News Roundup (2430)
Girl Sues After Police Demand She Remove COVID-19 Post
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Wisconsin teenager Amyiah Cohoon is filing a lawsuit after being threatened by law enforcement to remove a social media post indicating she had COVID-19. So reports The New York Post.
Read more...Tesla to Collect Undisclosed Sum in Zoox Settlement
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Electric-vehicle maker Tesla has reached a settlement with self-driving-vehicle startup Zoox after filing a lawsuit last year alleging some employees—including ones that used to work at Tesla—tried to steal proprietary data. So reports the Motley Fool.
Read more...Lawyer Invents Way to Make Face Masks Out of Deposition Covers
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Lawyer Steven E. McDonald, of San Francisco, has come up with a solution to the face shield shortage plaguing hospital workers—plastic legal document covers used for deposition transcripts. So reports ABA Journal.
Read more...Chicago Lawyers Found Dead in Home, Foul Play Being Investigated
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Married couple Thomas Johnson and Leslie Jones, both lawyers, were found dead in their home near Chicago and authorities believe the deaths are the result of “suspicious circumstances.” So reports NBC News.
Read more...New COVID-19 Insurance Laws Could Break Industry: Expert
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Commercial insurers are facing existential threats from the number of COVID-19 spawned claims as well as a number of new legislative proposals some fear might bankrupt the industry. So reports Reuters.
Read more...Student Punished for James Bond Parody Featuring 'Extremists' Wins Settlement
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The San Ramon Valley Unified School District reached a $665,000 settlement over a free speech lawsuit stemming from a video made by Nathaniel Yu, a former student, showing a James Bond-type figure fighting off “extremists.” So reports KPIX 5, a CBS affiliate.
Read more...Texas Abortion Ban Amid COVID-19 Holds Up, Remains An Outlier
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As many states have moved to ban abortions in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19, most all of those rules have been struck down by the courts. However, there is one notable outlier: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Texas, which has upheld the state’s ban. So reports NPR.
Read more...Michael Cohen in Solitary After Internet Usage Altercation
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Michael Cohen, former attorney for President Donald Trump, has been put in solitary confinement after an apparent altercation with another inmate over Cohen’s internet usage. So reports MSN.
Read more...Kathy Griffin Beats Covington-Twitter Lawsuit on Jurisdictional Grounds
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Comedian Kathy Griffin is off the hook for her alleged role in the internet “doxing” of Covington High School students involved in an altercation with a Native American activists at the Lincoln Memorial. So reports the Hollywood Reporter.
Read more...Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Revived By Appeals Court
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A federal appeals court decided Facebook users would be allowed to purse claims the company violated privacy rights by tracking their internet activity even after they signed out of the social media platform. So reports Reuters.
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