lawsuit-settlement

Artificial intelligence

George Carlin's estate settles lawsuit over comedian's AI doppelganger

Lawsuit settlement over deepfake using George Carlin's voice and likeness.

Podcast creators agreed to remove content and refrain from using Carlin's attributes.

Importance of protecting a celebrity's likeness and copyright in the era of AI technology. [ more ]

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New York City

New York City Set to Pay a Record $28 Million to Settle Rikers Island Suit

New York City agreed to pay over $28 million to settle a lawsuit regarding Nicholas Feliciano's severe brain damage at Rikers Island.

The settlement may become one of the largest pretrial awards for a single plaintiff in a civil rights case in NYC. [ more ]

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New York City

New York to Pay $17.5 Million for Forcing Removal of Hijabs in Mug Shots

New York City agrees to pay $17.5 million to settle lawsuit over forced hijab removal during police arrest photos.

Lawsuit led to NYPD policy change allowing religious head coverings in arrest photos, balancing respect for beliefs with law enforcement needs. [ more ]

Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn

NYC to pay $17.5M to settle suit over forced removal of hijabs

New York City settled a lawsuit with $17.5 million with two Muslim women for being forced to remove head coverings during arrest.

The lawsuit led to a change in policy allowing arrested individuals to keep head coverings on for mug shots, except when it obscures facial features. [ more ]

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Data science

Google to delete private browsing data - here's what 'Incognito' actually does

Google settles $5 billion lawsuit over tracking incognito users.

Google to delete incognito data up to December 2023 for transparency. [ more ]

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East Bay (California)

Amputations, sexual assault, lice: Bay Area nursing home operator settles with counties, state

Neglecting patient care and hygiene needs led to legal consequences for Mariner Health Care.

Understaffing and inadequate care at Mariner Health Care facilities resulted in serious harm to residents. [ more ]

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Tech industry

Tesla Settles Discrimination Suit With Former Factory Worker

Tesla settled lawsuit with former Black employee over racial harassment

Initial $137 million award reduced to $3.2 million as compensation [ more ]

Washington Post

Settlement over Florida law will allow discussion of LGBTQ+ topics

The settlement over Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law restores the ability to discuss LGBTQ issues in classrooms.

The settlement clarifies that the law restricts only classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, not the discussion of these topics. [ more ]

Washington Post

Dartmouth, other elite universities settle financial aid suit for $166 million

Elite universities to pay $166 million in a lawsuit settlement

200,000 students affected by financial aid methodology [ more ]

Sacramento Bee

California schools allocate $2 billion for pandemic learning loss. How could funds be used?

California schools mandated to use $2 billion in COVID-19 relief to help students with learning setbacks

$2 billion lawsuit settlement requires California schools to allocate remaining funds from Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant. [ more ]

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3 months ago

Explaining a Major Education Settlement in California

The State of California settled a lawsuit for $2 billion, accusing it of failing to provide equal education during pandemic school closures.

New national data shows that students across the country, especially those from low-income backgrounds, are struggling to catch up on learning lost during the pandemic. [ more ]

Sacramento Bee