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Google to Settle Suit Alleging Chatbot Pushed Teen to Suicide

Company, together with maker of Character.AI, will settle cases filed in numerous states

(Newser) - Google and artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who alleged a chatbot pushed her teenage son to kill himself , per the AP . Attorneys for the two tech companies have also agreed to settle several other lawsuits filed in Colorado, New...

Professor Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post Gets Job Back, Plus $500K

Settlement follows due-process violation over professor's social media post

(Newser) - A Tennessee university will pay a professor $500,000 and give him his job back after firing him over a social media post about Charlie Kirk's killing—then admitting it broke its own rules, the New York Times reports. Austin Peay State University in Clarksville dismissed tenured theater professor...

Amazon Sending Refunds to Some Prime Customers

Refunds of up to $51 target millions enrolled through deceptive design

(Newser) - Amazon is about to start sending out refunds to some of its customers, courtesy of a massive federal settlement, CT Insider reports. The company is distributing $1.5 billion in refunds after the Federal Trade Commission accused it of using design tricks on its website and app to nudge people...

Angels Settle Suit in Player's Death as Jury Considered Damages

Tyler Skaggs died of overdose after team employee supplied fentanyl-tainted pill

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Angels have ended a closely watched courtroom battle over the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, cutting a deal with his family just as a California jury appeared to be weighing punishment for the team. A federal judge announced Friday that the parties reached a settlement in the...

This Settlement Is Bigger Than What George Floyd's Family Got

Konoa Wilson's family settles with San Diego for $30M

(Newser) - The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in US history. The settlement exceeds the $27 million the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay the family of George Floyd, whose...

Starbucks Workers Notch a Win in 'Demands of Decency'

Coffee giant to pony up $35M settlement for 15K-plus staffers in NYC over erratic schedules, hours

(Newser) - Starbucks will pay about $35 million to 15,000-plus New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours, city officials announced Monday, hours before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders visited striking baristas on a picket line. The development came amid...

Northwestern Settles With Administration for $75M

Deal ends government investigations into antidiscrimination law compliance

(Newser) - Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the federal government to settle the Trump administration's allegations of discrimination and restore nearly $790 million in frozen research funding. The agreement, announced Friday, ends federal investigations into the university's compliance with antidiscrimination laws and requires Northwestern to adhere...

Sackler Family Is Out of the Opioid Business for Good

Judge OKs OxyContin maker's settlement plan, to which Sacklers will contribute up to $7B

(Newser) - A federal bankruptcy court has formally approved OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over opioid harm. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane was set to give his reasoning Tuesday for approving the plan, which requires members of the Sackler family, who own the company, to contribute up...

Library Director Fired After Book Controversy to Get $700K

Library director in Wyoming reaches settlement with Campbell County

(Newser) - A Wyoming county will pay $700,000 to a former library director to settle a lawsuit after a furor over books with LGBTQ+ and sexual themes. Campbell County agreed to the payout for Terri Lesley, who claims she was fired because she refused to remove certain books deemed offensive...

Elon Musk's X Settles Lawsuit From Ousted Twitter Execs

Settlement follows executives' claims of unpaid severance after takeover

(Newser) - Elon Musk's X Corp has settled a lawsuit with four former top Twitter executives who claimed they were owed $128 million in severance pay after Musk acquired the company and promptly fired them, Reuters reports. The group includes former CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, legal chief Vijaya...

LA County Settles for $20M Over Boy's Horrific Death

Settlement follows failure to act on repeated abuse warnings

(Newser) - Los Angeles County will pay $20 million to the family of a 4-year-old Palmdale boy who was tortured and killed by his parents in 2019. The payout follows a lawsuit from Noah Cuatro's great-grandmother, Eva Hernandez, who alleged the county's child welfare agency failed to act after...

Calif. County Settles for $17M Over Violent Traffic Stop

Deputies in Solano County were accused of excessive force during roadside incident in 2020

(Newser) - California's Solano County has agreed to a $17 million payout to a woman and her father, concluding a lawsuit over a violent 2020 roadside encounter with sheriff's deputies. The settlement, described by the family's attorney as among the largest in California for this type of case,...

YouTube Settles With Trump for $24.5M Over Suspension

President's account was shut down after Capitol riot

(Newser) - YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump over the suspension of his account after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Of the total, $22 million will be allocated at Trump's direction to help pay for construction of...

Amazon Settles With FTC for $2.5B Over Prime Duping

It's the largest fine in the agency's history

(Newser) - Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so. The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties—...

Big Win for Man Who Claims Cops Framed Him for Murder

Maurice Hastings awarded largest wrongful conviction settlement in California history

(Newser) - An innocent man who spent 38 years behind bars in California was awarded $25 million in what his lawyers called the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history. The settlement was reached in August, according to court documents made public on Monday, per the AP . Maurice Hastings, 72, was convicted...

Deal Reached to End Murdoch Succession Drama

$3.3B settlement will ensure Fox News, other outlets stay conservative

(Newser) - After years of family tension and courtroom drama , Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan have struck a $3.3 billion deal with Lachlan's three eldest siblings, settling the fight over who will control the global media empire. The agreement, which follows months of negotiations, cements Lachlan's future...

Settlement Found Under the Sea Is 'Like a Time Capsule'

Archaeologists plumb Denmark's Bay of Aarhus to find Stone Age artifacts, submerged under rising seas

(Newser) - Below the dark blue waters of Denmark's Bay of Aarhus, archaeologists are searching for coastal settlements swallowed by rising sea levels more than 8,500 years ago. And this summer, divers descended about 26 feet below the waves close to Aarhus and collected evidence of a Stone Age settlement...

Delta to Fork Over $79M for Dumping Tons of Fuel on LA

Thousands of Los Angeles residents are set to receive compensation for 2020 disruption

(Newser) - Delta Air Lines has agreed to shell out $79 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2020 incident in which one of its jets dumped thousands of pounds of fuel over Los Angeles, coating schools, homes, and playgrounds. The payout, still awaiting a judge's green light,...

Israel Meets Calls for Palestinian State With Controversial Settlement Project

Critics say E1 project would split West Bank, may destroy plans for future Palestinian state

(Newser) - Israel gave final approval for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and that Palestinians and rights groups say could destroy plans for a future Palestinian state. Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has...

Newsmax Agrees to Pay $67M Over 2020 Election Claims

Conservative network was sued by Dominion Voting Systems for defamation

(Newser) - The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Trump's 2020 election loss, according to documents filed Monday. The settlement comes after Fox News Channel paid $787.5 million to settle a similar...

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