#lawsuits and claims

[sleepyleftistdemon]

A university janitor who turned off a freezer after hearing multiple “annoying alarms,” ruined more than 20 years of research, according to a lawsuit filed against his employer by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York.

The janitor, who is not being sued in the lawsuit, was a contractor with Daigle Cleaning Systems Inc., who worked for several months in 2020 at the private research university in Troy.

The school is seeking more than $1 million in damages and legal fees from Daigle Cleaning Systems as a result of the incident.

The lab’s freezer contained over 20 years of research, including cell cultures and samples, to which a “small temperature fluctuation of three degrees would cause catastrophic damage,” according to the lawsuit filed with the Rensselaer County Supreme Court.

The college does not believe the janitor is at fault but instead blames Daigle Cleaning Systems for failing to properly train and supervise him, according to the suit.

[nashvillethotchicken]

If we really think about it, this all started with megan dropping Hiss. Hiss was never a Nicki diss, it was a drake/those who've been capping for Mr. Peterson diss first and foremost. Nicki made it about her The only line that could have gone to nicki was the Megan's line bar and she showed her whole ass on that one, but every other bar applied to drake , who'd been dissing megan for years and going up for Tory once he found out he shot her.

Like all of these are about Drake, especially the bbl and cosplay gangster stuff. She was the first person to wack drake for his botched body and his allegiance to the corny culture vulture community. You notice how every other diss to drake has been mentioning what megan said in hiss? She really threw the first diss at drakewall like please give her her flowers

[laststandx3]

When Jesus pretended to be dead for 3 days it's a miracle and everyone is sympathetic. But when I, James Somerton-

[crumblinggothicarchitecture]

Taylor Swift: The Lyric Thief- Evermore Edition.

Do y'all know about this?

Swift's lyric "How's one to know/ I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bone" ("Ivy" 2020).

Great, interesting lyric from Swift's own mind, right? WRONG.

Originally, it came from a poem called "Compassion" written by Miller Williams in 1997.

Here is the poem:

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone. (Williams, 1997)

It's later used as an album title "Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone" that Miller William's daughter, Lucinda Williams, published in 2014.

She also used the line, that her father ORGINALLY wrote, in a song tribute to him called "Compassion" on that same 2014 album.

Can we please stop pretending Swift is a genius? When, in fact, all of her most "intelligent" and "powerful" lyrics are lines outright taken from other works in literary, and musical, canon.

She's just a derivative fraud who wants all of her fans to think she's the one coming up with all these ideas.

She stole the line from a woman who used it as a tribute to her dying Father- the original author- who is now passed.

Not only did Swift rip the line out of a tribute album written to the original writer- but she also put the line in a dumb song that romanticizes cheating. She writes, "dare to sit a watch what we'll become/ and drink my husband's wine" ("Ivy" 2020). Clearly, the whole song is about a woman who is cheating on her husband.

The original intention of the line itself is about having compassion for other people, while taking care to have humility and resist the allure of cynicism. It's a poem about caring for your fellow man- and resisting despair in life. Arguably, it is also a poem about mental health issues and respecting those who may struggle. Swift twists the line to describe meeting a clandestine hookup and cheating on her husband.

Not only did she yank the line right out of someone else’s work, with no credit given to the original intention of the line or the original author- but she also made it about such a selfish, sick, thing to do- cheating on a spouse.

The original intention of the line was so kind and empathetic. She ruined it with her endorsement of cavalier attitudes towards moral corruption :(

[viralarcadian]

[cyarskj1899]

If we really think about it, this all started with megan dropping Hiss. Hiss was never a Nicki diss, it was a drake/those who've been capping for Mr. Peterson diss first and foremost. Nicki made it about her The only line that could have gone to nicki was the Megan's line bar and she showed her whole ass on that one, but every other bar applied to drake , who'd been dissing megan for years and going up for Tory once he found out he shot her.

Like all of these are about Drake, especially the bbl and cosplay gangster stuff. She was the first person to wack drake for his botched body and his allegiance to the corny culture vulture community. You notice how every other diss to drake has been mentioning what megan said in hiss? She really threw the first diss at drakewall like please give her her flowers

[reasoningdaily]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/03/beverly-hills-police-lawsuit/

A Beverly Hills police task force arrested 106 people. All but one were Black, lawsuit claims.

