legal proceedings

  • Voting Rights Groups Seek to Extend Florida Registration Deadline Due to Hurricanes

    Voting rights groups have requested a federal judge to extend Florida’s voter registration deadline ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, citing disruptions caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in federal court in Tallahassee, the League of Women Voters of Florida and the state NAACP chapter stated they…

  • Lead Testing Device Company Magellan Sentenced for Concealing Defects

    A federal judge on Wednesday approved a plea agreement resolving charges against Magellan Diagnostics for concealing a malfunction in its lead-testing devices, which resulted in thousands of patients receiving inaccurately low results. U.S. District Judge Patti Saris in Boston accepted the plea agreement, imposing a sentence that requires Magellan to pay $32.7 million as part…

  • X Back Online to Some Brazil Users After Suspension Lifted

    ocial media giant X became accessible to some Brazilian users on Wednesday, just one day after the country’s Supreme Court allowed Elon Musk’s platform to resume operations for complying with court rulings. Brazil’s telecommunications regulator, Anatel, announced that it has started instructing internet providers to restore access to X. By Wednesday, many users reported being…

  • Warby Parker Fends Off 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Case at Appeals Court

    Warby Parker successfully convinced a federal appeals court on Tuesday to uphold a decision affirming that its use of a competitor’s name to redirect search-engine users to its online contact lens store did not violate U.S. trademark law. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled that 1-800 Contacts failed to demonstrate…

  • Siemens Files Lawsuit in Texas Against Citgo Petroleum Parent

    Siemens Energy Inc has filed a lawsuit in a Texas court against Citgo Petroleum’s parent company, PDV Holding, seeking to recover approximately $200 million from a promissory note that Venezuela defaulted on. This lawsuit emerged as creditors involved in an auction of Citgo’s parent shares in Delaware begin turning to other U.S. courts to enforce…

  • Law Firm Paul Hastings Taps Appellate Leader Amid Fights Over Federal Powers

    On Wednesday, the U.S. law firm Paul Hastings announced the hiring of Benjamin Snyder, a government lawyer who argued a significant case on federal agency powers before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year. Snyder will join the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner and co-chair of its appellate practice. Snyder previously served as…

  • SCOTUS Denies Uber, Lyft Bid to Avoid California Driver Suits

    The Supreme Court declined to hear Uber and Lyft’s challenge against lawsuits filed by the state of California. The state argues that the companies owe money to drivers misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees. The justices rejected the appeals following a California state appeals court ruling that allowed the Democratic-led attorney general and labor…

  • FTX Investors Drop Lawsuit Against Law Firm Sullivan & Cromwell

    A group of FTX investors informed a Miami federal court on Wednesday that they will voluntarily dismiss their proposed class action against the prominent U.S. law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. The investors accused Sullivan & Cromwell of participating in the multibillion-dollar fraud of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange and enriching itself as FTX’s lead bankruptcy counsel.…

  • Google’s Antitrust Woes Mount Over Search, Apps, Ads

    In the span of two days this week, Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google faced a court order to open its app store, Play, to rivals and learned that the U.S. Justice Department may soon request a judge to break up the company to limit its control over online searches. U.S. Antitrust Cases Against Google Android AppsU.S. District…

  • Supreme Court Signals Concern Over Glossip Death Penalty Decision

    On Wednesday, U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed concerns about a judicial decision allowing Richard Glossip’s execution to proceed as they considered the Oklahoma death row inmate’s appeal regarding his conviction for a 1997 murder-for-hire. During the arguments, the justices examined whether an Oklahoma court appropriately evaluated newly revealed information that Glossip’s lawyers claimed would have…