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Blueprints for 3D Printed Guns Made Available Again After Settlement Between State Department and Defense Distributed

- July 19, 2018

Earlier this week, Defense Distributed and the company’s owner, Cody Wilson, got the go-ahead to continue publishing “designs and other technical files” for 3D printed guns after the U.S. Department of State agreed to “waive its prior restraint order against Wilson and Defense Distributed.” The decision also brings an end to a lawsuit that Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) filed in 2015 over the restraint order.

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Migrants Detained Under ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Launch Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

- July 19, 2018

Migrants detained under the Trump administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy have launched a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging unsanitary living conditions in detention facilities. Filed Monday in U.S. District Court in California, accusations detail being fed inedible food and being forced to drink ‘dirty’ water. NPR says the suit includes testimony from 200 individuals, many of

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Patient Death Results in Hefty Fine for Visalia Nursing Home

- July 18, 2018

The California Department of Public Health recently announced the Redwood Springs Healthcare Center will have to pay a hefty fine “after a family of a patient said staff caused the death of their loved one.” Redwood Springs Healthcare Center is a nursing home facility in Visalia and was ordered to pay the $100,000 fine after being given a “Class AA citation, the most severe penalty under state law.”

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CFPB Accuses Education Department of Protecting Abusive Student Loan Servicer from Lawsuit

- July 17, 2018

The nation’s beleaguered Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is accusing the Education Department of impeding a lawsuit ‘that could bring relief to millions of student loan borrowers.’ The Associated Press reports that the kerfuffle stems from the CFPB’s attempts to sue Navient Solutions. Navient, the nation’s largest server of student loans, has attracted criticism for its

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Jessica Biel Closes West Hollywood Eatery After Employee Lawsuit is Dismissed

- July 17, 2018

Not everyone is cut out for the restaurant industry, something actress Jessica Biel recently discovered after she decided to close down her relatively new restaurant, Au Fudge. The decision to close the West Hollywood eatery came after it was hit with a lawsuit in 2017 by disgruntled employees who accused “Biel, 36, and her business partners of stealing $430,100 in tips.”

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Baylor University Settles Title IX Lawsuit With Former Volleyball Player

- July 13, 2018

Earlier today, Baylor University agreed to settle a federal Title IX lawsuit filed by a former volleyball player after she was allegedly “drugged and gang-raped by at least four football players in 2012.” At the moment, terms of the settlement have not been disclosed, though it’s now the “fifth Title IX lawsuit the university has settled,” and it likely won’t be the last. As it stands right now, there are 15 “former students who say they were sexually assaulted still have ongoing litigation with the nation’s largest Baptist school.”

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed by Family of Amy Huffman Settles for $90,000

- July 13, 2018

A wrongful death lawsuit was recently settled between the family of Amy Huffman and Ryan M. Tolone in connection to the fatal accident that claimed Huffman’s life back on January 28, 2015. According to the suit, Huffman was walking along state Rought 193 in Liberty Township when she was struck by Tolone’s vehicle. She died soon after arriving at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, but now with the recent lawsuit settlement of $90,000, her surviving family members may be able to find some peace in moving on.

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