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  • Micron, Dell, HP Win Appeal Over Conflict Claims Tied To US Patent Official

    A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s rulings favoring Micron (MU.O), Dell (DELL.N), and HP (HPQ.N), affirming the decisions even though the attorney who represented these tech companies later became the office’s director. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that Unification Technologies, the patent owner…

  • Fani Willis Urges Appeals Court to Dismiss ‘Red Herring’ Argument in Trump Election Case

    Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is urging the Georgia Court of Appeals to reject an argument she describes as a “red herring” in the ongoing effort to disqualify her from prosecuting former President Donald Trump and his associates in the high-profile election interference case. In a filing submitted on Monday, Willis responded to a…

  • Second Appeals Court Finds Pistol Brace Restrictions Likely Illegal

    A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that a U.S. regulation restricting ownership of pistol braces is likely illegal. The 2-1 panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that a challenge to the rule by 25 Republican state attorneys general and others is likely to succeed. The court found that the Bureau…

  • Federal Court Extends Block On Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan

    On Friday, a federal appeals court extended an order that blocks the Biden administration from further implementing its student debt relief plan, which aims to reduce monthly payments for millions of borrowers and expedite loan forgiveness for some. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in St. Louis, granted an injunction pending appeal, siding…

  • Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Leads Legal Opposition to Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025

    Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) is at the forefront of a legal and legislative battle against the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” a policy blueprint that she warns could drastically alter the legal landscape in the United States if former President Donald Trump is re-elected. As a founding member of the “Stop Project 2025” task force, Pressley…

  • Ex-Public Defender Loses Sexual Harassment Case Against US Judiciary

    A federal judge ruled on Friday that Caryn Strickland, a former public defender in North Carolina, failed to prove that U.S. federal judiciary officials mishandled her sexual harassment complaint against her supervisor. U.S. District Judge William Young found that Strickland did not establish during a non-jury trial in Asheville, North Carolina, that federal officials violated…

  • 15 States Sue to Block Biden Administration’s Rule Granting Health Coverage to ‘Dreamers’

    Some 15 states have filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration, aiming to block a new rule that would allow approximately 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, known as “Dreamers,” to access health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) starting Nov. 1. The lawsuit, filed in North Dakota, seeks to…

  • X Agrees To Not Use Some EU User Data To Train AI Chatbot

    On Thursday, social media platform X agreed not to use personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI systems until users had the option to withdraw their consent, as an Irish court heard. This decision came after Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), the lead EU regulator for major U.S. internet firms operating…

  • Virginia Man Arrested for Alleged Online Threats Against Kamala Harris and Other Officials

    Frank Lucio Carillo, a 66-year-old resident of Winchester, Virginia, has been charged with making violent online threats against Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and other high-ranking officials. Carillo was arrested last Friday, Aug. 2. 2024, following an FBI investigation that linked him to thousands of threatening posts on the conservative social media platform…

  • Prosecutors Say Romanian Businessman Hired Hunter Biden to Seek US Policy Influence

    Prosecutors in the U.S. criminal tax case against Hunter Biden accused him of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who sought to influence U.S. government agencies during a criminal probe in Romania. The U.S. Department of Justice made this allegation in a Wednesday filing in Los Angeles federal court, where Hunter Biden, the son of…