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President Joe Biden announced four new judicial nominees on Thursday. One nominee, Julia Lipez, currently a Maine state court judge, is the daughter of Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Kermit Lipez. She has been nominated to the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where her father serves. Kermit Lipez plans to retire if the Senate…
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On Thursday, Georgia prosecutors announced their decision to appeal a judge’s ruling that dismissed some criminal counts in the 2020 election subversion case against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and several of his allies. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who oversees the case, stated that a state appeals court’s decision to review Trump’s bid…
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Jurors could render their verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money case as soon as next week, potentially impacting the 2024 White House race. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a payment that secured the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election. Daniels…
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Jury selection begins on Wednesday in the criminal trial of exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui. U.S. prosecutors accuse Guo of defrauding thousands of investors and supporters out of more than $1 billion. The trial, overseen by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan, could extend into July. Prosecutors aim to prevent Guo, a fierce critic…
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A District judge temporarily blocked part of a Florida law on Wednesday that imposes criminal penalties for willfully transporting people who lack legal immigration status into the state. The law, which took effect in 2023, classifies such cases as felonies under the crime of human smuggling. Judge Roy Altman cited testimony from plaintiffs who expressed…
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Apple (AAPL.O) announced on Tuesday that it plans to ask a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department and 15 states in March. The lawsuit alleges that the iPhone maker monopolized the smartphone market, harmed smaller rivals, and drove up prices. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals…
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Former President Donald Trump chose not to testify in his criminal hush money trial on Tuesday, concluding his defense quickly and allowing jurors to begin deliberations next week. Trump had fueled speculation for weeks about whether he would take the stand to defend himself against charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money…
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New York’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that employers’ health insurance plans must cover medically necessary abortions. The court rejected a lawsuit by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, which argued that the law’s exemption for religious employers was too narrow. The New York Court of Appeals found that the 2017 rule, implemented by the…
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Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify (SHOP.TO) convinced a Delaware federal court to overturn a jury’s decision that required the company to pay $40 million in damages for infringing patents related to website-building technology. U.S. District Judge Richard Andrews announced on Friday that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s findings that Shopify infringed the patents,…
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Law schools may soon have more information about the educational and economic challenges applicants face on their path to a law degree. The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is developing a new “environmental context” metric for colleges and universities. This metric considers factors such as institutional student spending, graduation rates, and the percentage of undergraduates…
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