The work product doctrine applies to documents the Massachusetts attorney general demanded from Facebook relating to an investigation into whether the social media company “misrepresented the extent to which it protected or misused user data,” the state’s highest court ruled. However, the AG has shown a “substantial need” for the documents that constitute fact work product.
Read moreA provision in Washington’s Law Against Discrimination that exempts religious nonprofits from the definition of “employer” does not violate the state’s constitution, a federal court ruled, but it may be unconstitutional as applied to a lawyer who was denied a staff attorney position at a Christian organization that helps the homeless because he disclosed that he was in a same-sex relationship.
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The United States says it has decided to “de-link” its suspension of millions of dollars of aid to Ethiopia from that country’s dispute with Egypt over a massive hydroelectric dam project.
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After the last administration gave some coal-fired power plants a pass on toxic-waste disposal rules, the D.C. Circuit will decide whether their exemption can stand .
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To ensure the merriment of millions of Belgian kids, the government is offering a special exemption from the stringent coronavirus measures to beloved St. Nicholas, who always delivers bountiful presents on the morning of Dec. 6.
Read moreThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau raised the thresholds at which financial institutions are required to report mortgage loans under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, so that “thousands of lending institutions will become exempt from reporting HMDA data, undermining the effectiveness of HMDA in achieving its statutory purposes,” the National Community Reinvestment Coalition claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreRepublican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told religious private schools Friday they are exempt from local reopening restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic due to their free speech rights.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Tuesday a stay-at-home order would not have prevented a Covid-19 outbreak which shut down one of the largest pork processing plants in the country, declining to bow to pressure from local officials calling for her to change course.
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The D.C. Circuit ordered the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to reconsider the exemptions regarding hazardous air pollutants that it gives to coal- and oil-burning power plants.
Read moreA federal court must reexamine evidence in a dispute over whether information about the living conditions of hens on egg farms is confidential and exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, the Ninth Circuit ruled, because the Supreme Court’s ruling in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media rewrote the definition for the term “confidential.”
Read moreThe Montana Supreme Court reversed a $35 million award in a negligence case against Jehovah’s Witnesses, finding that they are exempt from mandatory child abuse reporting because “canon law, church doctrine, or established church practice required that the reports of abuse in this case be kept confidential.”
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Sydney will set off its iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks after being granted an exemption to a total fire ban Monday, with other Australian cities canceling their celebrations due to a worsening wildfire risk.
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Lawyers for four Arkansas school districts argued Wednesday before the Eighth Circuit that they should continue to be exempt from a state law allowing minority students to attend schools outside their home district.
Read moreA trial court properly granted a New Orleans public defender’s request for maps and documents related to the locations of publicly visible crime cameras, a Louisiana appeals court ruled, finding that the city’s department of homeland security did not prove that the cameras aid in the prevention of terrorism or that the records are subject to an exemption.
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China on Wednesday announced it will exempt American industrial grease and some other imports from tariff hikes in a trade war with Washington but kept in place penalties on soybeans and other major U.S. exports before negotiations next month.
Read moreEarning applause from the state attorney general, a New York judge found no basis to let anti-vaxxers continue using a religious exemption repealed in June by the Legislature.
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Rebuking the White House for giving some oil refiners a pass on the amount of ethanol they must mix into gasoline, U.S. Senator and Democratic hopeful Amy Klobuchar accused the president Thursday of breaking his promises to rural farmers.
Read moreTwo weeks after President Donald Trump escalated his trade war by announcing an additional 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods, his administration said Tuesday some electronics and other items will be exempt until December.
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