General Law and Lawsuits

[Flatpoint High]

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... everyone knows Jesus was Palestinian.

Jesus was a JUDEAN. "Palestine" came into existence after the destruction of the 2nd Temple in 70 CE, and the crushing of the Jewish Revolt in 132 CE. It was after this that Rome performed Damnatio Memorii on the Provinence of Judea by renaming it "Palesitna" after the ancient enemy Kingdom of Philistia of David & Goliath fame.

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A rose by any other name is still from the same genetic pool.

Has nothing to do with genetics, but with HISTORY. Sorry if correcting JEWISH History under the Roman Occupation bothers you. Imagine that America was Occupied, and when you rebelled, your rebellion was not only crushed, but you were dispersed and in further 'punishment'' America was erased from memory by renaming it "WhoseJockopidia" to erase America not just from Memory, but from History as well. THAT is what Rome did to Judea and its residents, the JEWS.

[keith]

Jesus was a JUDEAN. "Palestine" came into existence after the destruction of the 2nd Temple in 70 CE, and the crushing of the Jewish Revolt in 132 CE. It was after this that Rome performed Damnatio Memorii on the Provinence of Judea by renaming it "Palesitna" after the ancient enemy Kingdom of Philistia of David & Goliath fame.

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A rose by any other name is still from the same genetic pool.

Has nothing to do with genetics, but with HISTORY. Sorry if correcting JEWISH History under the Roman Occupation bothers you. Imagine that America was Occupied, and when you rebelled, your rebellion was not only crushed, but you were dispersed and in further 'punishment'' America was erased from memory by renaming it "WhoseJockopidia" to erase America not just from Memory, but from History as well. THAT is what Rome did to Judea and its residents, the JEWS.

Nothing tp be sorry for.

But the discussion WAS about Jesus genetics. Was he white? Was he brown?

He was from Judea, which is part of the area now known as Palestine.

And, by the way, your scenario for America dous not require imagination.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Cross posting.
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Justice Department Sues Tennessee Over Law That Blocks Medical Care For Trans Youth

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Michigan Students Sue School District Over ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Ban
The case is seeking declaration that requiring students to remove “Let’s go Brandon” attire violated the students’ First Amendment rights.

A mother of two students in Howard City, Mich., filed a lawsuit claiming the public school district violated her sons’ First Amendment rights by asking them to remove sweatshirts with the slogan “Let’s go Brandon” on them.

The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday against the Michigan Tri County Area Schools district, an assistant principal and a teacher, claims that their school censored her sons’ “peaceful, non-disruptive politics” by having them take off the sweatshirts, causing them “to suffer irreparable injury.”

The phrase “Let’s go Brandon,” born of a viral NASCAR race moment in October 2021, is understood to be code for swearing at President Biden, the lawsuit confirms. The slogan conveys the same opposition as saying a four-letter expletive and then “Joe Biden,” just “sanitized to express the sentiment without using profanity or vulgarity,” the suit said.

In February of 2022, the mother’s sixth-grade son wore a “Let’s go Brandon” sweatshirt to Tri County Middle School. The assistant principal at the school stopped him in the hallway and asked him to take it off, according to the lawsuit, telling him the slogan was equivalent to “the F-word.” He took it off because he feared getting in trouble.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/us/p ... chool.html

[bob]

The case is seeking declaration that requiring students to remove “Let’s go Brandon” attire violated the students’ First Amendment rights.

Schools regularly regulate speech on campus (and off!) under the guise of maintaining a non-disruptive learning environment.

[Flatpoint High]

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A rose by any other name is still from the same genetic pool.

Has nothing to do with genetics, but with HISTORY. Sorry if correcting JEWISH History under the Roman Occupation bothers you. Imagine that America was Occupied, and when you rebelled, your rebellion was not only crushed, but you were dispersed and in further 'punishment'' America was erased from memory by renaming it "WhoseJockopidia" to erase America not just from Memory, but from History as well. THAT is what Rome did to Judea and its residents, the JEWS.

Nothing tp be sorry for.

But the discussion WAS about Jesus genetics. Was he white? Was he brown?

He was from Judea, which is part of the area now known as Palestine.

And, by the way, your scenario for America dous not require imagination.

