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A San Francisco judge has ruled that former CNN anchor Don Lemon may proceed with his lawsuit against billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk and his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) over a scrapped media partnership that was intended to relaunch Lemon’s career via a high-profile interview series. Judge Harold Kahn issued the ruling last…
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A U.S. federal judge has issued a landmark ruling declaring that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot detain people solely based on race, language, work location, or similar broad characteristics — affirming that such actions violate constitutional protections. U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong of the Central District of California issued two temporary restraining…
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Rapper T.I. and singer Tameka “Tiny” Harris scored a major courtroom win last year in their intellectual property case against MGA Entertainment, securing a $71 million jury award. But this month, a federal judge slashed that figure down to $18 million — and now the couple may be headed back to court. In a ruling…
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Kenneth Chesebro, a former legal adviser to Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign and a central figure in the effort to overturn the election results, has been officially disbarred in New York. The state appellate court issued the disbarment order in June, citing Chesebro’s criminal conduct in the now-infamous fake electors scheme targeting key battleground states.…
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A devastating cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has left barristers across England and Wales unable to invoice for work—cutting off critical income and intensifying fears over the future of public legal representation. Barristers, particularly those practicing in family, housing, and immigration law, say they’ve been left without pay for weeks, with some unable…
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A single piece of paper—Form I-797C, Notice of Action—may be the most overlooked legal safeguard for undocumented immigrants currently facing heightened immigration enforcement across the United States. Though not a work permit or visa, the I-797C serves as official proof that a petition or immigration application has been received and is pending before U.S. Citizenship…
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is once again leading the charge to curtail a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act (VRA), a campaign he began over three decades ago. With a now-conservative-leaning Supreme Court, his long-held views may be closer than ever to becoming binding precedent. At the center of the current battle…
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Derek Dixon, the actor who filed a high-profile $260 million sexual harassment lawsuit against entertainment mogul Tyler Perry, is speaking out publicly for the first time since initiating the legal battle in Los Angeles Superior Court last month. Dixon, who appeared as “Dale” on Perry’s BET+ series Ruthless and The Oval, alleges that Perry engaged…
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A federal appeals court on Friday, July 11, partially overturned the convictions of former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, vacating her 2024 mortgage fraud conviction but upholding her perjury convictions related to early withdrawals from her retirement account during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a split decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth…
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Senator Angela Paxton’s decision to file for divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has sent shockwaves through Texas political and legal circles. The divorce, filed on “biblical grounds” and citing adultery, could carry major implications for the attorney general’s ongoing political ambitions — including his potential primary challenge against longtime U.S. Senator…
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