Susquehanna Settles Campus Closure Case for $675K
U.S. universities continue to face legal battles over COVID lockdowns.
Verdicts & Settlements
Federal Judge Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit Against FOX News
Several right-wing personalities, including former FOX News host Tucker Carlson, repeatedly accused plaintiff Ray Epps of secretly being an FBI agent tasked with instigating January 6 protesters to violence.
Settlement Received in Grandmother Excessive Force Case
Family of deceased grandmother received payout for excessive force case.
Jonathan Banks, Grace Jabbari Settle Defamation and Assault Lawsuit
“Grace Jabbari has exhibited tremendous courage throughout this very long and difficult process,” lawyer Brittany Henderson said in a statement. “We hope that she can finally put this chapter behind her and move forward with her head held high.”
Supreme Court Won’t Dismiss Privacy Lawsuit Against Meta
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Facebook’s securities and risk disclosures were misleading because the platform “represented the risk of improper access or disclosure of Facebook user data as purely hypothetical when the risk had already transpired.”
Manhattan Court Says New York Can’t Use “Anti-Pauper” Law to Curb Migrant Busing
A New York County Supreme Court justice found that the city’s new restrictions violate the U.S. Constitution by impeding migrants’ right to travel.
Federal Judge Strikes Down Pathway to Citizenship for Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens
“The court just granted our request to throw out the Biden-Harris administration’s illegal parole-in-place program allowing illegal aliens to remain in our country after they have crossed the border,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement. “A huge win for the rule of law.”
Health Worker Sentenced After Accessing Judge’s Records
Virginia transplant coordinator isn’t given leniency in records access case.
Federal Judge Dismisses UMass Professor’s Lawsuit Against Facebook
“We’re disappointed the court believes Professor Zuckerman needs to code the tool before the court resolves the case,” attorney Ramya Krishnan said in a statement. “We continue to believe that Section 230 protects user-empowering tools, and look forward to the court considering that argument at a later time.”
Judge Dismisses Media Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI
“Let us be clear about what is really at stake here,” the judge said. “The alleged injury for which Plaintiffs truly seek redress is not the exclusion of [copyright management information] from Defendants’ training sets, but rather Defendants’ use of Plaintiffs’ articles to develop ChatGPT without compensation to Plaintiff.”