Beverly Hills Police targeted Black people with harassment and arrest for low-level or nonexistent violations in an effort to keep them away from Rodeo Drive, according to a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed in California Superior Court Monday by civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Bradley Gage.

The complaint centers on the Beverly Hills Police Department’s “Operation Safe Streets,” a campaign to address safety on the city’s famed luxury shopping destination of Rodeo Drive.

The suit claims that between March 2020 and July 2021, the task force made 106 arrests — 105 of whom were of Black people.

“If 2 percent of the residents of Beverly Hills are Black but almost 100 percent of the arrests are Black [people,] that’s a pretty clear indication something’s wrong,” Gage told The Washington Post Thursday.

“The women and men of BHPD take an oath to protect human life and enforce the law — regardless of race,” Beverly Hills Police Chief Dominick Rivetti said in a statement Wednesday. “Any violation of this pledge is contrary to the values of this department. We take all concerns regarding the conduct of our officers very seriously.“

During a Wednesday news conference announcing the lawsuit, Crump — the attorney best-known for representing the family of George Floyd — framed the alleged racial bias in Beverly Hills as a national scourge that has led to the death or injury of people whose names are now synonymous with racially biased and violent policing.

“If implicit bias goes unchecked and discrimination goes unchecked, it leads to what happened to George Floyd in Minneapolis; what happened to Breonna Taylor in Louisville; what happened to Jacob Blake Jr. in Kenosha, Wis.,” he said. “That’s what happens if the actions of the Beverly Hills Police Department goes unchecked.”

Rivetti in his Wednesday statement said he formed the “Rodeo Drive Team” to address complaints from businesses about a rise in burglary, shoplifting and nuisances such as public intoxication. Rivetti touted the success of the task force, noting that officers arrested individuals with “fraudulently obtained state unemployment benefits” and seizing $250,000 in cash and “ill-gotten debit cards.”

The police did not respond to The Post’s request for the number of arrests or their racial breakdown.

Gage said his team corroborated the figure through a variety of sources, including Beverly Hills police officers who were troubled by the trend that resulted from the 16-month safety operation.

The more than 100 arrestees were cited for a range of noncriminal behaviors such as roller skating or riding a scooter on the sidewalk to low-level infractions such as jaywalking. None of the same behaviors and infractions were enforced against White people, the lawsuit claims.

“The way [police] stop them for trivial things is troubling as well,” Gage said, alleging that Black people questioned by police would face four or five officers or have guns drawn on them. “White people don’t have that.”

The two named plaintiffs in the suit were not California residents but visiting from Philadelphia. During a visit to Beverly Hills last September, Khalil White and Jasmine Williams were arrested while riding scooters on the sidewalk and jailed for resisting arrest. The charges, like most of those that stemmed from the operation, were dropped.

The lawsuit claims that other incidents with police did not end in arrest but indicate a pattern of harassment and over-policing of Black people. Salehe Bembury, then the vice president of men’s footwear at Versace, was allegedly jaywalking and holding two shopping bags from his store last October when police stopped him, asked for his ID and ran his name for warrants.

Bembury filmed the encounter, which went viral.

“So I’m in Beverly Hills and I’m getting … searched for shopping at the store I work for and just being Black,” he said in an Instagram video.

“You’re making a completely different narrative,” a BHPD officer said in response.

The current iteration of the lawsuit focuses on the outcome of Operation Safe Streets, but Gage expects it will broaden to encompass a wider review of discriminatory policing by BHPD and expects the class of complainants to grow tenfold.

“I don’t think Ben or I have had five minutes since the press conference that we haven’t received phone calls. I’ve been getting them since midnight,” Gage said. Since Wednesday, he estimates the legal team has received at least 100 new complaints of racial profiling in traffic stops and other claims of discrimination from around the same period as Operation Safe Streets.

[fideidefenswhore]

i would love tmatl and firebrand to both release into the ‘mainstream’ … soon, and not even bcus i have much inclination to watch either; but to please, please, please god, halt the incessant wank that is occurring in this lacuna of tudor content.

