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‘Extremely Aggressive’ Georgia Cop Who Killed Leonard Cure, Police Department Sued For $16M

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Camden County Sheriff’s Office A Georgia police officer who killed an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop in October and the sheriff’s department he works for are being sued in the latest excessive lawsuit that the law enforcement agency is facing. Attorneys for the family of Leonard Allan Cure, a […]

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Jacksonville Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Dollar General, Racist Shooter’s Parents

NewsOne Featured Video People walk past the Dollar General store where three people were shot and killed the day before on August 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Florida. | Source: Sean Rayford / Getty A new lawsuit stemming from this summer’s racist mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, was filed on Monday and accuses the proprietor of […]

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Lawsuit To Target ‘Extremely Aggressive’ Georgia Cop Who Killed Leonard Cure, Exonerated And Unarmed Black Man

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Camden County Sheriff’s Office A pair of civil rights attorneys have signaled their intent to sue a Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop in October. Leonard Allan Cure, a 53-year-old who was enjoying freedom after being exonerated in 2020 from a wrongful […]

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Realtor Influencers Are Freaking Out After $1.8 Billion Conspiracy Lawsuit

Image: Grace Cary via Getty Images A new $1.8 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging that the country’s largest real estate brokers illegally conspired to create a system that’s more expensive for home sellers could lead to seismic changes in the industry, and realty influencers are already freaking out.  The lawsuit was filed in […]

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Midjourney, Stability AI and DeviantArt win a victory in copyright case by artists — but the fight continues

VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More The contentious issue of whether AI art generators violent copyright — since they are by and large trained on human artists’ work, in many cases without their direct affirmative consent, compensation, or even knowledge […]

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What Is ‘Anti-Semitic’? Nation Of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan Sues ADL For $5B Over ‘Misuse’ Of The Term

NewsOne Featured Video Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago, Illionis on May 9, 2019. | Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty Minister Louis Farrakhan has sued the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for allegedly misusing the terms “anti-Semite” and “anti-Semitic,” both of which terms the leading Jewish advocacy group has assigned […]

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What Is ‘Anti-Semitic’? Nation Of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan Sues ADL For $5B Over ‘Misuse’ Of The Term

NewsOne Featured Video Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago, Illionis on May 9, 2019. | Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty Minister Louis Farrakhan has sued the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for allegedly misusing the terms “anti-Semite” and “anti-Semitic,” both of which terms the leading Jewish advocacy group has assigned […]

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Starbucks And Its Worker Union Are Suing Each Other In Legal Showdown

Image Credit: Getty Images Starbucks and the union organizing the company’s baristas filed lawsuits against each other on Wednesday after the union rejected the company’s demand to stop using its name and logo. Starbucks is suing the union for trademark infringement, while the union is suing Starbucks for defamation. Starbucks sent a cease-and-desist letter to […]

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Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After Allegedly False Arrest Goes Viral

Screengrab: YouTube/Tayvin Galanakis Two Iowa police officers are suing a teenager they arrested last year after the body-cam footage of the allegedly unwarranted arrest he posted on YouTube went viral. The officers initially alleged they experienced “emotional distress” and are now suing for defamation and invasion of privacy.   The lawsuit, first reported by the Iowa Capital […]

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‘Racist’ Former, Current LA City Council Members Sue Over Leaked Anti-Black Rants Hurting Their Reputations

NewsOne Featured Video Councilmember District 1 – Gil Cedillo, left, and Councilmember District 14 – Kevin de León, sitting right, at the Los Angeles City Council meeting at Los Angeles City Hall on Oct. 11, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Gary Coronado / Getty The allegedly racist former Los Angeles city council members […]

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FTC and 17 states sue Amazon for antitrust, accuse it of being a monopoly

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the attorneys’ general of 17 states today filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon over its e-commerce business, accusing the company of being a “monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair […]

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FTC and 17 States Sue Amazon ‘for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power’

Image Credit: Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Tuesday, alleging that it is a “monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power,” according to a press release. Seventeen state attorneys general joined the suit against the company. Advertisement The complaint, filed in the U.S. […]

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Whopping $1 Billion Lawsuit Hits The Kendrick Johnson Case

The parents of Kendrick Johnson, the Lowndes County High School student who was found dead rolled up in a wrestling mat, are still fighting to know the truth. Their latest move on the chess board was filing a $1 billion lawsuit accusing the agencies involved of fabricating the facts. NYPD Using “Zombie Warrants” To Skip […]

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Anti-Affirmative Action Lawsuit Against West Point Claims Military Racism ‘Virtually Nonexistent Post-Vietnam’

NewsOne Featured Video New cadets march in a courtyard on campus during Reception Day at the United States Military Academy at West Point, June 27, 2016, in West Point, New York.| Source: Drew Angerer / Getty Neatly tucked into the sprawling new anti-affirmative action lawsuit aiming to strike down race-based admissions at the nation’s top […]

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Here’s Why A$AP Rocky Is Getting Hit Again With Yet Another Lawsuit

A$AP Rocky looks on in the Paddock during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Miami on May 04, 2023 in Miami, Florida.Photo: Dan Istitene – Formula 1/Formula 1 (Getty Images) At a time where rapper A$AP Rocky should be mostly focusing on his new bundle of joy—son Riot, of whom he shares with […]

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