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The FTC’s decision will leave employers scrambling in the short term and could lead to major changes in how companies operate in the future.
The justices have a lot of news to make before running off to summer recess.
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Prices for industrial producers continued on a downward slide in March, down by about a half a percent for the month and nearly 8% year over year.
Europe boasts just over one passenger for every two people on average, according to figures released Monday by Eurostat.
Courts & the Law
"The importance and significance for this case is not lost on me, not only for Google but for the public," U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said. "Whatever the outcome ... it will hopefully instill trust in the public."
Hicks, a former top Trump White house official and trusted adviser, testified as to the Trump campaign’s handling of the “Access Hollywood” tape and denials of other rumored affairs around the time of the 2016 election.
The swing state accepts vote-by-mail ballots up to four days after Election Day. The Republican Party says that's against the law.
A D.C. Circuit panel said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers followed the law in analyzing the impact of the project.
Under the terms of the settlement, the New Jersey-based company would provide $92.5 million in cash and $180 million worth of naloxone nasal sprays to treat overdoses.
The ruling could mean that Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, will be removed as a defendant from the lawsuit against his unaccredited Donda Academy.
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Voting rights advocates call the ID requirements “a solution in search of a problem." Lawmakers say they are protecting voting rights while adhering to photo ID requirements in the state constitution.
The state says the company specifically targets Californians in their marketing to push against its strict gun laws.
The legislation is part of Mayor London Breed's efforts to revitalize downtown San Francisco.
Despite recent confrontations with police, protesters have stayed firm in their calls for the university to end ties with companies supplying Israel's war in Gaza.
Twenty students arrested while protesting the Israel-Hamas war Saturday night were denied an emergency motion let them finish their finals and complete their courses.
A federal judge extended the stalemate in a fight over over fate of New York artist’s work at an art center in Des Moines by blocking demolition of an outdoor art installment.
Rulings
A federal court in New York penned a whimsical ruling dismissing most class action false advertising claims against the parent company of the Cold Stone Creamery ice cream shops, except for one claim alleging its pistachio flavor misleadingly and inaccurately suggests there are pistachio nuts in its pistachio ice cream. The suing consumer brought customer surveys showing 85% of those polled expected there to be pistachios in the product.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court affirmed the denial of relief to protesters who challenged the constitutionality of a 200-foot buffer area around a courthouse where protest is not allowed to occur. The zone protects the right to a fair trial and keeps jurors, witnesses and others from being obstructed while arriving at or leaving the courthouse. Protesters may still protest outside the buffer, so it does not violate their First Amendment rights.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the lower court’s decision to sentence a man for shooting and killing his neighbor’s two German Shepherds, who were barking at and chasing deer the man had raised. The deer were fenced, and the dogs were interacting with the deer on the outside of the fence, so the killings were not protected by a legal defense that permits the killing of dogs in the process of killing or wounding other domestic animals.
The Seventh Circuit reversed a Wisconsin federal court’s injunction in favor of environmental advocates who say a proposed land swap’s powerline would run through a wildlife refuge on the Mississippi River; the injunction kept a utility company from doing any construction in the refuge. In this two-page ruling, the appellate panel says the district court made no finding that the environmentalists are likely to succeed on the merits, a necessary element to win a temporary injunction.
A federal court in California dismissed the First Amendment lawsuit brought against the Palomar Health District, whose board member sued after she was reprimanded for criticizing the new website’s terms of use agreements, and for talking about it with a local reporter. The court says her speech was not chilled and that she did in fact speak out, in spite of her claims of self-censorship.
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Hunter Biden filed an interlocutory appeal with the Ninth Circuit on Friday, arguing a federal judge improperly rejected his bid to dismiss tax evasion charges because a plea agreement barred the special counsel from charging him.
Airline passengers and former travel agents seek to stop Alaska Airlines from acquiring Hawaiian Airlines Inc., saying the deal creates a monopoly, shrinks competition in multiple passenger airline markets and threatens Hawaii's economy.
Popular Lunchables meal kits contain lead, cadmium and phthalates, two mothers say in a class action that accuses Kraft Heinz of deceiving customers. A recent report showed that Lunchables — often consumed by children — contained over 60% of the maximum allowed levels of the toxic chemicals that can cause brain damage and other health issues.
Mike Tyson punched out a fellow JetBlue passenger after he declined the former heavyweight boxing champ's offer of magic mushrooms on the flight, the passenger says in a lawsuit that looks to also hold the airline accountable for Tyson's behavior.
The Ridge Wallet Company, which sells plastic and metal wallets marketed to millennial and Gen Z men, accuses a company based out of Shenzhen, China, of selling knockoff "Ridge" wallets.
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