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Wrongful Death Trial Against Jim Carrey Scheduled for April 2018

- June 28, 2017

Judge Deidre Hill recently decided to allow the wrongful death lawsuit against actor Jim Carrey to move forward. Despite his attorney, Raymond Boucher, requesting the entire case to be thrown out, the judge sided with attorney Michael Avenatti, who is representing Cathriona White’s family, and scheduled a 20-day trial for April 2018. Avenatti said, “the public deserves to know the truth,” and added that the party is looking forward to the April trial.

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Viacom Continues to Deny Against Discrimination Allegations

- June 27, 2017

In response to the discrimination lawsuit filed by Zola Mashariki, a former female executive for Black Entertainment Television (BET), “BET’s former head of originals is firing back,” claiming that Machariki “failed to adequately plead her case in the lawsuit that followed the announcement of her exit from the network.” The network actually “moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing that Mashariki failed to make clear which of her allegations support which of the claims for relief she’s seeking.” BET’s parent company, Viacom, also asked the court to “be dismissed from the suit, arguing that Mashariki failed to show the parent company is liable for her claims against the network.”

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EPA Staffers and Top Democrats Wary of Former Chemical Lobbyist Nancy Beck in Leadership Position

- June 27, 2017

The Trump administration is purportedly irking senior staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency with its appointment of Nancy Beck, a former industrial lobbyist, to a top position. Although the government recently released a list of some of the most important chemical-safety rules in decades, the changes were purportedly made under the supervision of EPA Deputy

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Contamination Concerns Prompt Baby Food Recall

- June 26, 2017

When parents buy food for their children, they do so with a certain expectation that what they’re buying is safe. Unfortunately, a popular baby food manufacturer, Overhill Farms, has run into a problem that is making some parents nervous. Why? Well, the company is “recalling more than 50,000 pounds of frozen chicken bites because the products might be contaminated with bone fragments.”

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