Just sick and tired of the ignoring historical fact. It reinforces the idea that Jews are 'interlopers' despite our continued existence in the region. IF Jesus was Palestinian, the signage would have been "Jesus King of the Philistines". the "color" of his skin is nonsense - he would have been mixed, multiracial and most likely dark-skinned due to sun exposure.
Herod would have been light-skinned due to his wealth as would the Saducees & Pharisees as they did no sort of manual labor

[tek]

"General Law and Lawsuits"

[RTH10260]

Ex-Apple employee sentenced to three years in prison after $17 million fraud scheme
A judge also ordered Dhirendra Prasad to pay Apple back in full.

Kris Holt·Contributing Reporter
Fri, April 28, 2023 at 6:02 PM GMT+2

A former Apple employee who pled guilty to defrauding the company out of over $17 million has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to repay his ill-gotten gains. Dhirendra Prasad, who primarily worked as a buyer in Apple's Global Service Supply Chain department during his time at the company, admitted to charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States in November. As iMore notes, two charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering were dismissed during sentencing.

Prasad joined Apple in 2008 and carried out his schemes between 2011 and 2018. According to the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, he conspired with two vendors to conduct fraud against Apple by "taking kickbacks, stealing parts, inflating invoices and causing Apple to pay for items and services it never received." Prasad is said to have used his insider knowledge of Apple's fraud detection practices to avoid being caught for several years.

The government has already seized $5.5 million worth of assets from Prasad, who a judge ordered to pay an additional forfeiture money judgment of $8.1 million. On top of that sum and the $17.4 million Prasad has been told to give back to Apple, he was ordered to pay $1.9 million to the Internal Revenue Service — he conceded that he did not pay tax on the proceeds of his schemes. Following Prasad's time in prison, he will have to serve three years of supervised release.




https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ex-a ... 25741.html

(original Engadget)

[chancery]

In general, US courts impose too many very long sentences (see recent TX defendant sentenced to 70 years for spitting on a police officer).

But 3 years seems too light for a $17 million fraud scheme.

[RTH10260]

Note by this poster: lawmakers are not "regular people" as title might imply!

Opinion piece

Warning from judge; Sebastian case shows sunshine law has consequences for regular people

Cory J. Ciklin | Fourth District Court of Appeal

The following is an edited version of a concurring opinion issued April 12 by Judge Cory J. Ciklin of the Fouth District Court of Appeal, West Palm Beach, in the cases of former Sebastian City Council members Damien Gilliams and Pamela Parris. It is published by us as a public service in an effort to educate public officials and prevent future Sunshine Law violations.

It is important ... to issue a clarion call to the hundreds of Florida public officials who are subject to the Florida Sunshine Law. Indeed, as more and more individuals become Floridians and engage in civic involvement, our new citizens need to be fully aware of Florida’s Sunshine Law.

The appellate briefs filed in this case suggesting that the Sunshine Law is vague and unclear or that the law is weak and unprovable have given me pause and a commensurate urge to raise a warning flag. It has been many years since a comprehensive opinion has been issued by a Florida intermediate appellate court on the subject and, thus, perhaps this admonition is particularly timely.

It seems unlikely, in this unfortunate series of events, that former Sebastian City Councilmembers Pamela Parris and Damien Gilliams would have ever thought it imaginable that they would now be appealing criminal convictions for which they have been sentenced to serve jail time of two months and six months, respectively. My guess is, that in retrospect, they would have run away and resisted any temptation to get caught up in the excitement of the moment ... as, unfortunately, they ultimately did.

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[RTH10260]

In general, US courts impose too many very long sentences (see recent TX defendant sentenced to 70 years for spitting on a police officer).

But 3 years seems too light for a $17 million fraud scheme.

Except that this guy will never get any decent job anymore, and the IRS will have like a life long lien on his income ...

[RTH10260]

This Georgia Man Has Been Jailed for 10 Years Without a Trial
In 2013, Maurice Jimmerson was charged with murder. Ten years later, he's still languishing in a Dougherty County jail, awaiting trial.

