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Quebec cardinal Marc Ouellet resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 12, 2022 Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet (R) atends a Pope's mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Peter's basilica in The Vatican. - Canadian cardinal Marc Ouellet, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman, has stepped down from a top Holy See position due to his age, the Vatican said January 30, 2023. Ouellet, 78, who has strongly denied the claims against him, is retiring as head of the Vatican's Dicastery, or department, for bishops, it said. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)
technology
Facebook seeks to block £3-billion U.K. mass action over market dominance
FILE PHOTO: Facebook app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Amazon beats proposed class action that claimed warehouse quotas biased against older workers
FILE PHOTO: A worker organizes empty bins during Cyber Monday at the Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township in New Jersey, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
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U.S. lawsuit against Google could benefit Apple and others
A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Quebec Innu community seeks $2.2-billion from Hydro-Quebec for Churchill Falls destruction
A Hydro-Québec logo is seen on their head office building in Montreal, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
u.s. politics
Florida judge fines Trump, one of his lawyers for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit
FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he smiles while speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. A Florida Judge sanctioned Trump and one of his attorneys Thursday, Jan. 19, ordering them to pay nearly $1 million for filing what he said was a bogus lawsuit against Trump's 2016 rival Hillary Clinton and others. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
art & architecture
Artificial Intelligence tools can create new images, but who is the real artist?
A visitor looks at artist Refik Anadol's "Unsupervised" exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in New York. The new AI-generated installation is meant to be a thought-provoking interpretation of the New York City museum's prestigious collection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
british columbia
B.C. court tosses lawsuit alleging province broke rules to report emission targets
B.C. Environment and Climate Change Strategy Minister George Heyman speaks during an announcement at Burns Bog, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, June 29, 2020. A British Columbia judge has tossed out a lawsuit that accused the B.C. government of violating its own rules to account for greenhouse gas emission targets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
technology
Twitter’s laid-off workers cannot pursue claims via class-action lawsuit, judge rules
A Twitter logo hangs outside the company's offices in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
canada
Former union leaders transferred funds to enrich themselves, OPSEU suit claims
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) President Warren (Smokey) Thomas speaks to reporters at Queens Park in Toronto, on Monday, January 21, 2019. The union revealed its new research into how the people of Ontario feel about Premier Doug Ford and his policies as well as their overwhelming support for properly funded public services. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Twitter’s laid-off workers cannot pursue claims via class-action lawsuit, judge rules
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is seen outside the offices in New York City, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid//File Photo
canada
Quebec woman alleging sexual misconduct by prominent cardinal reveals identity
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet attends a Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on March 12, 2013. A woman alleging sexual assault by a prominent Quebec cardinal has revealed her identity and says the protocol for denouncing sexual assault at the archdiocese of Quebec must be changed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Medichini
world
Judge scolds Trump lawyers, denies bid to toss fraud lawsuit
FILE Ñ Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Delaware, Ohio, on April 23, 2022. The conviction of the Trump Organization on charges of financial impropriety, coupled with the loss of his recruited candidate in the Georgia Senate runoff, marked Dec. 6 as one of the worst days for Trump since he announced his third presidential candidacy. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)
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Who is Alex Mashinsky, the man prosecutors allege is behind the Celsius crypto fraud?
FILE PHOTO: Alex Mashinsky, CEO of Celsius Network, gestures as he talks about bitcoin speculation during an interview with Reuters in New York City, U.S. in this still image taken from video, January 5, 2021. Reuters TV via REUTERS/File Photo
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New York sues Celsius Network founder Alex Mashinsky, alleges crypto fraud
Alex Mashinsky, CEO of Celsius Network, participates in a cryptocurrencies panel at the Milken Institute's 21st Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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B.C. zoo sued over alleged black bear mauling of toddler’s arm
The Greater Vancouver Zoo is seen in Langley, B.C., on Thursday, August 18, 2022. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a toddler whose arm was mauled by black bears after she reached through a fence at the Greater Vancouver Zoo alleges negligence led to the attack. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Banks seek to dismiss women’s lawsuits in Jeffrey Epstein case
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2019, file photo, the logo for JPMorgan Chase & Co. appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase are asking a federal court to throw out lawsuits that claim they helped Jeffrey Epstein abuse young women and maintain his sex-trafficking ring. The banks argue they provided routine services to Epstein, and the lawsuits fail to show that they were part of Epstein’s criminal sex trafficking ring. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
world
Another woman files sex abuse lawsuit against Cosby, NBC
The Case Against Cosby (Documentary). Stacey Pinkerton at retreat. The downfall of America’s dad. Andrea Constand is the only survivor to find justice against Bill Cosby. Of the 63 women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, only one was able to gain a conviction. Credit: CBC
world
Woman sues Steven Tyler, alleging child sex assault in 1970s
Steven Tyler presents the award for song of the year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
world
U.S. sues AmerisourceBergen for failing to report suspicious opioid orders
