legal proceedings

  • Judge Allows Affirmative Action Opponent’s Lawsuit Against Southwest Airlines to Proceed

    Southwest Faces Allegations of Racial Discrimination A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that Southwest Airlines must defend itself against a lawsuit filed by Edward Blum, a prominent opponent of affirmative action. Blum’s organization, the American Alliance for Equal Rights, accused the airline of racial discrimination through its now-discontinued “¡Lánzate!” program. This initiative, active since 2004,…

  • Federal Judge Upholds Race-Conscious Admissions at U.S. Naval Academy

    A federal judge ruled on Friday that the U.S. Naval Academy may continue to consider race in its admissions process, despite a Supreme Court decision barring similar practices in civilian colleges. U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett in Baltimore rejected claims from Students for Fair Admissions, a group founded by anti-affirmative action advocate Edward Blum, that…

  • Appeals Court Upholds Sandy Hook Verdict Against Alex Jones

    Connecticut Court Upholds $1.3 Billion Verdict Against Alex Jones A Connecticut appeals court upheld most of a nearly $1.3 billion defamation verdict against Alex Jones on Friday, finding the damages justified given the harm his lies caused to the Sandy Hook victims’ families. The court dismissed a $150 million portion of the damages related to…

  • Justice Department Examining Foreign Funding of Patent Lawsuits

    Justice Department Probes Foreign Influence in U.S. Patent Litigation The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether foreign entities are financing U.S. patent lawsuits to gain access to trade secrets from American companies, according to a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday. This report on third-party litigation funding raises…

  • Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Law Forcing Its Sale

    U.S. Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Divestiture Law: Ban Looms by January 19 A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to sell its U.S. operations by January 19, 2024, or face a nationwide ban. This ruling represents a significant victory for the Justice Department and national…

  • Amazon Hit With Consumer Lawsuit Over ‘Excluded’ Fast Delivery Zones

    Amazon Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Excluding Zip Codes from Prime Delivery Services Amazon now confronts a new class action lawsuit, accusing the company of excluding certain zip codes from its fast delivery services while still charging affected customers for Amazon Prime memberships. Filed by five Washington, D.C., residents, the lawsuit claims Amazon unfairly outsourced deliveries…

  • Trump Asks Georgia Appeals Court to End State Case Against Him

    President-elect Donald Trump has urged a Georgia Appeals Court to dismiss the criminal case accusing him of attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss. On Wednesday, Trump’s legal team argued that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s prosecution violates the U.S. Constitution, as Trump prepares to assume office next month. Willis has also charged several…

  • Trump Appoints Antitrust Expert Gail Slater to Lead DOJ’s Antitrust Division President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named Gail Slater, a seasoned antitrust expert, to head the Department of Justice’s antitrust division. Slater will oversee major cases targeting corporate giants like Google, Apple, and Visa, signaling a continued crackdown on monopolistic practices in Big Tech and…

  • Supreme Court Leans Toward Allowing Youth Transgender Care Ban

    Conservative Justices Signal Support for Tennessee’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed support for a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. This case, part of a broader culture war over transgender rights, could influence similar laws across the country. The court heard arguments in…

  • Texas Judge Blocks Anti-Money Laundering Law’s Enforcement Nationwide

    Federal Judge Blocks Nationwide Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act A federal judge in Texas has blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporations to disclose their real beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant issued a nationwide injunction, ruling that the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act…