Idaho drag performer awarded $1.1m in defamation case against far-right blogger ( www.theguardian.com )
A blogger falsely claimed Eric Posey exposed himself to a crowd, including children
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A blogger falsely claimed Eric Posey exposed himself to a crowd, including children
The prosecution of a director and a playwright has sent shockwaves through the artistic community.
You know, rather than paying out thousands or millions in lawsuits for retaliatory arrests, maybe states should just spend more money on skin thickening for their police officers.
Environmental advocates say the decision will leave millions of people breathing dirtier air this summer....
A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor.
A new Louisiana law requires all public schools in the state to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But civil liberties groups say this violates the First Amendment of the US constitution.
This lawsuit might be a long shot, but it’s not completely a foregone conclusion at this point. The state of Illinois has tougher privacy laws than most states, which may factor into the judge’s decision. On the other hand, this lawsuit — filed by two Illinois residents with the assistance of the Liberty Justice Center —...
Meta managers are accused of retaliation and covering up mistreatment of women....
Christopher Bauer's arrest came amid a reckoning in which the FBI pledged to crack down on sexual misconduct
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre who were seeking reparations.
Some of the world's largest aircraft lessors faced off against their insurers in a Dublin courtroom on Tuesday at the start of a months-long battle over around 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) of insurance claims related to jets stranded in Russia.
Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad
A year ago, Walled Culture wrote about an extremely important case that was being considered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s top court. The central question was whether the judges considered that copyright was more important than privacy.
The judge did not allow DePape to speak before his original sentence two weeks ago, necessitating a new hearing.
Ryan Salame is one of four former top bosses from Sam Bankman-Fried's firms to plead guilty to charges.
Officers threatened to kill the dog of Thomas Perez Jr as they pressured him to falsely confess to killing his father, who was alive
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) tends to treat the Constitution as some ticky-tack policy its officers can safely ignore. That’s not to say ICE believes the Constitution does not exist. It probably at least realizes it exists. After all, it’s a US federal agency. What it firmly believes is that the Constitution...
Another day, another dumb lawsuit against TikTok. We’ve seen school districts and parents suing TikTok on the basis of extremely weird claims of “kids used TikTok, some bad stuff happened to kids, TikTok should be liable.”...
Pundits noted the "disastrous" decision "gives politicians the greenlight to racially gerrymander" elsewhere in the US....
Rebecca Joynes, 30, convicted of engaging in sexual activity with minors while in a position of trust
Request made week before sentencing of David DePape, who in 2022 broke into ex-US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home
Melody Feliciano Johnson, initially charged in Arizona with attempted murder, receives probation after striking plea deal
Glen Coleman did not deny that he had sex with the woman but said it was consensual