#lawsuits
Neighbors sue to block apartment building on Belgrade Avenue on #Roslindale / #WestRoxbury line
#Boston #zoning #housing #lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/neighbors-sue-block-apartment-building-belgrade
Man Faces Prison Sentence for Reselling Hacked Streaming Service Accounts
Russia’s Manga Pirates Face Publisher’s Lawsuit & Increasing State Censorship
Billboard company sues to put an electronic billboard on McLellan Highway in #EastBoston
#zoning #billboards #lawsuits #Rte1A #Boston https://www.universalhub.com/2023/billboard-company-sues-get-electronic-billboard
X Clearly Profits from Widespread Music Piracy, Labels Argue
https://torrentfreak.com/x-clearly-profits-from-widespread-music-piracy-labels-argue-230925/
From 23 Sep: A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his family is suing Texas officials - HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended over his dreadlo... https://apnews.com/article/hairstyles-dreadlocks-racial-discrimination-crown-act-e79ede512923b672a275abf054e2407b #ap-top-news #education #general-news #houston #lawsuits #race-and-ethnicity #racism #texas #tx-state-wire #u.s.-news
Google & Cloudflare Must Share Traffic Stats in Manga Piracy Case
https://torrentfreak.com/google-cloudflare-must-share-traffic-stats-in-manga-piracy-case-230922/
#AppsandSites #Cloudflare #Mangamura #Lawsuits #Shueisha #google #Manga
We need #privacy #laws in the U.S. regarding #video #surveillance, #facial #recognition/ iris recognition/ gait recognition, what the #data is used for, and how long they can #store it. AU will see #wrongful #arrests, #discriminatory #policing, #harassment #lawsuits, if they proceed as planned in #stores. Do you want your #habits in the #grocery used for #behavioral #analytics and #marketing #schemes? Do you want your #iris or #gait #scanned into a #permanent #database? https://www.techrepublic.com/article/surveillance-impact-australia/
#SouthBoston dog trainer who is accused of animal cruelty now also faces lawsuit by former landlord
#Boston #dogs #pets #lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/south-boston-dog-trainer-who-accused-animal
"The #AuthorsGuild and 17 authors filed a class-action suit against #OpenAI…for #copyright infringement…on behalf of a class of fiction writers whose works have been used to train GPT."
https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-and-authors-file-class-action-suit-against-openai/
PS: I'm sympathetic but wouldn't join such a suit. First, I only publish nonfiction. Second, I only publish #OpenAccess under #CCBY. Third, I depend on salaries and grants, not royalties. I'd rather that AI tools give answers informed by my writings than not.
Clerk at #Roslindale health center wants $6 million for getting fired after she refused #Covid19 shots
#Boston #lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/clerk-roslindale-health-center-wants-6-million
A Black Community in #WestVirginia Sues the #EPA to Spur Action on Toxic Air #Pollution
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Institute, WV, one of two majority-Black communities in the state, was left out of a regulatory effort earlier this year to tighten limits on cancer-causing chemicals.
No burying the hatchet in Lizzie Borden trademark dispute
#FallRiver #Massachusetts #lawsuits #whacks https://www.universalhub.com/2023/no-burying-hatchet-lizzie-borden-trademark-dispute
Trump Doesn’t Deserve Copyright Win Over Eddie Grant But Still Might Get One
Prolific BitTorrent Pirate Receives Suspended Prison Sentence in Denmark
Copyright Trolls Invade Canada Again, Pirates Surprised Despite 6,000 Days’ Notice
This is Danny & he is 1 of NINE #lawsuits #CarymaNgo has on the go; that I know of. He's barely out of college & survived cancer. He NEEDS OUR #help. She defends Jeremy Mackenzie but is ruining this young man's life. PLEASE give whatever you can & SHARE! #gofundme #MutualAid
#VFW sues its #NorthEnd post over alleged financial irregularities
#Boston #lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/vfw-sues-north-end-post-over-alleged-financial
Publishers’ Lawsuit Accuses Libgen of “Staggering” Copyright Infringement
#MacmillanLearning #PearsonEducation #librarygenesis #AppsandSites #McGrawHill #Lawsuits #Cengage #libgen
Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/14/young-people-to-take-32-european-countries-to-court-over-climate-policies #youth #Lawsuits #Europe #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow
Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/14/young-people-to-take-32-european-countries-to-court-over-climate-policies?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #ClimateEmergency #Youth #LawSuits #Europe
“Where Is There to Go?”
He Needs Gender-Affirming Surgery, but His State Is Fighting to Deny Coverage.
