Civil Rights Groups Challenge Texas Law Letting Local Police Enforce Immigration Laws
In its complaint, the A.C.L.U. claims that Texas S.B. 4 usurps federal power by delegating immigration authorities to state-level courts and law enforcement.
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Arkansas Judge Tells Attorney General Griffin to Resolve Corrections Claims Within 30 Days
An Arkansas judge has threatened to dismiss the attorney general’s lawsuit against the state Board of Corrections, suggesting that the case could be dismissed if the government is unable or unwilling to reach a resolution. According to FOX News, in a Tuesday hearing, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox said that the Office of the
New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit Says SiriusXM Tried to Trap Customers in Subscription Plans
The lawsuit claims that SiriusXM instructed its agents to go to such great lengths to prevent consumers from leaving their service that it could take up to an hour to simply convince customer support to cancel a subscription.
Carnegie Mellon University Accused of Tolerating Discrimination, Antisemitism, and Harassment
The lawsuit claims that Carnegie Mellon administrators failed to take action after an architecture professor used a student’s project, which incorporated Orthodox Jewish elements into its design, as an excuse to launch into an anti-Israel tirade and disseminate purportedly antisemitic propaganda.
Missouri Family Files Lawsuit After Funeral Home Returns Loved One’s Brain in a Cardboard Box
“Essentially,” a Baue Funeral Home employee allegedly said, “you guys were given a box that contains Fred’s brain by mistake.”
Virginia Supreme Court Reinstates Lawsuit Filed By Teacher Who Refused to Use Student’s Pronouns
Although the court unanimously agreed to reinstate the West Point High School teacher’s lawsuit, justices disagreed as to how far plaintiff Peter Vlaming’s free-exercise-of-religion argument could be taken.
Alabama Accused of Using Prisoners as Slaves in “Labor-Trafficking Scheme”
Attorneys for the inmates say that Alabama grants fewer prisoners parole on grounds of public safety, while still forcing inmates to work long hours in privately-owned warehouses and fast-food restaurants.
Former Harvard Medical School Professor Accused of Using His Own Sperm to Impregnate Fertility Clinic Patient
The lawsuit accuses Dr. Merle Berger, a former Harvard professor and founder of one of the nation’s largest fertility clinics, of using his own sperm to inseminate a fertility clinic patient, who had been told that she would receive a donation from “a person who did not know her, and whom she did not know.”
Lawsuit: Temu Claims Rival E-Commerce Platform Shein Uses “Mafia-Style” Tactifcs Against Competitors
Attorneys for Temu, a China-based e-commerce platform, claim that rival Shein uses coercive, mafia-style tactics to control competition.
DeSantis Attorneys Ask Federal Court to Toss Walt Disney Company’s Free Speech Lawsuit
In a petition to dismiss the high-profile complaint, attorneys for DeSantis said that Disney lacked standing to pursue a claim seeking revocation of a law that neither the governor nor his associates have power to enforce.