EMMA CAMP |
4.27.2023 4:44 PM

In 2013, Maurice Jimmerson was charged with murder. Ten years later, he still hasn't received a trial. Even though two of Jimmerson's codefendants were acquitted in 2017, Jimmerson—who pleaded not guilty—still languishes in jail in Dougherty County, Georgia, with little hope of a trial anytime soon. Making matters worse, he hasn't had a lawyer since last summer.

According to Gregory Edwards, the local district attorney, several factors have led to Jimmerson's absurdly long wait time for a trial. Edwards told Atlanta News First (ANF), a local news station, that the COVID-19 pandemic, a 2021 courthouse flood, and the decision by the previous judge to try Jimmerson and his codefendants separately caused the delay. Making matters worse, Edwards also says the county has been unable to find a public defender for Jimmerson, which has lengthened his time behind bars.

"Jimmerson's case, it's a rare situation," Edwards told ANF "We want to get to trial eventually."

While these recent issues have considerably slowed down Jimmerson's path to a trial, it's not clear why he was not tried before 2020.

Jimmerson has been left without an attorney for the past eight months due to a particularly Kafkaesque string of bureaucratic errors. According to ANF, Jimmerson's old attorney, Benjamin Harrell, filed requests in July and August of last year to be released from the case, citing that he would need to travel frequently to obtain necessary medical care for his infant daughter.

However, the local county clerk's office misplaced a judicial order formally releasing Harrell from his position as Jimmerson's attorney. When Jimmerson sent a request for a new attorney in September 2022, it went unnoticed, according to one judicial assistant who spoke to ANF.

Because court employees lost Harrell's request to be released from Jimmerson's case, he was technically listed as Jimmerson's attorney until April 12 of this year—seemingly only after ANF journalists asked one judge why she never signed an order releasing Harrell. Though Jimmerson never received actual legal help from Harrell during this time, the Georgia Public Defender Council insists that Jimmerson has had access to legal counsel during the past eight months, despite the error.

"A court error, if one took place, does not obviate Mr. Harrell's responsibilities or representation," said Thomas O'Conner, the Public Defender Council's communications director. "In law and in fact, Mr. Harrell was Mr. Jimmerson's attorney until April 12; assertions to the contrary are deliberately misleading."

ANF notes that Georgia's public defender system is plagued with issues, primarily understaffing and difficulty retaining attorneys. One judge insists that "We have too few public defenders for the work to be done," adding that "The lack of public defenders slows down the judicial process."

However, the director of the Georgia Public Defender Council disputes this, saying, "We have more employees than we've ever had in the history of the agency. We have more funding than we've ever had in the history of the agency and that's the last two years."




https://reason.com/2023/04/27/this-geor ... arsely-api

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/ba ... smsnnews11

Battle for late Johnny Winter's music to play out in court

Nearly nine years after Johnny Winter’s death, a battle for control of the legendary blues guitarist’s music is being fought in court with allegations of theft and greed flying back and forth.

The legal fight pits Winter’s former personal manager and bandmate, Paul Nelson, against the family of the bluesman’s late wife, Susan, who died in 2019.

Winter’s in-laws say Nelson and his wife improperly took more than $1.5 million from Winter’s music business, including auctioning off some of the late musician’s guitars.

Nelson and his wife have countersued, saying Susan Winter’s siblings swooped in when she was medicated and dying of cancer and tricked her into giving them control of Winter’s music, stripping away Nelson's rights as the beneficiary of Susan's Winter's estate.

The case was scheduled to go to trial in a Connecticut court in April, but was rescheduled for September.

At stake is ownership of Winter's music catalogue, proceeds from record and merchandise sales and authority to approve any commercial use of his songs, the value of which is uncertain.

The case is about preserving Johnny Winter’s legacy and vindicating and making sure the Nelsons haven’t improperly taken the moneys rightfully owed to the plaintiffs,” said Timothy Diemand, a lawyer for the Susan Winter’s siblings, Bonnie and Christopher Warford.

Nelson wants to be reinstalled as the beneficiary of Susan Winter’s estate.

“The Plaintiffs orchestrated the wrongful termination of Paul Nelson during a difficult time in Susan Winter’s last year of life,” the Nelsons said in a statement released by their lawyer, Matthew Mason. They said it was clear that both Johnny and Susan Winter wanted Nelson to be responsible for Johnny Winter's music and legacy.

