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A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that a U.S. regulation restricting ownership of pistol braces is likely illegal. The 2-1 panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that a challenge to the rule by 25 Republican state attorneys general and others is likely to succeed. The court found that the Bureau…
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On Friday, a federal appeals court extended an order that blocks the Biden administration from further implementing its student debt relief plan, which aims to reduce monthly payments for millions of borrowers and expedite loan forgiveness for some. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in St. Louis, granted an injunction pending appeal, siding…
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A federal judge ruled on Friday that Caryn Strickland, a former public defender in North Carolina, failed to prove that U.S. federal judiciary officials mishandled her sexual harassment complaint against her supervisor. U.S. District Judge William Young found that Strickland did not establish during a non-jury trial in Asheville, North Carolina, that federal officials violated…
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On Thursday, social media platform X agreed not to use personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI systems until users had the option to withdraw their consent, as an Irish court heard. This decision came after Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), the lead EU regulator for major U.S. internet firms operating…
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Prosecutors in the U.S. criminal tax case against Hunter Biden accused him of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who sought to influence U.S. government agencies during a criminal probe in Romania. The U.S. Department of Justice made this allegation in a Wednesday filing in Los Angeles federal court, where Hunter Biden, the son of…
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A U.S. judge on Wednesday signaled reluctance to award the full $217 million in legal fees requested by lawyers at Boies Schiller Flexner and other firms for a consumer lawsuit against Google. The lawsuit, which once sought billions of dollars, later settled without Google paying any money. During a hearing in Oakland, California, U.S. District…
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Aspiring lawyers who are victims of domestic violence or sexual assault should not have to disclose any related legal or police involvement during the attorney admissions process, the American Bar Association (ABA) said on Tuesday. At its annual meeting in Chicago, the ABA’s policymaking body approved a resolution urging bar admission authorities to create a…
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It is a foundational democratic tenet taught in every basic U.S. history course: the Constitution bars the government from endorsing an official religion or favoring one over others. However, two Republican-governed states, Louisiana and Oklahoma, have challenged the Constitution’s “establishment clause” with new laws. Louisiana now requires public schools to display the biblical Ten Commandments,…
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Pro-Israel advocacy groups and dual U.S.-Israeli citizens have filed a lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s order, which subjects individuals involved in settler violence in the West Bank to financial and immigration sanctions. The complaint, filed in Amarillo, Texas federal court on Tuesday, claims the executive order Biden, a Democrat, issued in February violates the plaintiffs’…
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New Jersey’s attorney general is urging a federal judge to reject a bid by numerous businesses to declare a new law, which bars the disclosure of home addresses and other personal information belonging to judges and prosecutors, unconstitutional. In a brief filed on Monday, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s office argued that the disclosure…
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