DC files lawsuit against strip club for violating employees civil rights – WTOP News

DC files lawsuit against strip club for violating employees civil rights – WTOP News

The strip club Cloakroom Gentlemen’s Club is being sued by the D.C. Attorney General’s Office over claims it created a “hostile and exploitative work environment” for female employees, which included subjecting them to sexual harassment, physical abuse and retaliation when speaking up. The strip club Cloakroom Gentlemen’s Club is being sued by the D.C. Attorney…

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Denver’s investigation of wage theft at strip clubs was a “reckless abuse of power,” lawsuit alleges

Denver’s investigation of wage theft at strip clubs was a “reckless abuse of power,” lawsuit alleges

Denver labor officials exhibited a “reckless abuse of power” that violated the constitutional rights of two city strip clubs during a wide-reaching wage theft investigation that led to nearly $14 million in restitution and fines, the businesses allege in a new federal lawsuit. Diamond Cabaret and Rick’s Cabaret, in a complaint filed Friday in U.S….

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Drake reaches settlement with iHeartMedia in dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”

Drake reaches settlement with iHeartMedia in dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”

HOUSTON— Drake has reached a settlement with Texas-based iHeartMedia in his ongoing legal dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” according to court records. In November, Drake filed a legal petition in Bexar County, Texas, where San Antonio is located, alleging that iHeartMedia had received illegal payments from Universal Music Group to boost…

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Managers of franchisee firm “brazenly” stole from it, silent partners say

Managers of franchisee firm “brazenly” stole from it, silent partners say

Silent partners in a local franchisee company say the business’ former managing partners “brazenly used company accounts” to “enrich themselves and their separate businesses.” “RAD Group has since discovered a rampant fraud,” according to its January lawsuit. Chris Harper and Austin Toupin became friends while working at a Best Buy in 2004, moved on to restaurants,…

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Ottawa, engineering firm facing M lawsuit over failed Ontario bridge repair  | Globalnews.ca

Ottawa, engineering firm facing $8M lawsuit over failed Ontario bridge repair | Globalnews.ca

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A company hired to repair the LaSalle Causeway bridge in Kingston, Ont., is suing the federal government and an engineering firm for more than $8 million, claiming it was wrongly blamed for the bridge’s structural failure. Landform Civil Infrastructures Inc. (LCI) says Public Services and Procurement Canada…

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Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Torrenting 82TB of Pirated Books for AI Training | The Express Tribune

Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Torrenting 82TB of Pirated Books for AI Training | The Express Tribune

Listen to article Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is embroiled in a class action lawsuit accusing the tech giant of copyright infringement and unfair competition related to the use of pirated content in training its artificial intelligence models, including LLaMA. Court records, obtained by vx-underground and revealed in an X (formerly Twitter) post, show that Meta…

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Meta to pay Trump  million to settle 2021 lawsuit

Meta to pay Trump $25 million to settle 2021 lawsuit

President Trump has signed settlement papers that are expected to require Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to pay roughly $25 million to resolve a 2021 lawsuit Trump brought against the social media giant, according to sources familiar with the agreement.  The Wall Street Journal first reported the settlement. The lawsuit stemmed from…

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