Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took legal action on Friday against a New York doctor, accusing her of prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. This lawsuit, the first of its kind, challenges the limits of conservative states’ authority to prevent the distribution of abortion pills across state lines. The Conflict Between State…
Judge Rules Baker & Hostetler Must Face Key Racketeering Claims in Fraud Lawsuit In a major development, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur in Houston ruled that Baker & Hostetler must confront civil racketeering claims tied to its former client, Alliance Health. On Wednesday, Judge Isgur rejected the Cleveland-founded law firm’s attempt to dismiss these claims,…
House of Representatives Approves Federal Judiciary Expansion Bill Historic Bill Introduces 66 New Judges Nationwide The House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday to appoint 66 additional judges to federal courts across the country. President Joe Biden, the outgoing Democratic leader, has openly declared his intention to veto the legislation. Lawmakers expedited this measure…
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements during his campaign about five Black and Hispanic men wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York’s Central Park. Trump’s lawyers argued that his comments about the Central Park…
Match Group Users Must Pursue Claims in Arbitration A judge ruled that users of Tinder and other Match Group-owned dating apps, who accused the companies of deceptively hooking consumers, must pursue their claims through individual arbitrations instead of a federal court class action. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco granted Match’s request to…
Prosecutors in Manhattan have proposed that former President Donald Trump avoid prison time for his conviction related to hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, considering his recent presidential election victory. However, they firmly opposed dismissing the case outright, arguing that the conviction should stand to preserve public confidence in the justice system.…
On Tuesday, a new lawsuit targeted major food companies, accusing them of deliberately designing and marketing ultra-processed foods to be addictive, particularly to children. The plaintiff, Bryce Martinez, a Pennsylvania resident, claims that consuming these products caused him to develop type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease at just 16 years old. The lawsuit…
President Joe Biden directly opposed a bipartisan bill on Tuesday that proposes adding 66 new judges to federal courts across the country. He emphasized that the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives delayed addressing the measure until after the Nov. 5 election, which Republican President-elect Donald Trump won. Biden’s administration firmly stated his intention to veto…
Prosecutors Seek 14-Year Prison Sentence for Tom Girardi Federal prosecutors requested a 14-year prison sentence for Tom Girardi, the disbarred California attorney convicted of stealing millions in client funds. In August, a jury found Girardi guilty of four counts of wire fraud after prosecutors revealed he embezzled $15 million from settlement funds. Prosecutors Demand Harsh…
U.S. Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging Connecticut Anti-Harassment Rule The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reignited a legal battle on Monday, allowing plaintiffs to challenge Connecticut’s anti-harassment and anti-discrimination rule for lawyers. The court ruled that the plaintiffs, attorneys Mario Cerame and Timothy Moynahan, had standing to pursue their claims that the rule violates…