Judge pauses Trump federal employee buyout offer pending court hearing by scarface_74

Trump supporters walk near the U.S. Capitol building as the sun sets the day U.S. President Elect Donald Trump was declared the winner of the presidential election in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters A federal judge in Boston on Thursday paused nationwide the Trump administration’s offer of buyouts to federal employees

ByHackTechFebruary 6, 20250Comments

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Judge pares down artists’ AI copyright lawsuit against Midjourney, Stability AI by starshadowx2

FILE PHOTO: AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsJudge dismisses claims over AI output, publicity rightsKey claim over use of artists’ images in Stability AI training continuesOct 30 (Reuters) – A judge in California federal court on Monday trimmed a

ByHackTechOctober 30, 20230Comments

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Judge Lets AT&T Off the Hook for SIM Swap Attack by SerCe

One early crypto investor’s hopes to see a major telecom provider pay up for a 2017 crypto heist have been all but dashed. Unsealed court documents filed last Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California shared that AT&T wasn’t liable to any damages due to the 2017 SIM swap hack that

ByHackTechSeptember 17, 20230Comments

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Judge Reverses Hospital’s Decision to Fire Worker over Vaccine, Orders Back Pay by hammock

A judge has reversed a decision from the University of Virginia Health System to fire a woman after she chose not to take the COVID vaccine and applied for a religious exemption. Virginia District Judge Claude V. Worrell ruled last week that the UVA Health System had wrongfully terminated Kaycee McCoy, a cytotechnologist there for more

ByHackTechAugust 2, 20230Comments

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Judge Decides Against Internet Archive by sohkamyung

Publishers Weekly has tweeted breaking news about a decision in the publishers’ suit against the Internet Archive: https://twitter.com/PublishersWkly/status/1639390560820637697 A copy of the decision can be downloaded from CourtListener: gov.uscourts.nysd.537900.188.0.pdf (courtlistener.com) EXCERPTS FROM THE DECISION. John G. Koeltl, District Judge of the U.S. Southern District of New York, granted summary judgment based on the record, as

ByHackTechMarch 24, 20230Comments

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Quebec judge authorizes class-action lawsuit over ‘addictive’ Fortnite game by matbilodeau

A Quebec judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against the maker of the popular online video game, Fortnite, after parents of three children who played it argued it was too “addictive.” When the original application was filed in 2019 against Epic Games Inc. and its Canadian subsidiary, the lawyers representing the plaintiffs said they believed…

ByHackTechDecember 8, 20220Comments

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Federal judge voids mask mandate on planes, public transit by SkipperCat

St. Petersburg, Florida — A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials.The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa also said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) improperly failed to justify its decision…

ByHackTechApril 18, 20220Comments

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Judge Rotenberg Educational Center by Tomte

Coordinates: 42°10′38.41″N 71°06′42.94″W / 42.1773361°N 71.1119278°W The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC, founded in 1971 as the Behavior Research Institute) is an institution in Canton, Massachusetts, United States, housing people with developmental disabilities, emotional disorders, and autistic-like behaviors. The center has been condemned for torture by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture. The JRC is…

ByHackTechApril 9, 20220Comments

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Ontario judge put Covid vax gag on father by miles

A Saskatchewan father who went into hiding with his 7-year-old daughter to keep her from getting the COVID-19 vaccine now faces arrest charges and a warrant from the RCMP. “Today, in consultation with Crown prosecutors, the Saskatchewan RCMP charged Michael Gordon Jackson with one count, abduction in contravention of custody or parenting order, contrary to…

ByHackTechJanuary 22, 20221Comment

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