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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A U.S. judge on Wednesday signaled reluctance to award the full $217 million in legal fees requested by lawyers at Boies Schiller Flexner and other firms for a consumer lawsuit against Google. The lawsuit, which once sought billions of dollars, later settled without Google paying any money. During a hearing in Oakland, California, U.S. District…
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Police Officer Files Lawsuit Against Denver Police Department After Losing Both Legs During Training
Victor Moses, a 29-year-old African American police recruit, has filed a lawsuit against the Denver Police Department, alleging that severe training practices and negligence by paramedics led to the loss of both his legs. The lawsuit, which has drawn attention to the training methods used by the department, raises serious questions about the safety and…
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Aspiring lawyers who are victims of domestic violence or sexual assault should not have to disclose any related legal or police involvement during the attorney admissions process, the American Bar Association (ABA) said on Tuesday. At its annual meeting in Chicago, the ABA’s policymaking body approved a resolution urging bar admission authorities to create a…
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