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  • This Law Is A Lifeline For Pregnant Workers Even As An Abortion Dispute Complicates Its Enforcement

    Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true and wondered if it was a scam. A month earlier, Cornejo Barrera had been forced to take leave from her job as head custodian at a South Carolina high school after she turned in a doctor’s note asking to be…

  • Colorado Shooter Pleads Guilty To 50 Federal Hate Crimes In LGBTQ+ Nightclub Attack

    Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter responsible for killing five people and injuring 19 others at Club Q, a popular LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, has pleaded guilty to 50 federal hate crime charges. The plea deal allows Aldrich, 24, to avoid the death penalty, instead receiving multiple life sentences plus 190 years on various other…

  • Byron Donalds Urges Supreme Court Intervention in Trump’s Hush Money Conviction

    Representative Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) marked Father’s Day with a call for the Supreme Court to intervene in former President Donald Trump’s recent guilty verdict related to hush money payments. Appearing virtually on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Donalds criticized what he termed the “weaponization of the justice system” and advocated for an expedited appeal process for…

  • Man Sues Apple For $6 Million After Ex-Wife Found Deleted Messages With Sex Workers

    A British man, who has chosen to remain anonymous, is taking legal action against Apple, alleging that the tech giant’s misleading messaging features led to his divorce and financial losses totaling $6 million. According to reports, the man deleted messages exchanged with sex workers from his iPhone, believing they were permanently erased. However, his wife…

  • DOJ Won’t Pursue Contempt Charges Against AG Merrick Garland

    The U.S. Justice Department informed Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday that it would not pursue criminal contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Merrick Garland, according to a letter. This decision followed the Republican-controlled House’s party-line vote to hold Garland in contempt for refusing to turn over audio recordings of a special counsel…

  • Abortion Rights: Tracking State Lawsuits Two Years After Roe Reversal

    Nearly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, litigation over abortion has surged dramatically. In 2022, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the court’s longstanding precedent had intensified debate and deepened division. He stated it was time to remove the abortion issue from the court’s…

  • Google Loses Bid To End US Antitrust Case Over Digital Advertising

    Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google must face trial on U.S. antitrust enforcers’ claim that it illegally dominates the online advertising technology market, a federal judge ruled on Friday. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, denied Google’s motion to avoid a trial, according to court records. Google had argued for a summary judgment, asserting that antitrust laws…

  • Alex Jones’ Assets To Be Liquidated As His Company Exits Bankruptcy

    A U.S. bankruptcy judge ordered the court-supervised liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ personal assets but dismissed the bankruptcy of his company, Free Speech Systems, without ordering its liquidation. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez appointed a Chapter 7 trustee to sell Jones’ assets, including his ownership stake in Free Speech Systems, the parent company of his…

  • Supreme Court’s Clarence Thomas Took Additional Trips Paid For By Benefactor, Senator Says

    Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took at least three additional trips funded by billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow, which he failed to disclose, said Senator Dick Durbin, the Democratic chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Thursday. Crow, a Texas businessman and Republican donor, revealed details about Thomas’s travel between 2017 and 2021. This disclosure came…

  • Amazon Accused Of Audiobook Monopoly In Author Class Action

    Amazon.com (AMZN.O) faces a proposed class action, with author Christine DeMaio, who publishes under the name CD Reiss, claiming the company has monopolized the retail market for audiobooks, leading authors to overpay for distribution. In the lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court, DeMaio accuses Amazon of violating U.S. antitrust law by charging higher distribution fees…