-
Moving company tried to block negative reviews with ‘$2,500 per day’ threat: prosecutors
A New England transferring firm allegedly tried to contractually block buyers from creating negative opinions on the web and threatened to sue all those who did for up to “$2,500 per day.” Liberty Bell Going and Storage, Inc., which lists a number of places in Maine and New Hampshire, was accused of working with an e-mail handle designed to glance like it was from a business lawyer to threaten reviewers with libel lawsuits and “law firm service fees upwards of $9,500,” according to Maine officials. “It is ironic that a firm named for an iconic symbol of flexibility would worry itself with violating the totally free speech and other lawfully…
-
Experts say 2 lawsuits pose greatest threat to tribal sovereignty in decades
The Shoalwater Bay Casino in Tokeland, Washington, on Dec. 6, 2022. (Karina Brown / Underscore News) Editor’s note: This story was produced through a collaboration between The Oregonian/OregonLive and Underscore News. The Data-Driven Reporting Project supported Underscore’s work on this story. A lawsuit in Washington state and another case before the U.S. Supreme Court are part of a coordinated campaign that experts say is pushing once-fringe legal theories to the nation’s highest court and represents the most serious challenge to tribal sovereignty in over 50 years. Maverick Gaming, which operates 19 card rooms in Washington and casinos in Nevada and Colorado, is challenging a 2020 law that allows sports betting…
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/adn/EOOB6KTPW5DOPA5COMDMGG4GDA.jpg?w=1140&resize=1140,0&ssl=1 "Experts say 2 lawsuits pose greatest threat to tribal sovereignty in decades")
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/J3YQJ3ZJIFKU3DN2XNK4JJPFNE.jpg?w=500&resize=500,330&ssl=1 "Walgreens sued for denying leave to pregnant worker who miscarried")
![Charlamagne Tha God Hit With Sexual Assault Lawsuit [CORRECTED]](https://i3.wp.com/media.zenfs.com/en/the_root_754/6b9fc43f5655c9b4ad85cbca3dc99fc8?w=500&resize=500,330&ssl=1 "Charlamagne Tha God Hit With Sexual Assault Lawsuit [CORRECTED]")