Appeals Court Finds Rules for Oregon’s Climate Program Invalid December 22, 2023 A state appeals court in Oregon decided the rules for a program designed to limit and drastically reduce greenhouse gas...
Seattle Man Arrested After Detective Made False Statements Gets $225K December 19, 2023 By Gene Johnson King County, Washington will pay $225,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by a Black man who was arrested...
Activision Blizzard to Pay $54M to Settle California Workplace Claims December 18, 2023 By Alex Veiga Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $54 million to settle discrimination claims brought by California’s civil rights agency on...
Football Player Araiza Dropped From California Rape Lawsuit December 14, 2023 Former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza is being dropped from a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged she was...
$20M Suit Blames Overtime, Years of Jail Work for Los Angeles County Deputy’s Suicide December 11, 2023 The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff`s deputy who killed himself has filed a $20 million wrongful-death claim against...
Berkshire Utility Reaches $299 Million Oregon Fire Accord December 8, 2023 By Jef Feeley Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp said it will pay $299 million to settle claims over wildfires that burned homes in...
New Mexico Sues Meta, CEO Zuckerberg Over Child Protection Failures December 7, 2023 By David Shepardson New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez on Wednesday said the state sued Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms META.O and...
California Labor Commissioner’s Office Reaches $5.5M Wage Theft Settlement December 7, 2023 The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $5.5 million settlement against Adat Shalom Board and Care Inc. to compensate 148...
Colorado-Based Frontier Settles Suit Filed by Pilots Who Claimed Bias Over Pregnancy, Breastfeeding December 7, 2023 Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding...
Minneapolis Stores Sue City Over Neglect and Decreased Business in George Floyd Square December 1, 2023 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Several stores at the location where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 have sued...