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Principal's Race Discrimination Lawsuit Over "We Can Malcolm X Her" Allegations Can Go Forward

A bit of backstory, from a 2019 N.Y. Daily News story (by Michael Elsen-Rooney & Stephen Rex Brown): A white… The post Principal's Race Discrimination Lawsuit Over "We Can Malcolm X Her" Allegations Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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Publishing Private Phone Number May Be Tortious, Says Court in Case Brought by Shark Tank's Mr. Wonderful (Kevin O'Leary)

Defendant had 100K X followers, and as a result O'Leary "was flooded with unwanted communications."

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Court Upholds Anti-Stalking Injunction Stemming from Public Pressure Campaign Over Allegedly Wrongly Withheld Cat

From the N.H. Supreme Court Thursday in D.V. v. R.G. (see also the newspaper coverage of the initial controversy; court… The post Court Upholds Anti-Stalking Injunction Stemming from Public Pressure Campaign Over Allegedly Wrongly Withheld Cat appeared first on Reason.com.

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$725K Settlement in University of North Texas Academic Freedom Case

The case settled while motions for summary judgment were pending; the plaintiff, Prof. Timothy Jackson, had prevailed against an earlier motion to dismiss, and the Fifth Circuit had also rejected defendants' appeal as to procedural matters.

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No Pseudonymity for Illinois Ex-Med Student Suing Under Title IX to Challenge Dismissal for Sexual Misconduct

The Seventh Circuit is generally much more hesitant than courts in other circuits to allow pseudonymity in such cases.

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Divorcing Real Housewife's Posting About Impotence Can Be Seen as Implying Her Husband Is Impotent

So concludes Guobadia v. Williams, decided Mar. 31 by Judge Mark Cohen (N.D. Ga.): Plaintiff is an entrepreneur and philanthropist… The post Divorcing Real Housewife's Posting About Impotence Can Be Seen as Implying Her Husband Is Impotent appeared first on Reason.com.

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Real Housewives of Atlanta star Brit Eady sues Bravo for $20 million over explicit photo controversy

Exclusive: Lawsuit stems from a season 16 episode that featured an altercation between Eady and former co-star Kenya Moore

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Federal Court in New York Might Be the Hardest Court to Get Pseudonymity as a Sexual Assault Plaintiff,

which is to say the court that is the most in favor of public access to court records in such cases.

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Plaintiff's Idaho Murder Libel Claim Continues to Beat Defendant's "Psychic Intuition"

More in Prof. Rebecca Scofield's defamation lawsuit against alleged psychic Ashley Guillard, based on Guillard's accusation that Scofield was involved in the Nov. 2022 murder of four University of Idaho students.

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Lawsuit accuses New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson of rape and abuse

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has been accused of rape, domestic violence and a years-long pattern of abuse in a civil lawsuit filed Thursday

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Kanye West "Is Not Merely a Creator; He Is Art" (Say His Lawyers)

A perhaps somewhat over-the-top argument in a motion to dismiss an employment lawsuit (Doe v. Yeezy, LLC). The motion itself… The post Kanye West "Is Not Merely a Creator; He Is Art" (Say His Lawyers) appeared first on Reason.com.

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NFL hall of famer Shannon Sharpe accused of rape in Nevada lawsuit

NFL hall of famer Shannon Sharpe has been accused of sexual assault and battery by a former partner in a lawsuit filed on Sunday

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Former Trump Advisor's Libel Lawsuit Against Retired Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Can Go Forward

From Judge Jessica Clarke's opinion Monday in Delgado v. Sonnen (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiff Arlene Delgado is a lawyer and former senior… The post Former Trump Advisor's Libel Lawsuit Against Retired Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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Andrew Tate’s ex-girlfriend accuses him of sexual assault and battery

Brianna Stern details alleged abuse in lawsuit filed in Los Angeles and seeks restraining order against influencer

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Andrew Tate facing sexual assault lawsuit from ex-girlfriend

Lawyers for the controversial influencer, who is also facing sexual misconduct charges in Britain, have denied the allegations.

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Parent Submits Photo of School Postings to LibsOfTikTok, Gets Restricted from Accessing School Property or Events

A federal court, however, has now largely blocked this restriction; the court rejected the argument that the parent violated the school's "bullying" policy.

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Former OAN anchor settles complaint alleging co-worker accused her of being a Hitler supporter

Exclusive: The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, and the former anchor declined to comment other than to say that the case had been resolved and she was satisfied.

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Case Alleging Race-Based Firing of White Male Manager Accused of Physical Misconduct by Black Female Employee Can Go Forward

From Thursday's decision by Judge Clifton Corker (E.D. Tenn.) in Williams v. Alkermes, Inc.: Defendant Alkermes, Inc. is a large… The post Case Alleging Race-Based Firing of White Male Manager Accused of Physical Misconduct by Black Female Employee Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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No One-Sided Pseudonymity in Case Against Political Candidate Alleging Revenge Porn

“Plaintiff has not conducted this litigation as though it involves matters of a highly sensitive and personal nature—instead, she would cloak herself in pseudonymity, and the protections it affords, while publicly lobbing allegations at Defendant by name.”

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Man Sues HBO, Claiming He Is the Pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, Inventor of Bitcoin

But "[n]othing in Plaintiff's conclusory assertions suggest that Plaintiff could plead facts plausibly linking his identity with that of the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto."

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Fee Award in Judicial Watch's Georgia Open Records Act Lawsuit Against Fani Willis

From Friday's decision by Fulton County (Ga.) Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney in Judicial Watch v. Willis: Plaintiff submitted an… The post Fee Award in Judicial Watch's Georgia Open Records Act Lawsuit Against Fani Willis appeared first on Reason.com.

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Defamation Lawsuit Over Statements Related to 2020 Georgia Ballot Counting Controversy Dismissed

The lawsuit is brought by Jacki Pick against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, based on statement in Raffensperger's book, Integrity Counts.

The Independent UK

Jay-Z’s lawyer argues rape allegation is too old to pursue

Latest efforts by rapper’s lawyer come after a judge rejected attempts to have the plaintiff’s anonymity lifted

Reason

No Sealing of Transgender Prisoner's Case

The prisoner had argued that other inmates were accessing the case documents, and as a result were urging other inmates to beat, rape, and kill the prisoner, apparently because of information in the court file related to the crime of which the prisoner had been convicted.

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Plaintiff Suing Sean Combs / P. Diddy and Shawn Carter / Jay-Z Can Proceed Pseudonymously

This further adds to the split among Manhattan federal judges as to pseudonymity in the various Doe v. Combs cases.

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