John Dawson Winter III was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas. He burst onto the world blues scene in the 1960s, dazzling crowds with his fast licks while his trademark long, white hair flew about from under his cowboy hat. He and his brother Edgar — both born with albinism — were both reknowned musicians.

Hubby and I had issues with Hubby's brother regarding what he thought their mother should do to right perceived wrongs. We made a decision along with her sister to not let him visit her without one of us being present. Oh, yeah, he's the "Christian" in a family of Methodist ministers, including the sister we made decisions with.

[RTH10260]

‘What’s Wrong with Your Hair?’: An Alabama Woman Was Fired from Her Job After Two Days Because of Her Locs. Now the Company Must Pay Her $800K

By Niko Mann |
Published on: April 25, 2023

A Black woman has been awarded $800,000 after she was fired over her locs in Montgomery, Alabama.

Davita Key filed a lawsuit after she was fired from Dynamic Security after being told that she couldn’t wear her hair in locs back in 2017.

Davita Key filed a lawsuit after she was fired from Dynamic Security after being told that she couldn’t wear her hair in locs back in 2017.

Key says she was hired by Dynamic Security to work at the Hyundai plant as a clerk in the mail room. During her interview, she was told that her shoulder-length locs did not violate company policy.

After beginning work on July 31, 2017, with her hair styled the same way it was during her job interview, Key claimed that after she advised a supervisor and a manager — Gloria Robinson and Maurice Chambliss — that she was pregnant and provided a doctor’s note clearing her for work without restrictions, she was informed that she could not wear her hair in locs.

“About 10 to 20 minutes after Key gave the doctor’s note to Robinson — who had since returned to the office she shared with Williams — Williams came out of the office and asked Key, ‘What’s wrong with your hair?'” the lawsuit reads. “Williams then returned to her office without saying more.”

Key then began her training for the job but was interrupted an hour later and asked to go to Williams’ office where she was told her hair was an issue.

“About an hour into the training, Chambliss retrieved Key from the mailroom to meet with Robinson in her office. When Key arrived, Williams and Robinson began questioning Key about her hairstyle,” the suit continued. “Williams and Robinson responded that while it might comply with Dynamic’s personal appearance standard, her hair did not comply with HEA’s standard.”

Key was let go after only two days on the job and filed a lawsuit against Dynamic Security for violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 pursuant to pregnancy and race.




https://atlantablackstar.com/2023/04/25 ... readlocks/

[raison de arizona]

Sounds like the tl;dr here is that she was fired for being pregnant, the hair was just an excuse.

[Foggy]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/di ... smsnnews11

Did Ed Sheeran hit pilfer Marvin Gaye classic? Trial to tell

Jury said no.

[Ben-Prime]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/di ... smsnnews11

Did Ed Sheeran hit pilfer Marvin Gaye classic? Trial to tell

Jury said no.

At which point Sheeran turned to them with a thumbs up and said "Let's get it on!"

[MsDaisy 2]

Cancer After Using Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder?

If you or a loved one was diagnosed with cancer after using Johnson & Johnson's talcum-based baby powder, you may be entitled to significant compensation.

Asbestos Linked to Baby Powder
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral found in rock and soil. It can be lethal when it enters the human body, causing lung cancer, mesothelioma, stomach cancer and many other diseases.

https://www.ovariansettlements.com/?utm ... 0IEALw_wcB

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/di ... smsnnews11

Jury said no.

At which point Sheeran turned to them with a thumbs up and said "Let's get it on!"

[Phoenix520]

If you or a loved one was diagnosed with cancer after using Johnson & Johnson's talcum-based baby powder, you may be entitled to significant compensation.

I’ve had PCOS all my life. In my 30s I had one ovary removed because of cysts. During the process of getting second and third approvals that insurance required before approval for surgery (and even then Blue Cross refused to pay. My doctor read them the riot act and they relented). Both opinion docs asked me if I used J&J talc “down there”. Never have. They said it was common in ladies of a certain generation and those ladies are the ones getting cancer. So this has been a known thing for 40 years.

Why did J&J get the benefit of legal doubt all this time while women are dying because of it?

[RVInit]

If you or a loved one was diagnosed with cancer after using Johnson & Johnson's talcum-based baby powder, you may be entitled to significant compensation.

