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Alex Jones Seeks to Block Infowars Sale to The Onion Alex Jones plans to urge a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Monday to block the sale of his Infowars website to The Onion, a satirical news outlet, during a hearing in Houston. The Onion won the bankruptcy auction in November, but Jones and an affiliated company,…
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Texas Judge Blocks CFPB Rule on Credit Card Late Fees A federal judge in Texas, Mark Pittman, rejected the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) request to lift an injunction preventing a new regulation capping credit card late fees at $8. Pittman issued the decision on Friday in Fort Worth, maintaining the block on the rule,…
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Southwest Faces Allegations of Racial Discrimination A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that Southwest Airlines must defend itself against a lawsuit filed by Edward Blum, a prominent opponent of affirmative action. Blum’s organization, the American Alliance for Equal Rights, accused the airline of racial discrimination through its now-discontinued “¡Lánzate!” program. This initiative, active since 2004,…
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A federal judge ruled on Friday that the U.S. Naval Academy may continue to consider race in its admissions process, despite a Supreme Court decision barring similar practices in civilian colleges. U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett in Baltimore rejected claims from Students for Fair Admissions, a group founded by anti-affirmative action advocate Edward Blum, that…
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Connecticut Court Upholds $1.3 Billion Verdict Against Alex Jones A Connecticut appeals court upheld most of a nearly $1.3 billion defamation verdict against Alex Jones on Friday, finding the damages justified given the harm his lies caused to the Sandy Hook victims’ families. The court dismissed a $150 million portion of the damages related to…
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Justice Department Probes Foreign Influence in U.S. Patent Litigation The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether foreign entities are financing U.S. patent lawsuits to gain access to trade secrets from American companies, according to a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday. This report on third-party litigation funding raises…
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U.S. Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Divestiture Law: Ban Looms by January 19 A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to sell its U.S. operations by January 19, 2024, or face a nationwide ban. This ruling represents a significant victory for the Justice Department and national…
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Amazon Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Excluding Zip Codes from Prime Delivery Services Amazon now confronts a new class action lawsuit, accusing the company of excluding certain zip codes from its fast delivery services while still charging affected customers for Amazon Prime memberships. Filed by five Washington, D.C., residents, the lawsuit claims Amazon unfairly outsourced deliveries…
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Trump Appoints David Warrington as White House Counsel, Reassigns McGinley to Efficiency Role President-elect Donald Trump announced a significant shake-up in his team on Wednesday, appointing David Warrington as White House Counsel and reassigning his previous pick, William McGinley, to a government efficiency initiative. Warrington, a partner at the Dhillon Law Group, leads its political…
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President-elect Donald Trump has urged a Georgia Appeals Court to dismiss the criminal case accusing him of attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss. On Wednesday, Trump’s legal team argued that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s prosecution violates the U.S. Constitution, as Trump prepares to assume office next month. Willis has also charged several…
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