[thealogie]

That infamous PR strikes again.

[theusarticles]

Video: Apple AirTags were used for stalking on CNN Nightcap | CNN Business

Video: Apple AirTags were used for stalking on CNN Nightcap | CNN Business

CNN’s Sam Kelly talks to Nightcap’s John Sarlin about the lawsuit filed against Apple by two women alleging their exes used AirTags to stalk them. For more, watch the full Nightcap episode here. Source link

[timmurleyart]

You want the money? 📞💲💵💎💰💶💷

[beeapocalypse]

Hey sorry if you already know, but I'm assuming you don't because you're just getting into Project Moon's games now? But that company has severely mistreated workers (and then tried suing worker's unions who tried to do something about it), and very unjustly fired one of their artists to cater to the will of extreme misogynists. This was all brought to light a bit over a year ago, but the legal battles are still ongoing iirc. Feel like you should at least be made aware of what they've done if you're supporting their works. I don't know if any current fans even acknowledge this because everyone who cared about all that left a long time ago. If you want more details about everything I can message you off anon about it.

oh what in the fuck. thank you for bringing this to my attention i hadnt seen any information at all about this before this point. what an appalling situation

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[girlbob-boypants]

Learning that Nintendo has literally been accused of and punished for patent infringement is so funny. And with one of their best consoles too.

[reasoningdaily]

Republican Party’s Election Lawsuit Targeting Military and Overseas Voters Dismissed by Court of Claims

LANSING – Yesterday, the Michigan Court of Claims granted Attorney General Dana Nessel’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the rights of military and overseas voters brought by the Michigan Republican Party, Republican National Committee (RNC), and Chesterfield Township Clerk Cindy Berry against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Director of Elections Jonathan Brater. The Attorney General argued the Plaintiffs unreasonably delayed for years in challenging these longstanding laws and instructions, causing prejudice to both the Secretary of State and voters, and the Court agreed. 

The state and national Republican parties sought to disallow certain military and overseas voters’ absent voter ballots by challenging the Secretary’s instructions that explain how spouses or dependents of Michigan military or overseas voters can vote in the State’s elections. Ignoring a 1996 statute that expressly permits this practice, the Michigan Republican Party and Republican National Committee argued the Secretary’s instructions violate the Michigan Constitution. The Attorney General refuted this claim, and the Court also concluded the Secretary’s instruction was consistent with the statute. 

“This baseless lawsuit was a clear attempt to disenfranchise Michigan’s military and overseas voters,” Nessel said. “I am glad the Court saw through this meritless effort to suppress votes and undermine the integrity of our election system. American citizens, especially those defending our country and their families, have every right to cast a ballot and participate in our electoral process. I am proud to stand up for them and our democracy, and I will continue to defend the voting rights of the great people of this State. Military voters deserve our respect for their service, their families, and their votes — not to be treated like a political football by the Michigan Republican Party and the RNC.” 

[blusical]

TW: SA mention. okay i thought i was done talking about the corey perry situation but after seeing some really horrible takes on insta (where i've also already expressed my anger), twitter and *somehow* on here too, I need to rant: The fact that folks are choosing to believe a rumor because "I don't trust the Blackhawks" is.. kind of disgusting? I don't 100% trust the Hawks either, and I think it'll be a long time before we can ever trust them again for *many* reasons, but is choosing to believe a rumor that might actually ruin the lives of a player (or two) and his family any fucking better? Seriously. Imagine being so deep into your (albeit justified) hatred of a hockey team that you'd rather choose to believe in a clearly bullshit rumor that could actually damage the lives of a player and their family. And while I'm at it, can we stop with the "hawks are okay with rape but draw the line at two adults having consensual sex" shit? Even if the rumor was somehow true, it'd still be pretty fucked. Corey Perry is a MARRIED man. MARRIED. And Melanie is still as far as I know still with her husband. Rape is wrong, but so is cheating. And yes, I know cheating isn't a crime, but that doesn't fucking make it okay?? I swear, it's like people WANT the rumor to be true. It's like people WANT two marriages to have been ruined.