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A Delaware judge gave Elon Musk and Tesla the green light on Friday to begin appealing a decision that could determine the fate of Musk’s massive $56 billion compensation package. This move by Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Court of Chancery starts a 30-day window for Tesla and Musk to take their case to the…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took legal action on Friday against a New York doctor, accusing her of prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. This lawsuit, the first of its kind, challenges the limits of conservative states’ authority to prevent the distribution of abortion pills across state lines. The Conflict Between State…
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In a report released Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) disclosed that the DOJ secretly obtained phone records from two members of Congress and 43 congressional staffers, including Kash Patel, during the Trump administration. The surveillance, part of a broad investigation into leaks of classified information, has raised serious…
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In a historic use of presidential clemency powers, President Joe Biden granted clemency to nearly 1,500 individuals on Thursday, marking the largest single-day exercise of such authority in modern U.S. history. The sweeping action includes approximately 1,500 sentence commutations for individuals moved to home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and 39 pardons for non-violent offenders…
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North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park announced on Thursday that he has formally withdrawn his candidacy for a seat on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. This decision follows months of stalled progress on his nomination, which President Joe Biden put forward in July. Park’s withdrawal highlights the political complexities surrounding judicial confirmations in…
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Judge Rules Baker & Hostetler Must Face Key Racketeering Claims in Fraud Lawsuit In a major development, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur in Houston ruled that Baker & Hostetler must confront civil racketeering claims tied to its former client, Alliance Health. On Wednesday, Judge Isgur rejected the Cleveland-founded law firm’s attempt to dismiss these claims,…
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House of Representatives Approves Federal Judiciary Expansion Bill Historic Bill Introduces 66 New Judges Nationwide The House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday to appoint 66 additional judges to federal courts across the country. President Joe Biden, the outgoing Democratic leader, has openly declared his intention to veto the legislation. Lawmakers expedited this measure…
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, renowned as the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the United States, is set to achieve another milestone this weekend, making her Broadway debut in the hit musical & Juliet. This special one-night performance will take place on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET and will…
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President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements during his campaign about five Black and Hispanic men wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York’s Central Park. Trump’s lawyers argued that his comments about the Central Park…
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Match Group Users Must Pursue Claims in Arbitration A judge ruled that users of Tinder and other Match Group-owned dating apps, who accused the companies of deceptively hooking consumers, must pursue their claims through individual arbitrations instead of a federal court class action. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco granted Match’s request to…
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