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News Articles: lawsuits

President Trump and his education secretary, Linda McMahon, have said repeatedly that they want to send education "back to the states." But in recent lawsuits, the administration is accused of doing the opposite: wielding the power of the federal government to tell schools what they can and cannot teach.<br>

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  • Education

Why judges blocked the Trump admin's school DEI crackdown

On Thursday, three federal judges in Maryland, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C., said Trump's anti-DEI efforts were on shaky legal ground.

April 26, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King speaks at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues event in Atlanta early in the 2025 legislative session. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

How will the Georgia Legislature impose lawsuit award limits? A 2024 insurance commissioner’s report offers clues

Just a few days into Georgia’s 2025 legislative session, proposed new limits on lawsuit awards is a priority trumpeted by business groups, some lawmakers and the governor alike as one of the top issues of the year.

January 22, 2025
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By:
  • Maya Homan
A sign above an ATM at a Capital One Café on Feb.19, 2024, in Miami.

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  • Business

U.S. watchdog sues Capital One, alleging bank cheated customers out of $2 billion

The CFPB claims Capital One intentionally kept news of its higher-yield savings accounts from members with lower-yield savings accounts.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie

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  • Business

Lawsuit: A chatbot hinted a kid should kill his parents over screen time limits

Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed a child to sexualized content.

December 10, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
Dawn Richard arrives at the Latin American Music Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.

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  • Music

Danity Kane's Dawn Richard sues Sean 'Diddy' Combs for sexual assault and battery

In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in a New York federal court, Richard alleges that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her, deprived her of food and sleep and refused to pay her adequately.

September 12, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Cereal maker General Mills is facing a federal lawsuit from some of its Black employees who argue that the company's plant in Covington, Ga., has "embraced a racially hostile work environment." Here, a photo shows General Mills cereal products on display at a supermarket in Miami in May 2017.

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  • National

Black workers sue General Mills over alleged racial discrimination at a Georgia plant

The eight employees say that since the plant opened in 1988, many systems in place have benefited white workers more than Black staff. They claim that HR has ignored “egregious incidents of racism.”

June 07, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks after being sworn in as Georgia's Governor during a ceremony on Jan. 12, 2023, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Georgia political group launches ads backing Gov. Brian Kemp's push to limit lawsuits

A political group linked to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is launching an ad campaign backing the Republican's efforts to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments.

October 02, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (right) has sued the CDC over its air travel mask mandate, while Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (left) has sued and sent cease and desist letters to dozens of school districts over mask mandates.

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  • Health

Conservative blocs unleash wave of litigation to curb public health powers

A coalition of religious groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican attorneys general have chipped away at local and state authority, altering how the nation can respond during health crises.

July 18, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Weber and
  • Anna Maria Barry-Jester
In this April 21, 2021, file photo, a delivery man bikes with a food bag from Grubhub in New York. The three biggest food delivery companies, DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats, sued the City of New York in 2021 over its law to permanently limit the amount they can charge restaurants that use their services.

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  • Law

D.C. sues Grubhub for allegedly using deceptive trade practices

One of the accusations says prices for local restaurants on the app and website are typically higher than in-store prices, despite Grubhub saying they are the same.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie

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