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Connecticut Court Upholds $1.3 Billion Verdict Against Alex Jones A Connecticut appeals court upheld most of a nearly $1.3 billion defamation verdict against Alex Jones on Friday, finding the damages justified given the harm his lies caused to the Sandy Hook victims’ families. The court dismissed a $150 million portion of the damages related to…
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Justice Department Probes Foreign Influence in U.S. Patent Litigation The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether foreign entities are financing U.S. patent lawsuits to gain access to trade secrets from American companies, according to a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday. This report on third-party litigation funding raises…
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U.S. Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Divestiture Law: Ban Looms by January 19 A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to sell its U.S. operations by January 19, 2024, or face a nationwide ban. This ruling represents a significant victory for the Justice Department and national…
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Amazon Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Excluding Zip Codes from Prime Delivery Services Amazon now confronts a new class action lawsuit, accusing the company of excluding certain zip codes from its fast delivery services while still charging affected customers for Amazon Prime memberships. Filed by five Washington, D.C., residents, the lawsuit claims Amazon unfairly outsourced deliveries…
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President-elect Donald Trump has urged a Georgia Appeals Court to dismiss the criminal case accusing him of attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss. On Wednesday, Trump’s legal team argued that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s prosecution violates the U.S. Constitution, as Trump prepares to assume office next month. Willis has also charged several…
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Federal Judge Blocks Nationwide Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act A federal judge in Texas has blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporations to disclose their real beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant issued a nationwide injunction, ruling that the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act…
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday achieved the confirmation of three additional nominees for trial court judgeships as Senate Democrats continued their efforts to fill judicial vacancies before Republican President-elect Donald Trump assumes office. The Democratic-led Senate approved Sparkle Sooknanan, an official in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, as a life-tenured federal district court judge…
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A Massachusetts judge, Shelley Joseph, who faced criminal charges during Donald Trump’s first presidency for allegedly impeding a federal immigration arrest in her courtroom, now faces new allegations of willful misconduct from state judicial disciplinary authorities. On Monday, the Massachusetts Judicial Conduct Commission filed formal charges against Judge Joseph, focusing on the same conduct at…
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A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that Idaho can enforce its “abortion trafficking” law against individuals who harbor or transport a minor out of state for an abortion without parental consent. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a portion of the law that prohibits “recruiting” a minor for an abortion.…
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A Delaware judge ruled on Monday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is still not entitled to a $56 billion compensation package, despite Tesla shareholders voting in June to reinstate it. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Court of Chancery issued the ruling, following her January decision to rescind the pay package, calling it excessive. This ruling…
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