legal battle

  • Rights Groups Sue To Block Biden Asylum Ban At Mexico Border

    U.S. immigrant rights groups sued the Biden administration over a new policy that bars most migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally from claiming asylum. Led by the American Civil Liberties Union, the groups argued that the restrictions implemented last week violated U.S. asylum law and that Biden failed to follow proper regulatory procedure. They…

  • Oklahoma Top Court Rejects Case By ‘Black Wall Street’ Race Massacre Survivors

    Oklahoma’s highest court dismissed a lawsuit by the last two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, who sought reparations for the violence and destruction that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Black people. The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a judge’s decision from last year to dismiss the case, stating that the…

  • Elon Musk Targeted In Lawsuit Alleging Sex Bias, Unfair Firings At SpaceX

    Rocket maker SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk faced a lawsuit on Wednesday from eight engineers who allege illegal termination for raising concerns about sexual harassment and discrimination against women. The engineers, comprising four women and four men, claim Musk ordered their firing in 2022 after they circulated a letter criticizing the billionaire as a…

  • Four More States Join Justice Department’s Suit Against Apple For Monopolizing Smartphone Markets

    The Attorneys General of Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington on June 11, 2024, joined the civil antitrust lawsuit brought by the Justice Department, 15 states and the District of Columbia against Apple. The suit, file in March, accuses Apple of monopolizing multiple smartphone markets in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The department…

  • Trump Undergoes Virtual Probation Interview Ahead Of Sentencing

    Former President Donald Trump is set to undergo a virtual interview with a probation official from the New York City Probation Department. This interview which the New York Times reports happened on Monday, June 10, 2020, follows Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying documents, marking a significant legal milestone as he becomes the…

  • Senate Panel To Weigh Novo Nordisk Subpoena Over Ozempic, Wegovy Prices

    The U.S. Senate health panel announced on Tuesday that it would vote this month on whether to subpoena Novo Nordisk to address questions about the high U.S. prices for its weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, which are significantly higher than those in other countries. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)…

  • President’s Biden Son Convicted Of Lying About Drug Use To Buy Gun

    On Tuesday, a jury convicted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden of lying about his illegal drug use to buy a gun, making him the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. The 12-member jury in Wilmington, Delaware, the Bidens’ hometown, found Hunter Biden guilty on all three counts…

  • As Supreme Court Decisions Loom, A Legal Assault Is Weakening SEC’s Power

    A legal assault on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is chipping away at its powers to oversee Wall Street, and this effort is likely to intensify with two imminent Supreme Court rulings. Last week, a U.S. appeals court overturned a major SEC rule that imposed stricter oversight of private funds, delivering a fresh blow…

  • Supreme Court’s Alito Appears To Back US Return To ‘Godliness’ In Secret Recording

    A liberal activist released a secret recording on Monday, revealing conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito agreeing with the idea that the U.S. should return “to a place of godliness.” Reuters could not independently verify the recording’s authenticity, which activist Lauren Windsor posted on social media and provided to Rolling Stone. The Supreme Court…

  • US Must Pay More Of Native American Tribes’ Healthcare Costs, Supreme Court Rules

    The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government has been underfunding Native American tribes administering their own healthcare programs for 30 years and must pay potentially hundreds of millions more going forward. In a 5-4 ruling, the court found that federal law requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to cover…