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Former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones must attend ethics instruction as a sanction for engaging in an off-the-record discussion with his romantic partner’s former law firm, ruled Chief Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo Rodriguez on Friday. Rodriguez determined that Jones violated judicial policy by participating in a July 18 interview with members of the Jackson Walker law…
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A corporate attorney who alerted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to possible fraud within his company was rightly denied eligibility for a whistleblower award, according to a ruling unsealed on Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The court determined that the attorney, whose identity remains confidential, did not…
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday refused to allow President Joe Biden’s administration to enforce a crucial part of a new rule designed to protect LGBT students from discrimination in schools and colleges based on gender identity. Ten Republican-led states had challenged this rule. The justices denied the administration’s request to partially lift lower court…
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Montana’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that a law requiring minors to obtain parental consent before seeking an abortion violated the state’s constitution, siding with Planned Parenthood in a legal challenge. Justice Laurie McKinnon, writing for the unanimous court, asserted that “a minor’s right to control her reproductive decisions is among the most fundamental of…
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A U.S. judge announced on Wednesday plans to issue an order compelling Alphabet’s Google to provide Android users with more options to download apps, following last year’s jury verdict in favor of “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco listened to technology experts and lawyers from Epic and Google as…
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The U.S. Justice Department urged a court on Wednesday to accept a plea deal struck with Boeing after some relatives of the 346 victims of two fatal 737 MAX crashes demanded its rejection. Last month, Boeing finalized an agreement to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and to pay at least $243.6 million…
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A group of visual artists can continue pursuing certain claims against Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt, and Runway AI, alleging that these companies’ AI-based image generation systems infringe on their copyrights, according to a ruling on Monday by a California federal judge. U.S. District Judge William Orrick ruled that the artists presented a plausible argument that…
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A New York judge, for the third time, refused to step aside from the case in which Donald Trump faced conviction on charges related to hush money paid to a porn star. The judge dismissed Trump’s claims of a conflict of interest, which Trump had linked to the political consultancy work of the judge’s daughter.…
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A federal judge in Texas, assigned to hear a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s social media platform X against a group of advertisers, has removed himself from the case after reports revealed his ownership of shares in another Musk company, Tesla. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, recused himself in a one-paragraph…
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Two women have requested an investigation by U.S. health authorities into Texas hospitals that allegedly denied them abortions for dangerous ectopic pregnancies, according to their lawyers on Monday. These cases spotlight ongoing uncertainty regarding emergency abortions in states where the procedure is largely banned. The complaints, filed on August 6 with the U.S. Department of…
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