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Portland City Council Settles Lawsuit Over Withheld Text Messages with $167,000 Payment

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Portland, Oregon – The Portland City Council has agreed to pay almost $167,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the city and Mayor Ted Wheeler of withholding a large number of text messages from a public records request. The lawsuit followed an investigation that found Wheeler and other city officials regularly violated city policy by using iMessage on their city-issued iPhones. The city’s public records software at the time was unable to access iMessages. The state public records law mandates that government officials preserve all written communication, including text messages and emails, and provide them … Read more

Uncovered Messages: Trump Legal Advisor’s Secret Scheme to Discredit Fani Willis Takes Center Stage

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Atlanta, Georgia – New text messages from a member of former President Donald Trump’s legal team have shed light on an alleged covert operation to disqualify Fani Willis, a district attorney in Fulton County. The revelations have sparked further controversy in a case that has already attracted significant attention. The text messages in question were sent by Atlanta-based lawyer, L. Lin Wood, to a conservative activist named Jadan Horyn. In these messages, Wood discusses a plan to undermine and potentially remove Willis from her position. The messages reveal a shadow effort involving subpoenas and other … Read more

Georgia Judge Refuses to Dismiss Dwight Howard Sexual Assault Lawsuit, Orders Sealing of Explicit Text Messages

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Atlanta, Georgia – A judge in Gwinnett County has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Dwight Howard, a former NBA player, of sexual assault and battery. The motion was filed by Howard’s lawyers, but Chief Judge Carla E. Brown ruled against it. Additionally, Judge Brown sealed an exhibit that Howard’s lawyers claimed contained explicit text messages. In the lawsuit, filed in July 2023 by Stephen Harper, it is alleged that Howard sexually assaulted Harper at his residence in Georgia on July 19, 2021. Harper also accused Howard of intentionally inflicting emotional distress and … Read more

Construction Project Lawsuit Unveils Lost Text Messages Responsible for Worker’s Unnecessary Death

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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, OHIO – The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the sister of James B. Rogers, who tragically died in a trench collapse in June 2016, is progressing through the legal system. The lawsuit accuses several defendants, including KRW Plumbing Inc., South Dayton Builders and Remodelers Inc., and real estate developer Donald C. Wright, of negligence resulting in Rogers’ death. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, the case hinges on the alleged control of critical variables in the construction project by defendant Don Wright. The plaintiff argues that text messages on five phones belonging to Wright, … Read more