I’ve had PCOS all my life. In my 30s I had one ovary removed because of cysts. During the process of getting second and third approvals that insurance required before approval for surgery (and even then Blue Cross refused to pay. My doctor read them the riot act and they relented). Both opinion docs asked me if I used J&J talc “down there”. Never have. They said it was common in ladies of a certain generation and those ladies are the ones getting cancer. So this has been a known thing for 40 years.

Why did J&J get the benefit of legal doubt all this time while women are dying because of it?

[Phoenix520]

Oh. Duh. Thanks RV.

[Suranis]

To be fair, there is also a suggested link to Testicular Cancer.

https://www.healthline.com/health/talcu ... lar-cancer

Yes, the link suggest the link is uncertain, but it's definitely one that has been suggested and looked into.

Further talk about Talcum powder and cancer risks in Men https://www.drugwatcher.org/talcum-powder-cancer-men/

[RTH10260]

Milk shake-up: High school student sues school district over dairy flap
Suit claims her L.A. school violated her rights by telling her to praise cow’s milk, which many of her generation dislike

By Laura Reiley
May 12, 2023 at 8:59 a.m. EDT

Growing up, Marielle Williamson was grossed out by milk. What she learned about animal agriculture made her uncomfortable. Why, she wondered, were we consuming the breast milk of another animal?

But when the 17-year-old tried to distribute literature sharing her views promoting nondairy milk at her Los Angeles high school, she says, administrators responded that it wasn’t allowed unless she extolled the virtues of cow’s dairy, too. Pro-dairy “Got Milk?” messages were already plastered across the hallways and even repeated on the morning announcements, she said. The directive felt like a violation of her First Amendment rights. So she sued the school district and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees federal school meals policy.

“By compelling Marielle to simultaneously distribute the dairy misinformation that she seeks to refute, District Defendants have violated Marielle’s free speech rights,” her lawyers argued in the suit filed May 2 in District Court with the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine as a co-plaintiff. “More than that, [the defendants] have laid bare the extent to which [USDA] treats dairy as sacrosanct, both as a matter of law and policy.”

The USDA and the Los Angeles Unified School District declined to comment on ongoing litigation.

The conflict unfolding at Eagle Rock High School is emblematic of a broader fight over cow’s milk, once a staple of the American dining table. It has lost its status in some circles amid worries about its healthfulness and impact on the climate, as well as the rise of alternatives such as oat and nut milk. Generation Z is particularly skeptical, drinking 20 percent less liquid milk than the national average, according to Circana consumer data.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... ool-lunch/

[RTH10260]

Victory for Pharma Giant Merck in NotPetya Cyber Attack Suit Redefines “Act of War” Insurance Claims

SCOTT IKEDA·
MAY 16, 2023

A long-simmering suit involving pharmaceutical giant Merck and the 2017 NotPetya cyber attack has finally been ruled on, and the victory for Merck means that cyber insurers now have much less ground to stand on when denying insurance claims on an “act of war” basis.

Merck sued several of its insurers that denied its insurance claims on the basis of the NotPetya cyber attack being viewed by them as an act of war, coming as it did in the midst of conflict between Russia and Ukraine. A New Jersey court has ruled that the situation did not rise to the standards of that exception, and that some collective $1.4 billion in Merck losses from the incident will have to be covered.

Court finds for Merck, ransomware damage insurance claims must be paid

NotPetya was meant to strike Ukrainian businesses, but spread beyond its intended targets to cause some $10 billion in damages around the world. Merck saw some 40,000 of its computers damaged by the ransomware during the incident, and an early 2022 ruling established that the company suffered over $1 billion in damage between its equipment replacement, business outages and outside contractors brought in for remediation. The more recent ruling affirms that the “War or Hostile Acts” exclusion listed in company policies does not apply to the NotPetya cyber attack.

One of the court’s central findings was that if there is any ambiguity in the language of an insurance policy, the interpretation should meet the “reasonable expectations” of the policy holder. Act of war policies have the established purpose of protecting the insurer from the widespread devastation that can occur when one country undertakes military action against another; for example, most automobile owners are out of luck if a foreign power happens to bomb their car during a conflict.



https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-secur ... ce-claims/