City’s Insurer to Pay $550K for Police Twice Wrongfully Arresting, Jailing Man July 29, 2025 A Rhode Island city’s insurer will pay $550,000 to settle the case of a resident who was twice wrongfully arrested...
School District and Satanic Temple Reach Agreement Over After School Satan Club November 22, 2023 An eastern Pennsylvania school district has reached a settlement with The Satanic Temple in a lawsuit that alleged the district...
Federal Judge Overturns South Carolina School Mask Ban; Dept. of Education to Comply September 30, 2021 By Jeffrey Collins A federal judge Tuesday suspended South Carolina from enforcing a rule that banned school districts from requiring masks for students....
School Board in Virginia to Pay ACLU’s Legal Costs Over Bathroom Lawsuit September 1, 2021 By Ben Finley A school board in Virginia has agreed to pay $1.3 million in legal costs to the American Civil Liberties Union...
U.S. Goes on Offense to Fight Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks June 30, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Alyza Sebenius For the last several years, FBI agents debated turning the tables on hackers by remotely accessing breached computer networks and...
Amazon Continues Moratorium on Police Use of Its Facial Recognition Software May 19, 2021 By Jeffrey Dastin Amazon.com Inc. said on Tuesday it is extending until further notice a moratorium it imposed last year on police use...
Alabama Transgender Driver’s License Policy Ruled Unconstitutional January 22, 2021 By Kim Chandler Alabama’s policy requiring a transgender person to undergo full gender reassignment surgery before they can change the sex on their...
Lawsuit: Nebraska Meatpacking Plant Did Not Protect Workers from Virus November 24, 2020 By Josh Funk A Nebraska meatpacking plant has been accused in a lawsuit of failing to take adequate precautions to protect workers from...
Facing Bias Claims, Facebook Will Revamp Its Platform for Housing, Jobs, Credit Ads March 20, 2019 By Katie Paul Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and...
Orlando Ends Facial Recognition Program with Amazon June 27, 2018 Orlando has stopped testing Amazon’s facial recognition program after rights groups raised concerns that the service could be used in...