lawsuits
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Trump seeks distance from donation supporting Florida AG
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Donald Trump spoke to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi before his charity cut a 2013 check to support her re-election effort, but his campaign said Tuesday the two never discussed whether her office would join a lawsuit against Trump University. Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks clarified details of the conversation one day after the Republican presidential candidate said he never spoke…
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Nebraska settles with inmate seeking hormone therapy
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The Nebraska Attorney General’s office has agreed to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed against a state prison’s medical director for refusing to provide hormone therapy to an inmate. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the terms of the settlement that was reached this week have not been released. “I can tell you that Riley (Shadle) does have…
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Former Kansas inmate awarded $2.5 million in prison sex case
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A former Topeka Correctional Facility inmate who was sexually assaulted by an instructor at the women’s prison in 2007 has been awarded $2.5 million by a federal judge, but it is not certain she’ll ever see any of that money. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree on Tuesday issued the ruling against Ananstacio Gallardo for $750,000…