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A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that states cannot count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, siding with Republicans in a case that challenges Mississippi’s five-day grace period. The conservative three-judge panel from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not strike down Mississippi’s law, but it raised questions about mail-in…
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New York has joined the growing number of states reporting a higher pass rate on the July 2024 bar exam, with 69% of examinees successfully passing the attorney licensing exam. This figure marks New York’s highest overall pass rate since 2013, showing a 3 percentage point increase from 2023’s 66%, according to the New York…
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A Texas federal judge with a history of supporting conservative causes has introduced uncertainty into Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty over two fatal 737 MAX crashes. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor seized on a single sentence in the deal regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) diversity policy. Last week, O’Connor unexpectedly asked the parties…
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Law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced an end to its eight-year legal battle with former attorney Kristy Wagner, who alleged discrimination following a severe injury from a 2011 zip-lining accident. On Tuesday, attorneys for both Wagner and Akin filed a joint stipulation of dismissal in federal court in Washington, D.C. The…
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Federal prosecutors in Alaska have moved to vacate Johnny-Lee Preston Burk’s assault conviction, citing undisclosed personal relationships involving the presiding judge and a prosecutor. This motion, filed on Tuesday, marks a significant development as it represents the first time prosecutors have sought to overturn a conviction in one of the 44 cases linked to now-former…
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A Georgia sanitation company will pay $3.1 million to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit alleging that it refused to hire women as truck drivers. Managers allegedly referred to female applicants as “prissy girls” who were “taking a job away from a man.” U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee in Atlanta approved the settlement…
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Carrier Global has finalized a $730 million settlement with its fire protection unit Kidde-Fenwal and claimants who sued the bankrupt subsidiary over toxic “forever chemicals” found in its firefighting foam products. In a court filing on Friday in Delaware, Kidde-Fenwal announced plans to use the settlement to develop a Chapter 11 plan that will pay…
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Elon Musk offers a $1 million giveaway to voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition, entering a gray area of election law. Legal experts disagree on whether the billionaire supporter of Donald Trump violates prohibitions against paying people to register to vote. Musk, CEO of Tesla (TSLA.O), promises to award $1 million each day…
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President Joe Biden has canceled another $4.5 billion in student debt for over 60,000 borrowers, raising the total number of public service workers who have received student loan forgiveness to more than 1 million. This cancellation marks Biden’s latest effort to fulfill his 2020 campaign promise to provide debt relief to millions of Americans before…
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A Virginia county prosecutor filed a civil class action lawsuit against Georgetown University on Friday, following a recent data breach that exposed personal information of current and former students. The breach, which the university reported earlier this week, compromised sensitive data such as Social Security numbers, tax ID numbers, and employee payroll details, as claimed…
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