Tag: sues
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Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk and America PAC over million dollar petition giveaway
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is suing Elon Musk and his super PAC to block their million-dollar giveaway to registered voters, seeking to halt the lottery-style stunt that election experts, and the Justice Department, have warned might violate federal law. Krasner is seeking an injunction: He argued in a filing Monday that the effort is…
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Delta sues CrowdStrike after widespread IT outage that caused thousands of cancellations
Delta Air Lines on Friday filed a lawsuit against CrowdStrike in Georgia, accusing the security software vendor of breach of contract and negligence after an outage in July that brought down millions of computers and prompted 7,000 flight cancelations. Other airlines recovered more quickly than Atlanta-based Delta, which said the incident reduced revenue by $380 million and brought $170 million in costs.…
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Texas AG sues doctor who allegedly provided transgender care to 21 minors
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a Dallas doctor on Thursday for providing transition-related care for nearly two dozen minors, violating state law. Paxton alleged that Dr. May Chi Lau, who specializes in adolescent medicine, provided hormone-replacement therapy to 21 minors between October 2023 and August for the purpose of transitioning genders. In 2023, Texas…
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Justice Department sues Virginia over effort to reduce voter rolls close to Election Day
The Justice Department announced Friday that it is suing Virginia over its efforts to purge voter rolls within 90 days of an election, calling the state’s actions a violation of federal voting laws. The suit comes about two months after Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order requiring the state’s Department of Elections to…
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New York family sues funeral home after 96-year-old woman’s casket is sent to wrong country
A New York City family is suing a funeral home for mistakenly sending their mother’s casket to another country for burial. Carmen Maldonado died two days after her 96th birthday. Her wish was to be buried in Ecuador next to her husband. Her family, who lives in Queens, was preparing for the funeral in Ecuador…
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Justice Department sues Alabama over effort to purge voter rolls within 90 days of election
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Alabama and its secretary of state, arguing that an effort to remove voters from state rolls was taking place too close to the Nov. 5 general election in violation of federal law. While states are allowed to clean up their voter registrations ahead of an election, federal…
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Woman sues Sean Combs, alleging he drugged and ‘viciously’ raped her in 2001
Sean “Diddy” Combs was sued Tuesday by a woman who says that he and his bodyguard “viciously” raped her in a New York City recording studio more than 20 years ago after Combs had drugged her, and that the men recorded the encounter on video. Thalia Graves said in the lawsuit filed in federal court…
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California sues ExxonMobil over plastics recycling, alleging ‘campaign of deception’
The Summary California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil, alleging the company misled consumers into believing that recycling was a viable solution for plastic waste. “Exxon Mobil knew that 95% of the plastic in the blue bin was going to be incinerated, go into the environment or go into a landfill,” Bonta told NBC…
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Ex-USC star Reggie Bush sues for money school and others made off him two decades ago
LOS ANGELES — Former Southern California football star Reggie Bush has filed a lawsuit against his school, the NCAA and the Pac-12 in a bid to recoup money made on his name, image and likeness during his career with the Trojans two decades ago. In a brief news release from Bush’s attorneys announcing the filing…