FILE - This June 17, 2019, file photo shows 5-mg pills of Oxycodone. A retired high-ranking official with the Drug Enforcement Administration has testified that three large opioid distributors had a “systematic failure” in monitoring suspicious pill orders. Joe Rannazzisi, former head of the Office of Diversion Control for the DEA from 2006 to 2015, testified Tuesday, June8, 2021 in Charleston in a landmark civil case brought by Cabell County and the city of Huntington that accuses AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp. of fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
world
Google, YouTube content providers must face U.S. children’s privacy lawsuit
FILE PHOTO: The logos of Google and YouTube are seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
international business
FTX customers file class-action lawsuit to lay claim to dwindling assets
FILE PHOTO: Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in front of displayed FTX logo and decreasing stock graph in this illustration taken November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo
international business
Facebook parent Meta Platforms to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for US$725-million
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
world
Meta accused in lawsuit of allowing posts that inflamed Ethiopia conflict
Kenyan lawyer Mercy Mutemi (C) speaks to the media after filing a lawsuit against Meta accusing Facebook's parent company of fanning violence and hate speech in Africa at Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi on December 14, 2022. - The constitutional petition filed in the High Court claims that Meta responded inadequately to hateful content on its platform, especially in relation to the war in Tigray that has raged for two years. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Vatican cardinal sues for defamation in Quebec assault claim
FILE PHOTO: Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet leads a procession at the start of a mass at the Santa Maria in Transpontina church in Rome March 10, 2013. REUTERS/Paul Hanna/File Photo
u.s. politics
Kari Lake challenges her defeat in Arizona governor’s race
In this combination of photos Arizona gubernatorial candidates, Republican Kari Lake, left, appears before a PBS televised debate on June 29, 2022, in Phoenix and Democrat Katie Hobbs smiles prior to a televised interview in Phoenix, Oct. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
world
Lawsuit against doctor who defied Texas abortion law tossed
-- STANDALONE PHOTO FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREND REVIEWS -- Inside Whole WomanÕs Health, an abortion clinic in McAllen, Texas, April 29, 2022. Legal experts say that payment data collected by financial companies could be subpoenaed by prosecutors looking for evidence of abortions, which are now illegal in some states. (Callaghan O'Hare/The New York Times)
canada
Quebec judge authorizes class-action lawsuit against ‘addictive’ Fortnite video game
A boy plays "Fortnite" in the early morning hours in the basement of his Chicago home on Oct. 6, 2018. A Quebec judge has authorized a lawsuit brought by parents whose children allegedly became addicted to the highly popular game Fortnite. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Martha Irvine
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Dozens of migrant workers in Vancouver victims of immigration scam, lawsuit alleges
An Immigration Canada office in Montreal, Sunday, July 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
world
Patrick Lyoya’s family sues Michigan city, ex-cop for $100-million in shooting death
Peter Lyoya wipes his eye as he listens to his family interpreter as he looks at video of his son's shooting during a news conference, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Detroit. The family of Patrick Lyoya, a Black motorist fatally shot by a white police officer in Grand Rapids, Mich., filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court against the now-former officer and the city of Grand Rapids. The civil rights suit on behalf of Lyoya's family alleges unnecessary, illegal and excessive force and gross negligence by then-Officer Christopher Schurr. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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U.S. court dismisses suit against Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi killing
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 18, 2022 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives to attend the "APEC Leaders' Informal Dialogue with Guests" event during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok. - A US judge dismissed on December 6, 2022 a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his alleged role in the 2018 murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The judge accepted a US government's stance that Prince Mohammed, who was designated prime minister of Saudi Arabia in September, enjoys immunity in US courts as a foreign head of state. (Photo by Rungroj YONGRIT / POOL / AFP) (Photo by RUNGROJ YONGRIT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pfizer, BioNTech countersue Moderna over COVID-19 vaccine patents
A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is seen during a vaccination clinic at the Norristown Public Health Center in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. A Canadian study suggests cases of myocarditis are rare but higher than expected among young men who got a second dose of Moderna, though there's little to no difference between that COVID-19 vaccine and Pfizer-BioNTech following a third shot. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
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Uvalde shooting victims seek $27-billion, class action in lawsuit
FILE - Investigators search for evidence outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. The city of Uvalde sued the local prosecutor's office Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022 seeking access to records and other investigative materials on the May shooting at the elementary school, highlighting ongoing tensions over the slow police response and resulting flow of information about the rampage. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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New York court issues liability ruling against CIBC in Cerberus lawsuit
The new CIBC logo displayed on a flag in front of its headquarters in Toronto on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. CIBC says a New York court has issued a liability ruling against the Canadian bank in a lawsuit brought by Cerberus Capital Management LP. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
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Virginia Walmart mass shooting survivor files $50-million lawsuit
FILE PHOTO: Police walk through the parking lot after a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jay Paul/File Photo
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Uvalde mom sues police, gunmaker in Texas elementary school shooting
FILE - Sandra Cruz Torres, mother of Robb Elementary massacre victim Eliahna Torres, chats with Beto O'Rourke, Democratic candidate running for governor, as Cruz and her family celebrate Día de los Muertos at Torres' gravesite in Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Uvalde, Texas, Nov. 2, 2022. Sandra Cruz Torres filed a federal lawsuit on Monday, Nov. 28, against the police, the school district and the maker of the gun used in the massacre. (Sam Owens/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, File)