Gun Rights Activists File $12M Defamation Lawsuit Against Katie Couric
Virginia gun rights activists have filed a $12 million defamation lawsuit against Katie Couric and other makers of a documentary over an edit they say misrepresented …
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Google, Apple Back Microsoft in Gag Order Lawsuit
Many civil rights groups, trade bodies and companies, including Google, Amazon, Cisco Systems, Apple and Twitter, have filed briefs in a federal court to back Microsoft’s move to prevent the indiscriminate use by US law enforcement of orders that force companies not to inform their users about requests for their data. Under the Stored Communications Act, a part of the Electronic Communications …
Alabama’s Appellate Courts System Rigged to Block Minority Judges
Despite whites making up just under 70 percent of Alabama’s population, they hold 100 percent of the state’s civil and criminal appellate courts. In addition, Alabama’s Supreme Court has only had three African-Americans on its bench in the past 36 years, according to a lawsuit from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Many law firms have joined the NAACP’s …
Lawsuit: Current Election System of Alabama Appellate Judges Discriminates Against Blacks
A voting rights lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to do away with the at-large elections of judges who sit on Alabama’s three appellate courts, including the Alabama Supreme Court. The at-large election system has been racially discriminatory towards African Americans, who make up more than a quarter of the state’s population, according to the lawsuit that suggests election by single-member …
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Gadsden’s Municipal Court
A federal lawsuit filed last week accuses Gadsden’s municipal court judge and prosecutor of violating the constitutional rights of one woman by charging unlawful fees and preventing an open court. Alexander City attorney Eric Hutchins filed the lawsuit on behalf of Lasheta McGruder, who appeared in court on a tampering with evidence charge. According to the suit, filed Sept. 1, McGruder was …
Texas AG Files Lawsuit Against Waller County Over Open Carry
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Waller County over its ban on guns at its courthouse. The suit, filed Monday afternoon in district court in Travis County, centers on a provision of Texas’ new open carry law, which took effect in January. The law, which allows Texans with licenses to openly carry handguns, has an exemption prohibiting …
Lawsuit Filed Over John Kanzius Radio-Wave Cancer Technology
A lawsuit filed in the federal courthouse in Houston is threatening to halt the research on the John Kanzius radio-wave cancer technology. The lawsuit, which was filed by the Baylor School of Medicine, alleges that the company that owns the rights to the device, NeoTherma Oncology of Kansas, failed on a promise to provide $9 million to take the research to human trials. A clerk with the United …
‘Friday the 13th’ Star Explains the Upcoming Lawsuit
A few days ago, we posted about an upcoming legal battle for the rights to Friday the 13th. The battle is between original writer Victor Miller and Horror, Inc. and Manny Company and may very well determine who has the power to license new entries in the franchise. In order to get more information on this matter, Fridaythe13thFranchise reached out to Larry Zerner (who played Shelly in Friday …
Spectrum Institute to File a Class-Action Complaint With the DOJ To RESTORE the Voting Rights of Thousands With Disabilities in California
On New Year’s Day 2016 a new state law went into effect in California which affirms the right to vote for thousands of seniors and people with disabilities. If they can express their desire to vote, they have the right to vote. The problem? Unless immediate action is taken, thousands of eligible California voters are going to be watching November’s election results on television knowing they were prevented from voting because of California officials previously disqualified them from voting – in violation of federal voting rights laws.
Lawsuit Fights to Regain Homeowners’ First Amendment, Private Property Rights
Walton County’s new blanket ban on signs on private beach property violates a retired couple’s First Amendment free-speech rights, Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Christina Martin told me Friday. And PLF has filed a lawsuit in the in federal court on the couple’s behalf. Edward and DeLanie Goodwin, who have owned their beachfront home in the Panhandle community Santa Rosa Beach, since 1978, …