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Nintendo Sued Over Switch Joy-Cons ‘Drifting’

Some current Switch owners, however, aren’t happy with the system’s controller, leading to a lawsuit. Some Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons apparently don’t return to center properly thus creating a constant input of a particular direction, or drifting. On the official Nintendo support forums, there are dozens of threads from owners experiencing drifting on their Joy-Cons. The firm has a signup page …


House Unanimously Passes Saudi 9/11 Lawsuit Bill

Heading into the weekend that will mark the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). The bill passed by unanimous voice vote, as it did in the Senate back in May.


Former Senator Pledges to Support Vets in Fukushima Lawsuit

Former Sen. John Edwards has pledged to support hundreds of U.S. sailors, Marines and airmen who say they were sickened by radioactive fallout from the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. U.S. forces participated in relief efforts after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that battered swaths of northeastern Japan, including the plant. Edwards — the 2004 …


Peter Thiel Ties Gawker Lawsuit to Fight Against Revenge Porn

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel is defending his financial support for litigation targeting Gawker Media for its reporting on celebrities by likening it to efforts to crack down on privacy violations like “revenge porn.” In a New York Times op-ed on Monday defending his decision to fund a case that ultimately forced the media company to put itself up for sale, Thiel cited the Intimate Privacy …


Sony Agrees to Pay Millions for Abandoning Linux on PS3

Remember how Sony launched the PS3 with “OtherOS” support, so you could install Linux or whatever other PowerPC-compatible OS you could finagle onto your shiny new next-gen gaming system? And then remember how just a couple years later Sony discontinued support for OtherOS, with a new system update that removed the functionality? Well, some people never forgot.


Former Scranton Housing Inspector Appeals Dismissal of Retaliation Lawsuit

A former Scranton housing inspector has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that dismissed her political retaliation and gender discrimination lawsuit. Patricia Jennings-Fowler contends U.S. District Judge Malachy Mannion erred when he ruled she failed to present sufficient evidence to support her claims. Ms. Jennings-Fowler had worked for the city in various capacities since 2009.