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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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A landmark ruling on Monday declared that Alphabet’s Google illegally monopolizes web search and included a rebuke for the tech giant for obscuring potential evidence in the case, along with a warning to other companies about safeguarding data. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., criticized Google for allegedly failing to preserve internal chats…
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An Ohio judge on Tuesday upheld a Republican-backed state law banning gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormones, for transgender minors, rejecting a challenge by families of transgender adolescents. Judge Michael Holbrook of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas delivered the ruling after a non-jury trial last month. Previously, Holbrook had blocked the…
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Harvard University has sued Samsung Electronics in a Texas federal court, accusing the Korean tech giant of violating its patent rights related to chip manufacturing technology. Harvard’s lawsuit, filed on Monday, alleges that Samsung’s methods for manufacturing microprocessors and memory products infringe on two patents from Harvard chemistry professor Roy Gordon. Samsung’s spokespeople have not…
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An appeals court on Tuesday examined whether President Joe Biden improperly addressed a “major question” reserved for Congress when he mandated a $15-per-hour minimum wage for workers on federal contracts. A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard the Biden administration’s appeal against a judge’s ruling that blocked…
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On Thursday, a New York state appeals court rejected Donald Trump’s challenge to a gag order in his hush money criminal case. Trump, convicted in May on charges related to hush money paid to a porn star, cannot publicly comment on individual prosecutors and others involved in the case until Justice Juan Merchan sentences him…
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