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Louisiana Sheriff Loses Tax Lawsuit Targeting Smith Angus Farm

Multiple state agencies told Sheriff Randy ‘Country’ Seal that he had no right to collect taxes from a rancher in his parish. He sued anyway.

Reason

Lawsuit seeks injunction against state funeral for Abe

Members of a citizens' group filed a lawsuit Friday in Osaka District Court seeking an injunction against a planned state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, claiming that the event has no legal basis and is unconstitutional.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Vanessa Bryant Reveals Why She Hasn’t Settled Crash Photo Lawsuit

The widow of Kobe Bryant is suing Los Angeles County for damages related to the unauthorized release of crash site photos.

Sports Illustrated

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FBI report reveals Angelina Jolie’s version of 2016 altercation with Brad Pitt

The details of Angelina Jolie’s report to the FBI about Brad Pitt’s alleged behavior toward her and their kids on a private plane flight home from Europe on Sept. 14, 2016, have come to light thanks to a lawsuit Jolie brought against the federal law enforcement agency.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Paxton family settles lawsuit with hospital over death

The family of the late actor Bill Paxton has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit against a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed his heart surgery shortly before he died in 2017

The Independent UK

NC’s highest court rules on gerrymandered legislature’s power, but the case isn’t over

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s state legislature was unconstitutionally gerrymandered to the extent that lawmakers may have lacked the authority to claim to represent the people, when they passed new constitutional amendments in 2018, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Tribune News Service

Suit alleging off-camera jail beatings revived

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a lawsuit to proceed against guards and officials at a privately run north Louisiana jail where an inmate died with a fractured skull in 2015

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Parents launch sexual assault lawsuit against school alleging custodian spanked 8-year-old girl

School district ‘more concerned about keeping its hallways clean and garbage bins empty than ensuring its students were protected,’ lawyer says

The Independent UK

Nike and Adidas settle a lawsuit over Flyknit technology

The Flyknit and Primeknit battle comes to end outside of court.

Input

Psychedelic Drugs As A Religious Right: New Lawsuit Relaunches The Debate

The Zide Door Church of entheogenic plants in Oakland, California, is suing the city and its security department over a police raid that allegedly constituted a violation of religious and constitutional freedom.

Benzinga

County prosecutors can't enforce Michigan abortion ban, Oakland Co. judge rules

PONTIAC, Mich. — An Oakland County judge ruled Friday that county prosecutors cannot enforce the state's 1931 abortion law as courts consider a lawsuit brought by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that seeks to overturn the ban as unconstitutional.

Tribune News Service

Vatican cardinal terms assault allegations false, defamatory

The Vatican cardinal accused in a class-action lawsuit in Canada of sexual assault against a woman has denied any inappropriate behavior

The Independent UK

Photographer sues American Airlines after being tackled to floor for ‘bomb’ which was vintage camera

Photographer is suing for defamation, false imprisonment and emotional distress

The Independent UK

Final Watson Plaintiff Shares Why She Rejected Settlements

The Browns quarterback reportedly agreed to settle three of the four remaining lawsuits ahead of the initial Aug. 1 ruling.

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The Independent UK

Family sues Mark Zuckerberg after he offered $7,500 in death of security guard at Hawaii compound

The lawsuit claims that the Zuckerberg’s offered $7,500 to the family of Rodney Medeiros, 70, who died while working at their Hawaiian property in 2019

Miami Herald

Editorial: Calling Florida ‘upside down,’ judge calls out Desantis’ so-called ‘free state’

You know a law is really bad when a federal judge cites a science fiction series on Netflix to describe it.

Daily Mirror

LIV Golf rebels face two-year wait over PGA Tour lawsuit in major blow to breakaway

Defectors to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Series have launched a lawsuit against the PGA hoping to have suspensions overturned, but the case may not be heard until 2024

The Guardian - US

Black parent sues after Los Angeles school project had students pick cotton

The lawsuit against LA Unified says Rashunda Pitts’ daughter was humiliated by the lesson that was intended to teach about slavery

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The Independent UK

Single lawsuit last remaining legal issue for Deshaun Watson

The only remaining legal issue still pending for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is one unsettled lawsuit now that he and the NFL have agreed on an 11-game suspension and a $5 million fine as part of a settlement related to sexual misconduct allegations

Los Angeles Times

Lawsuit alleges utility company is responsible for deadly McKinney fire in Northern California

LOS ANGELES — Residents in Northern California allege that sparks from PacifiCorp's high-voltage transmission lines and other equipment are what ignited the deadly McKinney fire last month near the California-Oregon border in Siskiyou County, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this week.

The Guardian - US

Florida governor Ron DeSantis sued by state attorney suspended for ‘wokeness’

Andrew Warren, a twice-elected Democrat, files lawsuit for ‘abuse of power and unlawful suspension’

The Guardian - US

Black man left paralyzed after Texas police allegedly slam him on to concrete

Civil rights activists and Christopher Shaw’s lawyers are demanding justice after he was severely injured while in police custody in 2021

The Independent UK

Disqualified for disabilities, railroad workers fight back

Union Pacific has already lost three lawsuits over the way it removes employees with health conditions because of safety concerns, and the prospect of hundreds more lawsuits looms over the railroad

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois is failing to provide adequate health care for prisoners

The state committed itself to change by entering into a consent decree in the Lippert vs. Jeffreys class action lawsuit on prison medical care in 2018, but an acceptable plan to provide care has never been submitted to the court.

Al Jazeera

US arms companies under pressure from Mexico lawsuit

As mass shootings continue in the US, does Mexico’s lawsuit against gun corporations have a chance?

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