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A U.S. judge on Friday publicly released additional evidence collected by prosecutors in the federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump, who faces accusations of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. This newly unsealed evidence consists of hundreds of pages, many marked as “sealed” or redacted, and includes material referenced in a comprehensive…
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Tennessee’s abortion ban faces scrutiny over its medical emergency exception, as a court has ruled the language lacks clarity. This ruling prevents the state from enforcing the ban in specific medical situations while a lawsuit progresses, initiated by doctors and women who claim they were denied necessary abortions. On Thursday, a three-judge panel from the…
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On Wednesday, Nebraska’s top state court upheld a law allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote, enabling thousands more people to participate in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election. The Nebraska Supreme Court rejected claims by Secretary of State Robert Evnen, a Republican, who argued that the law, passed in April, violated the…
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to pause a new federal rule targeting carbon pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants. This decision came in response to requests from numerous states and industry groups, presenting a significant challenge to President Joe Biden’s climate change initiatives. The justices rejected emergency requests from West Virginia, Indiana,…
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Courts in U.S. battleground states are taking steps to expedite lawsuits over the Nov. 5 election to prevent drawn-out disputes that could delay results. On Tuesday, Arizona’s court system became the latest to implement special procedures for election litigation, ensuring that challenges receive swift resolutions. The state’s supreme court issued an order directing trial court…
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard a case involving a New York state man who lost his job as a commercial truck driver after failing a drug test due to cannabidiol (CBD) he claimed was falsely marketed as free of the psychoactive ingredient found in marijuana. The justices reviewed an appeal from Medical Marijuana Inc.,…
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International law firm Hogan Lovells announced on Tuesday that it has hired senior lawyer Jennifer Fleury from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission amid a surge in antitrust enforcement activity by the agency. Fleury joins Hogan Lovells as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Previously, she served as deputy chief trial counsel in the FTC’s…
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A federal prosecutor in Boston, Stephen Frank, who oversaw the “Operation Varsity Blues” investigation into the U.S. college admissions scandal and secured the conviction of a Kremlin-linked businessman involved in last month’s prisoner swap between Russia and the West, has joined the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Frank, who previously served as chief…
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U.S. consumers suing French luxury house Hermès have once again revised their lawsuit, aiming to convince a skeptical judge that the company forces buyers to spend thousands of dollars on other products before they can purchase one of its famed Birkin bags. The three California plaintiffs filed their third complaint on Friday, adding more allegations…
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Google has requested a California federal judge to pause his sweeping court order that requires the company to open its app store, Play, to greater competition. In a court filing on Friday night, Google argued that U.S. District Judge James Donato’s injunction order, set to take effect on Nov. 1, would harm the company and…
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