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A #NorthCarolina policy that denies state employees coverage for gender-affirming care has been on hold pending appeal.
For one #transgender worker still awaiting surgery, the anxiety is “like somebody has got their hands around my neck.”
#Insurance #Lawsuits #Courts #CivilRights #HumanRights #HealthCare #Hospitals #Patients #Doctors #LGBTQ #News
‘Home Confined’ Z-Library Defendants Deny They Are Fugitives
https://torrentfreak.com/home-confined-z-library-defendants-deny-they-are-fugitives-230914/
#AppsandSites #z-library #Lawsuits
"two #Fox Corporation shareholders sued board members in April for failing to act on risks of #defamation litigation...
#FoxNews paid $12 million to settle with a former producer, Abby Grossberg...
In July, Ray Epps, a man whom Fox News accused of being an undercover government agent... sued the network and its former host #TuckerCarlson for defamation, seeking an unspecified amount in damages."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/business/media/fox-shareholder-lawsuit.html
Bungie’s Copyright Infringement Claim Against AimJunkies Fails to Convince Court
US 'the only country' crypto startups should avoid, says Ripple CEO - Brad Garlinghouse said Singapore, the U.K., the UAE and Switzerla... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-ceo-dont-start-crypto-company-in-us #bradgarlinghouse #unitedstates #token2049 #singapore #lawsuits #ripple #panel #ceo #sec #us
Coca-Cola embraces controversial AI image generator with new “Y3000” flavor - Enlarge (credit: Coca-Cola)
Coca-Cola has taken a fizzy leap i... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1967928 #machinelearning #stablediffusion #imagesynthesis #aicontroversy #aimarketing #softdrinks #coca-cola #cokey3000 #aiethics #lawsuits #culture #chatgpt #chatgtp #qrcodes #biz #aihype #tech #soda #ai
Ars Technica: Coca-Cola embraces controversial AI image generator with new “Y3000” flavor https://arstechnica.com/?p=1967928 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #machinelearning #StableDiffusion #imagesynthesis #AIcontroversy #AImarketing #softdrinks #coca-cola #CokeY3000 #AIethics #lawsuits #Culture #ChatGPT #chatgtp #qrcodes #Biz&IT #AIhype #Tech #Soda #AI
NYC’s #pension funds sued the #FoxCorp & its board on Tues, accusing the company of #neglecting its #duty to #shareholders by opening itself up to #defamation #lawsuits from the persistent broadcasting of #falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election.
#Trump #BigLie
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/business/media/fox-shareholder-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
New Yorker: The Real Stakes of the Google Antitrust Trial https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-real-stakes-of-the-google-antitrust-trial #NewYorker #News/DailyComment #TechCompanies #Technology #Antitrust #Monopoly #Lawsuits
#Insurance company sued by driver whose personal data he says its Web site let identity thieves collect
#Massachusetts #Mapfre #lawsuits #PII https://www.universalhub.com/2023/insurance-company-sued-driver-whose-personal-data
Ars Technica: Microsoft offers legal protection for AI copyright infringement challenges https://arstechnica.com/?p=1966332 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #copyrightinfringement #largelanguagemodels #machinelearning #GitHubCopilot #textsynthesis #AIlawsuits #copyright #microsoft #lawsuits #ChatGPT #chatgtp #Biz&IT #GitHub #openai #GPT-3 #GPT-4 #Tech #AI
Microsoft offers legal protection for AI copyright infringement challenges - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards)
On Thursday, Mic... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1966332 #copyrightinfringement #largelanguagemodels #machinelearning #githubcopilot #textsynthesis #ailawsuits #copyright #microsoft #lawsuits #chatgpt #chatgtp #biz #github #openai #gpt-3 #gpt-4 #tech #ai
Binance CEO brushes off negativity, assures firm has 'no liquidity issues' - Despite the so-called FUD, Changpeng Zhao said in reality, the cr... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-changpeng-zhao-deny-fud-liquidity-employee-turnover #patrickhillmann #stevenchristie #balancesheet #mayurkamat #employees #leonfoong #lawsuits #bankruns
The #lawsuits seeking to keep #drag #legal, explained
#Republicans are losing their #fight to #ban the #Drag #Artform — at least for now.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Drag #DragQueens #DragKings #Representation #Culture #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
Mike Lindell Is Going Broke As His Pillow Empire Crumbles Under His Conspiracies
Four #Boston residents sue police commissioner over delays in their gun-permit applications
#guns #licenses #lawsuits
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/four-boston-residents-sue-police-commisisoner-over
Doctor sacrifices career to fight for right to wander around with unlicensed #guns
#Brookline #lawsuits #Massachusetts https://www.universalhub.com/2023/doctor-sacrifices-career-fight-right-wander-around
A group of B.C. towns want to sue Big Oil over the climate crisis https://breachmedia.ca/sue-big-oil-climate-crisis-bc/ #ClimateEmergency #BigOil #LawSuits #BC
Black-owned construction company alleges racial bias in lawsuit over modernization of #BHA apartments in #Roxbury
#Boston #construction #lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/black-owned-construction-company-alleges-racial
"ADF lawyers would file #lawsuits they hoped would lead to a #SupremeCourt ruling that declared a constitutional right to vouchers for private and home #schools. As a result, Ziklag’s education committee estimated in one document, the public education system could lose about $238 billion a year — a third of its total funding.
