(Jessica Corbett) While Dewayne “Lee” Johnson and his lawyers consider whether to accept a lower amount or move forward with a retrial, they called the new ruling “a triumph for our legal system”
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In Blow to Cancer Victim, Judge May Overturn Historic $250 Million Monsanto Roundup Verdict
(Helen Christophi) A California judge signaled Wednesday she would overturn a $250 million punitive damages award against Monsanto finding the agrochemical company knew its popular Roundup weed killer causes cancer but deliberately failed to tell a school groundskeeper dying of lymphoma.
Not Just Catholics—Jehovah’s Witnesses Ordered to Pay $35 Million for Covering Up Child Sexual Abuse
(Jack Burns) A court found the Jehova’s Witnesses guilty of covering up child sexual abuse within the church, explicitly denying the involvement of police.
New Mexico Suing Google & Twitter for Knowingly and Illegally Exploiting Children Online
(Matt Agorist) The state of New Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Google and others for willfully breaking the law to exploit the collection of children’s data online.
Lawsuit Seeks To Expose Billionaire Pedophile Ring Involving ‘Prominent US Politicians..World Leaders’
(Derrick Broze) A federal lawsuit is seeking to expose a sex abuse ring of “prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders.”
Monsanto was Just Fined $289 Million by San Francisco Jury for Failing to Warn of Known Cancer Risk
(Alex Pietrowski) In an incredible victory for plaintiff Dwayne Johnson, a San Francisco jury just found agrochemical and seed giant Monsanto guilty of failing to adequately warn that it’s products Roundup and Ranger may cause cancer when used in a reasonable and expectable manner.
Hundreds of Cancer Lawsuits Against Monsanto Finally Get Green Light
(Jessica Corbett) “We’re going to see for the first time evidence that nobody has seen before, evidence that has been in Monsanto’s files that we’ve obtained from lawyers and the people in Monsanto.”
Google’s “Arbiter of Hate Speech,” SPLC Forced to Pay $3M for Falsely Labeling People as “Extremists”
(Jay Syrmopoulos) After being sued in April by Islamic reformer Maajid Nawaz and his organization, the Quilliam Foundation—over being listed as an “anti-Muslim extremist” in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists”—the SPLC has announced that they reached a settlement with the liberal Islamic reformer, agreeing to pay Nawaz and Quilliam $3.375 million “to fund their work to fight anti-Muslim bigotry and extremism.”
Breakthrough in Explosive Lawsuit Against Monsanto
(Jon Rappoport) A San Francisco lawsuit against Monsanto and its weedkiller, Roundup, is moving forward. And it’s just received a new green light from the judge in the case.
Lawsuit Set to End Water Fluoridation in the US
(Steve McQueen) A federal court has denied an attempt by the Environmental Protection Agency to dismiss a lawsuit that is set to end water fluoridation in the US for good.
Breaking: US Judge Allows 9/11 Lawsuits Against Saudi Arabia to Proceed
(Middle East Eye) A US judge in New York dismissed Saudi Arabia’s request to dismiss lawsuits accusing Riyadh of helping in the 9/11 attacks.
Scared of Being Exposed, Saudis Demand Us Court Reject Lawsuit Showing They Funded 9/11
(Matt Agorist) Saudi Arabia is attempting to use their US influence to reject victims’ lawsuits against them for their role in 9/11 by leaning on a federal judge. Related: 15 Disturbing Facts About 9/11 You’ll Wish Weren’t True Source – TheFreeThoughtProject by Matt Agorist, January 8th, 2018 New York, NY — Last year, for the first […]
Kids’ Climate Change Lawsuit Goes Forward Thanks to 9th Circuit 3 Judge Panel
(Paul Gordon) The headline on an article by Mercury News reads “Kids’ climate change lawsuit against Trump administration lands in San Francisco court.” The headline, while technically true, doesn’t really paint the full picture. The lawsuit that has made its way to the Ninth Circuit court of appeals was actually begun in 2015, so, technically, it’s a lawsuit […]
Anti-Geoengineering Legal Team Sues The US Department Of Commerce
(Dane Wigington) The “Government” of the United States long ago decided they were above the law, the completely illegal covert climate engineering operations are a glaring case in point. Exposing and halting the ongoing climate engineering / geoengineering assault continues to be the primary focus of GeoengineeringWatch.org and the Legal Alliance to Stop Geoengineering (LASG). Related Legal Alliance To […]
BREAKING: 800 Families File Lawsuit Against Saudi Arabia for Role in 9/11
(Matt Agorist) For the first time in history, families of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks are using a new law and are going after Saudi Arabia in a lawsuit for their role in the attacks. In this landmark lawsuit, the families of 800 victims are suing Saudi Arabia for aiding the hijackers. Related Saudi Arabia Threatens […]