Tag: Lawsuits
9 Texans sue state AG Paxton for blocking users on Twitter
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — Nine Texans have sued state Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming he blocked them on Twitter for criticizing him or his policies...
Lawsuit: Virginia police officers threatened man during stop
<p>NORFOLK, Va. — A second lieutenant in the U.S. Army is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which the officers...
Kansas lawmakers likely to pass bill on transgender athletes
<p>TOPEKA, Kan. — LGBTQ-rights advocates in Kansas are relying on the state's Democratic governor or the courts to block a ban on transgender athletes...
OJ Simpson, Las Vegas Strip hotel settle defamation case
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity...
Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech
<p>A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made “false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said...
High court won’t block Mississippi school disparity lawsuit
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it will not get involved, for now, in a lawsuit that says Mississippi allows grave...
$50M suit alleges retaliation over allegations against coach
<p>BATON ROUGE, La. — In a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit, an associate athletic director at Louisiana State University accuses university officials of retaliating...
Howard Weitzman, lawyer for Jackson, Bieber, DeLorean, dies
<p>LOS ANGELES — Howard Weitzman, an attorney whose clients included Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, and auto maker John DeLorean, has died. He was 81....
Texas church gunman likely planned mass shooting for months
<p>SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — The man who killed more than two dozen people at a Texas church in 2017 appeared to have been planning...
OJ Simpson, Las Vegas Strip hotel settle defamation case
<p>LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity...