Feb 20 New Mexico sues Google over collection of children’s data By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Google disputes the allegations, saying the service allows schools to control account access and requires they obtain parental consent when necessary. Continue reading
Jan 22 D.C. sues Trump inaugural committee over alleged abuse of nonprofit funds By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The District of Columbia is suing President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and two companies that control the Trump International Hotel in the nation's capital. Continue reading
Dec 31 Lawsuit says famous Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around world By Michael Rezendes, Associated Press A lawsuit filed Monday in state court in San Francisco alleges that a Jesuit priest sexually abused an American boy "more than 1,000 times, in multiple states and countries." In interviews with The Associated Press, Robert Goldberg describes sexual abuse… Continue reading
Dec 06 Jury rules Elon Musk did not defame British caver in tweet By Brian Melley, Associated Press A jury of five women and three men deliberated for less than an hour. Continue reading
Nov 12 Mulvaney will no longer join lawsuit in impeachment probe By Eric Tucker, Associated Press It's the latest reversal in position by Mick Mulvaney, who last week asked to join the lawsuit of another Trump adviser before changing his mind Monday and saying that he intended to bring his own case. Continue reading
Sep 13 Appeals court rules parents of slain DNC staffer can sue Fox News By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Joel and Mary Rich, of Omaha, Nebraska, had sufficiently alleged they were subjected to emotional distress after their son, 27-year-old Seth Rich, was shot and killed in 2016 in Washington,… Continue reading
Aug 20 3 women file lawsuits against Jeffrey Epstein estate By Larry Neumeister, Jim Mustian, Associated Press The lawsuits say two women were 17 and the third woman was 20 when they said they were sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 9:56 How ‘homophobia’ denied Sharon Bottoms custody of her son in the 1990s Sharon Bottoms, who died recently at age 48, made headlines in the 1990s when she lost custody of her son to her mother, who argued that Bottoms' homosexuality made her an unfit parent. Judy Woodruff talks to Donald Butler, the… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 5:06 Federal workers’ union calls government shutdown ‘unconscionable’ The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is suing the Trump administration, arguing that it's illegal to force 400,000 federal employees to work without pay. According to J. David Cox, the president of the union, the Fair Labor Standards Act… Continue watching
Jul 25 A judge’s broad definition of emoluments strengthens lawsuit over Trump’s D.C. hotel By Gretchen Frazee In an unprecedented ruling that could have significant ramifications for President Donald Trump, a federal judge Wednesday issued a broad definition of “emoluments,” the legal term at the heart of several lawsuits alleging the president's profits from his Washington, D.C.,… Continue reading