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Lawyers must apologize for blasting recorded screams
Lawyers who blared a looped recording of a woman screaming as a test in their civil rights lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia must apologize in person and in writing to residents where the loud test took place, a federal judge ordered last week.
Honorable discharges for 800 expelled under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that more than 800 military personnel have seen their service records upgraded to honorable discharges after previously being kicked out of the military under its former “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Are laws designed to childproof the internet constitutional?
Mounting pressure to regulate children’s use of technology in the United States raises the question: Is childproofing the internet constitutional?
Lilly Ledbetter, icon of fight for equal pay, has died at 86
Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.
Application process open for 4th District judicial vacancies
The Commission on Judicial Selection on Thursday announced two vacancies in Minnesota’s 4th Judicial District.
Minnesota AG reaches settlement over misuse of charitable assets
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Thursday that he has reached a settlement with Brainerd-based nonprofit Northern Lakes Rescue (NLR).
TD Bank to pay $3B in money-laundering settlement
TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution’s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years.
N.D. abortion ban will remain on hold during appeal
North Dakota won’t be allowed to enforce its near total abortion ban while the state appeals a judge’s ruling that struck down the law.
Judge won’t reopen Georgia voter registration after storm
A federal judge said Thursday that she won’t order the presidential battleground state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections despite recent disruptions to registration caused by Hurricane Helene.
Minnesota gets nearly $815K in Marriott data-breach settlement
Marriott International has agreed to pay $52 million and make changes to bolster its data security to resolve state and federal claims related to major data breaches that affected more than 300 million of its customers worldwide.
Courts could see a wave of election lawsuits
This year could be especially contentious, but experts say courts set a high bar to win election-related lawsuits.
Suit over cake for transgender woman dismissed
Colorado's Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed on procedural grounds a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a transgender woman.
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