A California ride-share driver advocacy group filed a complaint Monday in state court against Uber Technologies, Inc., alleging the company violated Proposition 22 and should be barred from classifying its drivers as independent contractors. Rideshare Drivers United (RDU), a California nonprofit representing more than 20,000 app-based drivers in the state, claimed Uber breached the Protect App-Based The post California ride-share driver group sues Uber appeared first on JURIST – News.

FBI director Kash Patel filed a complaint Monday in US District Court for the District of Columbia against The Atlantic magazine and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, seeking $250 million in damages over a story alleging he had “alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.” The suit targets an April 17 article headlined “Kash The post FBI director sues reporter over story alleging excessive drinking and absences appeared first on JURIST – News.

Two Palestinian water delivery truck drivers were killed by Israeli fire on Friday, prompting aid groups to halt activities in the area. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that the attack threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean water to hundreds of thousands of people. Early Friday morning, two men were killed by Israeli fire at The post UNICEF suspends activities at Gaza water site after Israel attack kills two appeared first on JURIST – News.

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday expressed concern regarding the human cost associated with the resumption of the armed conflict in the country, following the discovery of human remains in Jonglei State during road works. The chair of the UN Commission, Yasmin Sooka, said: The discovery of human remains in a The post UN raises cocerns over impacts of renewed violence in South Sudan appeared first on JURIST – News.