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David Pecker, former National Enquirer publisher, testified on Friday at Donald Trump’s criminal trial that he suppressed a story about an alleged affair to aid Trump’s 2016 presidential bid. He acknowledged that it would have boosted sales of his tabloid. Testifying for a third day, Pecker, 72, agreed with a prosecutor who asked whether it…
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SpaceX has requested a Texas federal judge to block the National Labor Relations Board from pursuing claims alleging that the Elon Musk-led rocket maker required workers to sign illegal severance agreements. The company seeks to halt the proceedings pending the outcome of its second challenge to the agency’s structure. Late Thursday, SpaceX filed a motion…
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The Biden administration may proceed with a lawsuit alleging that Republican-led Texas violated a U.S. environmental law by installing a 1,000-foot-long floating barrier in the Rio Grande river to deter illegal border crossings from Mexico, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Judge David Ezra in Austin said that the U.S. Department of Justice’s…
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Megan Thee Stallion, the renowned rap sensation, finds herself entangled in a legal battle as former cameraman Emilio Garcia files a lawsuit against her. The suit alleges a hostile work environment and contains other explosive claims that have ignited fervent discussion on social media. Emilio Garcia’s court documents paint a troubling picture of his time…
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Experts suggest that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s ban on “noncompete” agreements, often signed by workers, could face legal challenges due to courts’ increasing skepticism towards federal agencies’ authority to enact broad rules. The commission, in announcing the rule on Tuesday, stated that agreements restricting workers from joining competitors or starting rival businesses suppress wages…
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Three U.S. law firms, spearheading a browser data privacy class action against Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and reaching a settlement earlier this month, have requested a judge to award them $217.6 million in attorney fees. Boies Schiller Flexner, Morgan & Morgan, and Susman Godfrey estimated the settlement’s value to be up to $7.8 billion. Google isn’t…
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Supreme Court justices, diving back into the battle over abortion access, seemed divided on Wednesday in a case pitting Idaho’s strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law ensuring that patients can receive emergency care. The justices listened to arguments in an appeal by Idaho officials of a lower court’s ruling that found the 1986…
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In the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker took the stand on Tuesday. He testified that he utilized the supermarket tabloid to suppress stories that could have damaged Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Pecker, aged 72, testified in a New York court, revealing that the Enquirer engaged in “catch…
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On Tuesday, two crypto industry trade associations took legal action against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), aiming to halt the implementation of a new rule expanding the regulator’s definition of a “dealer” of securities. Filed in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, by the Blockchain Association and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas,…
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to determine the legality of a federal regulation aimed at controlling homemade “ghost guns” as President Joe Biden’s administration confronts the increasing use of these largely untraceable weapons in crimes across the nation. The justices accepted the administration’s appeal of a lower court’s decision, which found that the…
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