, the man who took the photo is suing Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence for copyright infringement. David Kittos, an expert photographer and former Cypriot refugee, says he never gave permission and …