The “Because I Got High” rapper made waves in 2023 with the album and song “Lemon Pound Cake,” using home video to mock a police raid on his Ohio home. The deputies lost their civil suit against him.
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Lawsuit aims to force Trump administration to stop delaying student loan forgiveness
The American Federation of Teachers is seeking a preliminary injunction that would force the department to resume student loan forgiveness.
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Fed governor Lisa Cook sues Trump over firing
Lisa Cook is challenging the president’s attempt to remove her from office based on what she says is “an unsubstantiated allegation” of mortgage fraud prior to her Senate confirmation as governor.
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In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement
Disney and Universal’s 110-page lawsuit against Midjourney claims the AI player stole “countless” copyrighted works to train its software.
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The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairly low-drama. Not anymore
President Trump fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office just after the agency released a major report on AI. Copyright insiders say it’s caused a shakeup in their normally drama-free neck of the woods.
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Oil companies face a wrongful death suit tied to climate change
Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city’s history. A lawsuit claims she was a victim of oil companies’ “misrepresentations” about climate change.
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Fall River pays $100,000 to settle another police brutality case
The City of Fall River has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit against a former problem police officer, who has now cost the city over $400,000 in settlements to resolve various police brutality cases. The settlement resolves a federal lawsuit filed by David LaFrance, a Fall River resident who accused former […]
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Inside Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration
Harvard’s lawsuit questions how freezing research funds will further the administration’s goal of eliminating antisemitism on campus.
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Trump administration admits Maryland man sent to El Salvador prison by mistake
This latest case, in which lawyers argue their client had no proven links to MS-13, adds to the growing judicial and public scrutiny about the deportations to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison.
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DOGE says it needs to know the government’s most sensitive data, but can’t say why
DOGE staffers have skirted privacy laws, training and security protocols to gain virtually unfettered access to financial and personal information stored in siloed government databases.
