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An Iranian-born Norwegian man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of terrorism in connection with a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo. The Oslo District Court delivered its verdict on Thursday, ruling that the man, identified as Zaniar Matapour, carried out a shooting spree that resulted in…
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A federal appeals court on Friday vacated an order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that required seven chemical manufacturers and processors to perform new tests to determine whether a petrochemical solvent is toxic to birds. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, with a three-judge panel, sided with the…
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The fate of $170 million in fees sought by lawyers at Grant & Eisenhofer and three other law firms negotiating an antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard remains uncertain after a Brooklyn federal judge rejected the proposed deal last week. After nearly 20 years of litigation, the settlement aimed to require Visa and Mastercard to…
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A federal panel of three judges has mandated that the Mississippi Legislature establish additional Black-majority House and Senate districts following a lawsuit alleging the dilution of Black voting power. The ruling, delivered on July 2, sided with the Mississippi Conference of the NAACP and Black voters, who contended that the 2022 district maps were designed…
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On Friday, Kansas’ highest court permanently blocked the state from enforcing a law that banned the most common second-trimester abortion procedure. The court ruled that the ban violated the right to abortion under the state constitution, a right the court had recognized in 2019. In a 5-1 ruling, the Kansas Supreme Court, with one justice…
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The Supreme Court of Maryland has decided that Marilyn Mosby, former Baltimore State’s Attorney, can maintain her law license while she appeals her federal convictions. This ruling overturns the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission’s attempt to suspend her license earlier this year. In a brief two-page order issued on Friday, the state’s highest court sided against…
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A federal judge in Florida sanctioned an attorney known for filing hundreds of food and beverage labeling lawsuits this week. The judge stated that the lawyer “engaged in a concerted effort to defraud this court and likely many, many others.” U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell ruled on Wednesday that Spencer Sheehan must pay a still-to-be-determined…
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Dominique Side, the proprietor of Houston’s VGN Bae Studios and Surrogacy Escrow Account Management, faces accusations of defrauding numerous families out of substantial sums, totaling millions of dollars. According to court filings, nearly hundreds of families worldwide entrusted upwards of $50,000 each to an escrow company operated by Side, with expectations that their investments would…
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Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a U.S. judge on Friday to partially pause the criminal case accusing him of mishandling classified documents. They based their request on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents have broad immunity for official acts. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, argued that this ruling, which granted him immunity in a case…
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In a tragic turn of events, 22-year-old Lauren Johansen was found dead and “mutilated” in her car at a Mississippi cemetery just days after her ex-boyfriend, Bricen Rivers, was released from jail in Nashville, Tennessee, without an ankle monitor. Despite her family’s vehement objections in court, Rivers, 23, was granted bond and subsequently targeted Johansen,…
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