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News Articles: lawsuit

A United Airlines jetliner lifts off from a runway at Denver International Airport on June 10, 2020, in Denver. Two United Airlines flight attendants have filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging they were excluded from working charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers because of their race, age, religion and appearance.

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2 flight attendants sue United Airlines for discrimination on Dodgers charter flights

Dawn Todd and Darby Quezada had spent more than a decade trying to join the airline's program that staffs the Los Angeles Dodgers' flights.

November 01, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is set to testify in major antitrust trial brought by the Department of Justice.

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  • Business

Google to present its star witness, the company's CEO, in landmark monopoly trial

The Justice Department has wrapped its side of the case, alleging Google used its dominance to quash rivals. Now Google's CEO Sundar Pichai takes the stand.

October 29, 2023
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  • Dara Kerr
Darryl George will be sent to an alternative school program, from Oct. 12 through Nov. 29 for "failure to comply" with multiple campus and classroom regulations, the Barbers Hill High School principal said in a letter.

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  • National

A Black Texas student suspended for his hairstyle is shifted to an alternative school

Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School, who was suspended for wearing a natural hairstyle, will be placed in a disciplinary alternative education program through Nov. 29.

October 12, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Nearly 100 sexual assault cases filed against Uber will be centralized under one judge.

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  • Business

The sexual assault victims suing Uber notch a legal victory in their long battle

In a landmark decision, a panel of judges has ruled that dozens of sexual assault cases filed against Uber can be consolidated.

October 12, 2023
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  • Dara Kerr
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is leading a sweeping lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly abusing its market dominance to stifle competition.

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  • Business

FTC Chair Lina Khan's lawsuit isn't about breaking up Amazon, for now

The FTC's Lina Khan speaks to NPR about the goals of the agency's monopoly lawsuit against Amazon and why she thinks the company unfairly treats sellers on its marketplace.

September 28, 2023
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  • Dara Kerr
A security camera is mounted on the side of a building overlooking an intersection in midtown Manhattan, Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in New York. In the background is a billboard of a human eye.

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Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs

A Georgia man says authorities wrongly arrested him based on a match generated by facial recognition technology. Randal Quran Reid says he spent six days in a Georgia jail before officials corrected their mistake.

September 25, 2023
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  • Associated Press
An image of Kendrick Johnson, the south Georgia teenager officials said was found dead inside a rolled-up wrestling mat in his school, is displayed on a banner, as demonstrators attend a “Who Killed K.J.” rally in Atlanta.

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  • News

Freak accident or cover-up? Family sues decade after Georgia teen found dead in gym mat

Parents of a Georgia teenager who officials said was found dead in a wrestling gym mat have long said their son was murdered.

September 22, 2023
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  • Makiya Seminera
Google is headed to trial in Washington D.C., where it will defend itself over the Justice Department's claims that it abused its monopoly power in its search engine business.

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  • Business

United States takes on Google in biggest tech monopoly trial of 21st century

The biggest antitrust trial in nearly 25 years kicks off on Tuesday as the Justice Department makes its case that Google is an illegal monopoly.

September 12, 2023
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  • Dara Kerr
Willis McGahee, No. 26 of the Cleveland Browns, is tended to on the field in the fourth quarter of a game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., on Dec. 8, 2013,

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  • Sports

Former NFL players speak out against the league's handling of disability benefits

While the lawsuit lists 10 players, attorneys representing the former players say the lawsuit represents thousands who have filed for benefits before them.

September 06, 2023
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  • Ajani Daniel
Attorney Roderick Edmond, from left, joined by Treveon Isaiah Taylor, Sr., Jessica Ross and attorney Cory Lynch, speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Atlanta, announcing a lawsuit against a doctor and Southern Regional Medical Center, a hospital south of Atlanta where Ross went on July 9 to have her son. A doctor used too much force and decapitated Ross's baby during delivery according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday, the attorneys said.

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  • News

A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of decapitating a baby during delivery

A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of using too much force and decapitating a woman's baby after it became stuck during delivery. Attorneys for the baby's mother and father said at a news conference in Atlanta that the suit was filed Wednesday.

August 10, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A former volleyball player has filed a lawsuit alleging hazing took place within Northwestern University's women's volleyball team. The Weber Arch at Northwestern University is pictured in 2020, in Evanston, Ill.

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  • Education

A former Northwestern volleyball player is suing the university over alleged hazing

The former volleyball player is the first female athlete from the university to sue over recent hazing. It's the latest lawsuit over alleged hazing in the school's athletic programs.

July 24, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
 African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop Reginald Jackson announces a boycott of Coca-Cola Co. products outside the Georgia Capitol on March 25, 2021 in Atlanta.

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  • News

Judge refuses to toss discrimination lawsuits over Georgia voting districts

A judge has refused to dismiss lawsuits alleging Georgia's congressional and legislative districts illegally discriminate against Black voters. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled Monday that he could only decide disputes over the facts of the cases and the credibility of the witnesses after a full trial.

July 18, 2023
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  • Associated Press
On the left is artist Jay Baron's design of an embroidered patch, and on the right is a Shein product.

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  • Business

Shein steals artists' designs, a federal racketeering lawsuit says

Three artists are accusing the e-commerce giant of selling exact copies of their designs on its website. Shein has faced similar accusations before.

July 15, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, file, photo, Cobb County Election officials prepare for a recount of ballots in Marietta, Ga. The Georgia State Election Board is asking a judge to order Texas-based True the Vote group, a conservative voting organization, to produce information to help investigate its claims of ballot trafficking in the state.

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  • News

Election officials sue conservative voting group over refusal to produce ballot-harvesting evidence

The Georgia State Election Board is asking a judge to order a conservative voting organization to produce information to help investigate its claims of ballot trafficking in the state.

July 12, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Jason Crawford is shown in a suit and tie for this posed photo.

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  • News

Facebook wrongfully deleted his account. He sued the company — and won

An attorney from Columbus, Ga., is now collecting stories in the hope of helping others wrongfully sent to "Facebook jail."

July 11, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
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