legal proceedings

  • Parents Of Michigan School Gunman Sentenced To At Least 10 Years

    The parents of a Michigan teenager who fatally shot four students have been sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison, marking a landmark case in the realm of school shootings in the United States. James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose son Ethan was convicted of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting, appeared together for the…

  • Arizona Supreme Court Revives 19th Century Abortion Ban

    Arizona’s highest court has resurrected a law from 1864 that effectively prohibits abortion in nearly all circumstances, further diminishing reproductive rights in a state where abortion was already restricted after 15 weeks of pregnancy. In a 4-2 decision, the Arizona Supreme Court sided with an anti-abortion obstetrician and a county prosecutor who defended the law…

  • Nvidia Hit With Trademark Lawsuit In Texas Over ‘Modulus’ AI Software

    Nvidia, the renowned chipmaker and AI technology giant, finds itself embroiled in a legal battle over trademark infringement with Modulus Financial Engineering, a financial-technology company based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The dispute centers around Nvidia’s use of the term “Modulus” in its artificial intelligence software, which Modulus Financial claims infringes upon its own trademarks and could…

  • Marbury v Madison: On Misciting The Foremost Judicial Review Authority

    In deciding whether to overrule the Chevron doctrine, the Supreme Court should not be persuaded by mistaken invocations of a famous dictum. “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” That quotation from the U.S. Supreme Court’s famous 1803 opinion in Marbury v. Madison has been recited thousands of times.…

  • Manhattan Court Finds Terraform Labs and founder Do Kwon Liable In Civil Fraud Trial

    A jury in Manhattan has found Singapore-based Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, liable on civil fraud charges brought forth by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The verdict, delivered in federal court following a two-week trial, concluded that Terraform and Kwon misled investors before the collapse of their stablecoin in 2022, which…

  • Retired Supreme Court Justice Breyer To Hear Cases On Appeals Court

    Retired liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has announced plans to return to the bench as a visiting judge on the federal appeals court in Boston. In an interview on a podcast hosted by Democratic strategist James Carville, Breyer, who previously served on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for 14 years before…

  • Judge Slashes Bayer $1.56 Billion Roundup Verdict To $611 Million

    A Missouri judge has significantly reduced a $1.56 billion verdict against Bayer, cutting it down to $611 million for three plaintiffs who alleged that the company’s Roundup weed killer caused their cancer. The reduction in punitive damages was the primary reason behind this adjustment, with Bayer promptly announcing its intention to appeal the decision. The…

  • Tesla Accused In Lawsuit of Cheating California Workers Out Of Wages

    Tesla is facing yet another legal challenge with a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of multiple wage law violations against factory and warehouse workers in California. Filed by two former employees at Tesla’s Fremont assembly plant, the lawsuit seeks over $5 million in damages on behalf of thousands of Tesla workers across…

  • Apple Asks Appeals Court To Reverse Apple Watch Import Ban

    Apple is appealing a decision by a U.S. trade tribunal to ban imports of certain Apple Watches in a patent dispute with medical technology company Masimo. Apple argues that the tribunal’s decision was based on flawed patent rulings and that Masimo failed to demonstrate investment in competing U.S. products justifying the ban. Masimo, based in…

  • Boeing Pays Alaska Air In Excess Of $160M After Blowout

    Boeing has compensated Alaska Air with a payment of $160 million to cover losses incurred after a severe mid-air incident in January. This payment aims to address the profits lost by Alaska Air in the first quarter of the year, with expectations of further payouts in the coming months. The incident led to the temporary…