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“That repulsive behavior is not welcome in Minnesota,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said. “My office and I will continue to vigorously defend the law and the Minnesotans it was designed to protect from xAI’s lawsuit.”
The University of Washington maintains that it did nothing wrong, saying that it decided to settle as a matter of cost and practicality.
“Today’s order granting discovery is a significant step up in getting to the bottom of the slush fund,” said Aman George, senior counsel at Democracy Forward, the nonprofit representing the plaintiffs. “We will continue to meet the government in court until our investigation is complete and the slush fund is permanently halted.”
“Indeed, when Ms. Oyer declined to disregard her duties in order to perform a favor for her politically-appointed superiors and President Trump, she was summarily terminated,” the lawsuit says.
“Rules of law that make it significantly more difficult to develop a robust AI industry in the United States … threaten national security and give a competitive advantage to foreign adversaries who are not so encumbered,” the Justice Department wrote in its brief.
The SEC maintains that every one of its current members, including LSU, had previously agreed that “individuals who choose to leave college athletics, sign professional playing contracts, and compete professionally should not then be permitted to return to college competition.”
“Earlier, he was at a different facility where he was under lock and key,” attorney Norman M. Finkelstein said. “Then they transferred him to this facility, where he wasn’t. He had a curfew, but they did nothing to enforce that.”
In response to Valenzuela’s ruling, a Justice Department spokesperson said that the agency is “evaluating our options for appeal.”
The Federal Trade Commission and 22 state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the company of engaging in deceptive and unfair trade practices that “secretly inflated prices” in its online sear ch advertising auctions. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, accuses Amazon of violating
“We will not stand idly by while anti-public lands crusaders attempt to exploit these lands for their extractive-industry friends or disrespect tribal nations,” said Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert.