Lawsuit dropped against Quebec teacher, school board over student art posted online
Montreal-area parents filed a lawsuit against the school board and one of its teachers after discovering their children's classroom artwork available for sale online.
#lawsuit #school #art #teacher #Quebec #Montreal
https://globalnews.ca/news/11114354/lawsuit-quebec-teacher-school-board-student-art/
Legal drama stalls Roxy Theatre construction completion
It's been nearly three years since the Roxy Theatre reopened following a devastating fire in 2015, but due to an ongoing legal battle, construction is still not complete.
#lawsuit #construction #theater #Fire #124Street #124StreetEdmonton
https://globalnews.ca/news/11088893/edmonton-roxy-theatre-rebuild-legal-drama/
Two lawsuits could provide further insight into DOGE
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159032671/two-lawsuits-could-provide-further-insight-into-doge
"US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan ordered #Musk and his #DOGE collaborators to provide records and testimony about its plans...seeks to establish the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”
...US District Judge Christopher Cooper requiring DOGE to expeditiously process Freedom of Information Act requests"
![Sub-heading and text(edited for length):
Two lawsuits could provide further insight into DOGE
On Wednesday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Musk and his DOGE collaborators to provide records and testimony about its plans to slash federal agencies. The order seeks to establish the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.” From Politico:
"[Chutkan’s order] is a win for a group of 14 Democratic state attorneys general who are suing President Donald Trump, Musk and DOGE, arguing that Musk has unconstitutionally wielded immense power in ways that are damaging their states. Any information the states glean as a result of Chutkan’s decision will help her determine whether to block Musk and DOGE’s government activities altogether. It’s the first time a judge has ordered Musk to produce documents in a court challenge to his aggressive campaign to slash and reshape the federal bureaucracy."
Musk and DOGE have three weeks to fulfill the discovery requests.
...a Monday night ruling from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper requiring DOGE to expeditiously process Freedom of Information Act requests...
Remarking on the initiative’s “unusual secrecy,” Cooper wrote in a 37-page opinion that DOGE has exercised “unprecedented” authority without congressional input. “The rapid pace of [DOGE’s] actions, in turn, requires the quick release of information about its structure and activities,” the judge wrote. “That is especially so given the secrecy with which DOGE has operated.”](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/164/233/991/985/151/original/b7dbda26d391aa84.png "Sub-heading and text(edited for length):
Two lawsuits could provide further insight into DOGE
On Wednesday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Musk and his DOGE collaborators to provide records and testimony about its plans to slash federal agencies. The order seeks to establish the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.” From Politico:
\"[Chutkan’s order] is a win for a group of 14 Democratic state attorneys general who are suing President Donald Trump, Musk and DOGE, arguing that Musk has unconstitutionally wielded immense power in ways that are damaging their states. Any information the states glean as a result of Chutkan’s decision will help her determine whether to block Musk and DOGE’s government activities altogether. It’s the first time a judge has ordered Musk to produce documents in a court challenge to his aggressive campaign to slash and reshape the federal bureaucracy.\"
Musk and DOGE have three weeks to fulfill the discovery requests.
...a Monday night ruling from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper requiring DOGE to expeditiously process Freedom of Information Act requests...
Remarking on the initiative’s “unusual secrecy,” Cooper wrote in a 37-page opinion that DOGE has exercised “unprecedented” authority without congressional input. “The rapid pace of [DOGE’s] actions, in turn, requires the quick release of information about its structure and activities,” the judge wrote. “That is especially so given the secrecy with which DOGE has operated.”")
Miami Beach mayor seeks to evict cinema for screening No Other Land
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner has sought to evict an art house cinema from city property for screening Oscar-winning No Other Land, a film about the Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
#politics #cinema #lawsuit #realestate #MiamiBeach #WestBank
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/miami-beach-no-other-land-1.7483517?cmp=rss
US judge orders DOGE, Musk to produce cost-cutting records
https://archive.is/lykiV#selection-1091.0-1091.58
"The states argued that #Musk violated the #Constitution by wielding power that only officials confirmed by the #US Senate can exercise under the #AppointmentsClause, & sought materials from him through a process known as discovery...
"Defendants argue that the 'inner workings of government' are immaterial to an Appointments Clause claim," [Chutkan] wrote. "The court is not convinced""
Judge orders DOGE member to testify
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/judge-orders-doge-member-to-testify
"Judge John Bates ruled last week that a member of #DOGE must testify in a case challenging the group’s access at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Departments of #Labor and #Health and Human Services...
#Musk has repeatedly called for Bates to be impeached"
#DOGE staffers bring #US #Marshals to U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) that denied them access. The show of force by #Trump administration officials and federal #lawenforcement resulted in a frantic and “traumatizing” scene, several officials of the aid agency said, and sparked a #lawsuit from its leader. #TrumpDidThis https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doge-staffers-bring-u-s-marshals-to-small-federal-agency-that-denied-them-access/ar-AA1ApXlh
Intel Wins Lawsuit as Judge Dismisses $32 Billion Shareholder Claims Over Foundry Losses
#Intel #TechNews #Semiconductors #Lawsuit #StockMarket
https://www.techi.com/intel-wins-shareholder-lawsuit-foundry-losses/
The trial against Greenpeace regarding the DAPL protest is meant to silence Indigenous voices, too.
https://youtu.be/fqVklamFtf0?feature=shared
#oil #oligarchy #NoDAPL #environment #Indigenous #firstNations #water #Greenpeace #lawsuit #uspol
North Carolina Google Maps Law Suit explained by Mike Rafi, Personal Injury Lawyer in Georgia.
The importance of being litigious
Lawsuits matter — even when they might not "win."...
https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-importance-of-being-litigious
"Forcing the administration to defend its actions, on the record & in #public, is important.
The mere fact of litigating can change implementation of #policy... Even a loss can advance #awareness...
From a litigation perspective, in other words, not suing is sometimes “obeying in advance.”...
In short: Force them to work for it."
BREAKING: Elon’s Epic Email Rake-Stomp Finally Explained!
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/breaking-elons-epic-email-rakestomp-finally-explained
"On January 27th, a lawyer... filed a #lawsuit... pursuant to several federal laws over GWES [Govt Wide Email System]... under these various federal laws, if #DOGE /OPM wanted to set up this new #email system... they had to make various promises & representations about how GWES would be used...anything to do with the #GWES emails would be voluntary. You can look, not look..."
Elon Musk Faces Massive Lawsuit After Menacing Email Ultimatum
#ElonMusk sent an #email to every federal worker asking them to explain their accomplishments. He got sued instead.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191875/elon-musk-lawsuit-email-ultimatum-accomplishments
“No #OPM rule, regulation, policy, or program has ever, in #UnitedStates history, purported to require all federal workers to submit reports to OPM,” the #lawsuit states, calling the threat of mass terminations “one of the most massive employment frauds in the #history of this country.”
Federal Workers Are Trolling Elon Musk’s Latest Attempt to Fire Them
Elon Musk asked federal employees to tell him what they did the previous week.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191881/elon-musk-trolled-email-federal-workers
"a flood of fictionalized fireable offenses that hilariously undercut the unelected bureaucrat’s ultimatum to reply...
Federal employees filed a #lawsuit... the #DOGE czar’s threat of sweeping firings was “one of the most massive employment frauds in the history of this country.”
The Week in Musk: Who runs DOGE?
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/the-week-in-musk-who-runs-doge
"DOJ told a federal judge... that [Musk] “is not an employee in the US #DOGE Service or… the US DOGE Service Administrator”...
Two days later, #Trump ...[said] “I signed an order creating #DOGE and put a man named #ElonMusk in charge”...
It remains to be seen whether federal courts will accept the Trump administration’s portrayal of #Musk as both a powerless adviser & an empowered executioner."
UBC Properties Trust responds to civil claim blaming it for damage near construction site
In that response, UBC Properties Trust is not taking full responsibility.
#lawsuit #construction #property #Canada #CentralOkanagan #HadgraftWilsonPlace
https://globalnews.ca/news/11029996/ubc-properties-trust-responds-civil-claim/
UBC Properties Trust responds to civil claim blaming it for damage near construction site
In that response, UBC Properties Trust is not taking full responsibility.
#lawsuit #construction #property #Canada #CentralOkanagan #HadgraftWilsonPlace
https://globalnews.ca/news/11029996/ubc-properties-trust-responds-civil-claim/
UBC Properties Trust responds to civil claim blaming it for damage near construction site
In that response, UBC Properties Trust is not taking full responsibility.
#lawsuit #construction #property #Canada #CentralOkanagan #HadgraftWilsonPlace
https://globalnews.ca/news/11029996/ubc-properties-trust-responds-civil-claim/
"The #PrivacyAct prohibits an agency from disclosing someone’s records—even within the agency—unless that person approves in writing or the agency meets one of the law’s 12 exceptions. Most of the exceptions deal with fairly specific circumstances...
But there are also two broad, vague exceptions..."
https://www.wired.com/story/privacy-act-doge-lawsuits/
![Sub-heading and text from article:
What Is the Privacy Act?
The Privacy Act is a law that limits how the federal government can collect, use, and share information about US citizens and other people in the United States.
The law’s core features include letting people access government records about them; letting people correct those records if they contain mistakes; requiring agencies to limit information collection, publish lists of records databases, and protect data from hackers; and restricting how agency employees and third parties can access records.
Those restrictions on accessing data are at the heart of the ongoing DOGE saga.
The Privacy Act prohibits an agency from disclosing someone’s records—even within the agency—unless that person approves in writing or the agency meets one of the law’s 12 exceptions. Most of the exceptions deal with fairly specific circumstances, such as congressional oversight, law enforcement investigations, court orders, census work, statistical research, and National Archives preservation. But there are also two broad, vague exceptions: Agencies can share records with their own employees who “have a need for the record in the performance of their duties” or with third parties for “a routine use” (defined as one that is “compatible with the purpose for which [the data] was collected”).](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/029/111/122/233/870/original/cc2b492fa8a2e1b6.png "Sub-heading and text from article:
What Is the Privacy Act?
The Privacy Act is a law that limits how the federal government can collect, use, and share information about US citizens and other people in the United States.
The law’s core features include letting people access government records about them; letting people correct those records if they contain mistakes; requiring agencies to limit information collection, publish lists of records databases, and protect data from hackers; and restricting how agency employees and third parties can access records.
Those restrictions on accessing data are at the heart of the ongoing DOGE saga.
The Privacy Act prohibits an agency from disclosing someone’s records—even within the agency—unless that person approves in writing or the agency meets one of the law’s 12 exceptions. Most of the exceptions deal with fairly specific circumstances, such as congressional oversight, law enforcement investigations, court orders, census work, statistical research, and National Archives preservation. But there are also two broad, vague exceptions: Agencies can share records with their own employees who “have a need for the record in the performance of their duties” or with third parties for “a routine use” (defined as one that is “compatible with the purpose for which [the data] was collected”).")