“Our goal is to take down the #education system as we know it today,” Bohlinger said"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/29/michael-farris-homeschoolers-parents-rights-ziklag/
If you're going to leave your entire estate to your dog, make sure to include what happens if the dog dies before you do, court says
#Massachusetts #lawsuits #pets #dogs #CockerSpaniels https://www.universalhub.com/2023/court-if-youre-going-leave-your-entire-estate-your
Despite Major Reform to #Military Justice System, #Navy Still Leaves Public in Dark
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As President #Biden announces major reforms to how the military prosecutes #SexualAssault, the U.S. Navy is still shrouding those court proceedings in secrecy and fighting a ProPublica lawsuit to make such cases public.
Judge freezes #EverettMA newspaper owner's and editor's property in libel case by mayor
#lawsuits #Massachusetts #libel https://www.universalhub.com/2023/judge-lets-everett-mayor-freeze-newspaper
"“Donald #Trump is the living embodiment of the threat that the Fourteenth Amendment’s framers sought to protect American #democracy against when they barred constitutional oath-breakers from office.”
Like other constitutional qualifications... Section 3 is enforceable through civil #lawsuits challenging a candidate’s eligibility to hold office...
The 14th Amendment does NOT require a criminal conviction for #disqualification "
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/donald-trumps-disqualification-from-office-14th-amendment/
Woman says #StarMarket wouldn't stop sending her text messages no matter how many times she replied STOP, so she sues
#lawsuits #TCPA #optout #Massachusetts https://www.universalhub.com/2023/star-market-wouldnt-stop-sending-woman-text
#Brighton resident already fed up with the construction along nearby Birmingham Parkway sues to stop latest proposed apartment building
#Boston #zoning #construction #lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/owner-two-brighton-houses-who-already-fed-all
Politics/Music/Law - by Stephen Macaulay
One of the things that has a certain resonance during a concert is if a member of the band mentions the name of the city where the event is being held. Given that these people are endlessly on the road playing in venues that are probably pretty much interchangeable from the point of view of back stage and on stage, there is some...
Read more: https://gloriousnoise.com/2023/politics-music-law
#Georgia #InternetArchive #Killers #lawsuits #Russia #Ukraine #music #blog
I attempted to read an article about the record labels who are suing the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project, but I couldn't finish it because I was getting so angry. I can't believe the level of greed of these record labels. I sincerely hope all these lawsuits aren't going to bankrupt the Internet Archive. I love using the Internet Archive to find old books in the public domain to download.
#InternetArchive #books #music #law #lawsuits #greed #CorporateGreed #Art #archive
‘Z-Library ‘Fugitives’ Should Be Brought to Trial in The United States’
https://torrentfreak.com/z-library-fugitives-should-be-brought-to-trial-in-the-united-states-230815/
#AppsandSites #z-library #Lawsuits
"Oil companies and their allies are trying out a new legal defense tactic: Blame the judge.
The claims — which include accusations that judges are biased — come as a flood of #lawsuits against the #FossilFuel industry heads to trial."
UPDATE (August 14) Hachette v. Internet Archive: Judge Approves Consent Agreement & Adopts the Internet Archive’s Position Re: Covered Books https://www.infodocket.com/2023/08/11/joint-proposal-for-next-steps-in-hachette-et-al-v-internet-archive-case-filed-today/ #publishers #lawsuits #books
"Major oil companies and pro-industry groups are [trying to smear] the objectivity of state judges who will decide the fate of #climate liability #lawsuits that could cost the #FossilFuel industry billions of dollars."
