Vermont accuses Clearview AI of violating state consumer protection law and its “Fraudulent Acquisition of Data Law” by scraping photos with facial-recognition technology, including of children, and selling it; it seeks $10,000 for each violation, in Chittenden County Court.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders won the primary in his home state of Vermont on Tuesday by what appeared to be a comfortable and possibly overwhelming margin.
Read moreOtter Creek Solar sued Vermont, claiming it spuriously classifies trees and animals as rare to restrict solar power in the state, in Chittenden County Court.
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A San Francisco-based health information technology company will pay $145 million to resolve criminal and civil charges that it helped set up an electronic health records system that encouraged physicians to prescribe opioids to patients who might not need them, federal prosecutors in Vermont said Monday.
Read moreThe Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles agreed as part of a settlement Wednesday to stop sharing registration information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Federal officials served a violation notice Wednesday to a Vermont hospital that it says forced a nurse to participate in an elective abortion despite her moral objections.
Read moreAffirming the dismissal of revenge-porn charges, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that a woman who learned that her nude photos had been uploaded onto a public Facebook page did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the images.
Read moreAn online lending company owned by the Chippewa Cree cannot invoke tribal immunity to block claims that it charged two Vermonters usurious interest rates, the Second Circuit ruled.
Read moreA 3-year-old Nubian goat named Lincoln is poised to become the first honorary pet mayor of the small Vermont town of Fair Haven.
Read moreVermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his chief lieutenants are offering contrition and defiance as staffers and volunteers face allegations of sexual harassment during his last presidential campaign that threaten to derail a second White House bid before it begins.
Read moreImmigrant advocates charged the U.S. government in court Wednesday with illegal surveillance and harassment done in retaliation for their work organizing farmworkers.
Read moreA coalition of industry groups representing internet service providers sued Vermont on Thursday in an effort to overturn its recently enacted net neutrality rules requiring all internet traffic to be treated equally.
Read moreLauding the state’s ban on so-called revenge porn — the disclosure of sexual images without the subject’s consent — Vermont Solicitor General Benjamin Battles praised the state Supreme Court for upholding the law.
Read moreOutstripping a 14-year-old among other contenders in Vermont’s primary race on Tuesday, Christine Hallquist became the nation’s first transgender candidate from a major political party to earn a gubernatorial nomination.
Read moreVermont’s capital city is trying a natural way to get rid of poison ivy — grazing goats.
Read moreVermont does not trample the First Amendment by giving politicians the option to engage in unlimited private fundraising or to collect public funds so long as they meet certain restrictions, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreProducers of pure maple syrup and honey aren’t sweet on a plan to label their pure natural products as containing added sugars.
Read moreA new law banning high-capacity ammunition magazines in Vermont has drawn a court challenge, with two gun shops, a lobbyist and a group of competitive shooters claiming that the measure is unconstitutional.
Read moreAn 18-year-old who has been jailed since he was charged with plotting a mass shooting at his former high school in February will face a bail hearing Tuesday.
Read moreVermont’s Republican governor signed three unprecedented bills Wednesday afternoon to tighten the state’s gun laws.
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