“They’ve lost round one, so they’re working the refs, trying to intimidate the judges,” said Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity. “If you don’t have much of an argument, you attack the judges.”
https://www.eenews.net/articles/big-oil-targets-state-judges-in-climate-cases/
Record Labels Hit Internet Archive With New $400m+ Copyright Lawsuit
https://torrentfreak.com/record-labels-hit-internet-archive-with-new-400m-copyright-lawsuit-230812/
#CapitolRecords #UMGRecordings #AppsandSites #AristaMusic #SonyMusic #Lawsuits #RIAA
Insurance company doesn't want people thinking it runs party buses, so it sues transportation company with a similar name
#Dedham #lawsuits #trademark #Massachusetts https://www.universalhub.com/2023/insurance-company-doesnt-want-people-thinking-it
#NewHampshire couple sues over errant prosciutto slice on the floor at #Eataly they say led to a fractured ankle
#Boston #BackBay #PrudentialCenter #lawsuits #ItalianFood https://www.universalhub.com/2023/new-hampshire-couple-sues-over-errant-prosciutto
Budding pot war on Boylston Street: Owner of one dispensary sues to block another
#Boston #BackBay #marijuana #lawsuits #CopleySquare https://www.universalhub.com/2023/budding-pot-war-boylston-street-owner-one-dispensary
#Harvard loses again in affirmative-action case, this time in failed suit against insurer that wouldn't pay for the school's legal bills
#lawsuits #CambridgeMA https://www.universalhub.com/2023/harvard-loses-again-affirmative-action-case-time
AudioEye versus Adrian Roselli: The SLAPP Heard Around the World https://creative-boost.com/audioeye-vs-adrian-roselli/ #a11y #lawsuits #overlaysSuck
President of #SolarEnergy company loses bid to block offshore #wind project
#Massachusetts #VineyardWind #MarthsVineyard #Nantucket #lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/president-solar-energy-firm-loses-bid-block
Lawyers for people who sued over #Boston council redistricting want the city to pay them more than $450,000 for their work #lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/lawyers-people-who-sued-over-boston-council
The man without a county: Judge rules man's island lighthouse isn't part of #HullMA, but stops short of saying where it does belong
#Boston #BostonHarbor #lighthouses #lawsuits #history https://www.universalhub.com/2023/man-without-county-judge-rules-mans-island
Companies that built the #GreenLine Extension sue the company whose flawed construction plans they say they were forced to fix
#MBTA #lawsuits #CambridgeMA #SomervilleMA #MedfordMA https://www.universalhub.com/2023/companies-built-green-line-extension-sue-company
Oh, hell: #Satanists to appeal dismissal of their invocation suit against #Boston City Council and all the other ways they say judges in the case did them wrong
#religion #lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/oh-hell-satanists-appeal-dismissal-their
Judge rules #Boston City Council doesn't have to let #Satanists give an invocation if it doesn't want to
#lawsuits https://www.universalhub.com/2023/judge-rules-boston-city-council-doesnt-have-let
Charter schools have to comply with the state public-records law, attorney general says in suit against #Malden charter school
#lawsuits #PublicRecords #CharterSchools https://www.universalhub.com/2023/charter-schools-have-comply-state-public-records
Situation with #socialmedia #addiction with #kids is dire. And Laura Marguez-Garrett argues Snap simply lies on it’s testimonies about what they present as an experience to young people, girls especially.
TikTok algorithms turn to advocate suicide after breakups, leading to actual suicides. Snap’s algorithm connecting kids to dealers.
And the companies? It could still be cheaper for them to keep doing it and handle the cases one-by-one.
City officials who have twice given a developer the OK to tear down two old buildings behind Mission Church since 2005 are having third thoughts #MissionHill
#Boston #lawsuits #construction #SmithStreet https://www.universalhub.com/2023/city-officials-who-have-twice-given-developer-ok
#Midwest pig farmers, #pork producer sue over #Massachusetts humane-treatment law; warn of jackbooted Bay State inspectors stomping through Midwest pig farms
#lawsuits #pigs #bacon https://www.universalhub.com/2023/midwest-pig-farmers-pork-producers-sue-over
Drugmakers Are ‘Throwing the Kitchen Sink’ to Halt Medicare Price Negotiations
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/us/politics/medicare-drug-price-negotiations-lawsuits.html
#Drugmakers #MedicarePriceNegotiations #Lawsuits #Healthcare #Pharmaceuticals #Medicare #Politics #News
Construction company that hadn't leveled a crosswalk edge protruding a half inch in #CambridgeMA will have to face suit by woman who tripped over it
#lawsuits #pedestrians https://www.universalhub.com/2023/construction-company-hadnt-leveled-crosswalk-edge