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Lewis A. Kaplan, US District Judge for the Southern District of New York, ruled Wednesday that former President Donald Trump was liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, citing a ruling from earlier this year and saying that the jury in an upcoming trial will only need to determine how much money [...]

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously upheld Wednesday a lower court’s decision to reject biometric software company Onfido Inc.’s attempt to send facial data privacy claims to arbitration. The plaintiff in the case registered his identity to become a verified user on the application OfferUp, an online [...]

The High Court of Delhi ruled Thursday that a promise made by the Chief Minister of State during a press conference is an enforceable promise that has to be implemented by the government. On March 25, 2020, India announced a nationwide lockdown because of COVID-19. Consequently, Delhi witnessed a mass exodus of daily-wage workers leaving for [...]

Attorney and former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz Wednesday filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the creators of Filthy Rich, a four-part documentary series on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, for their portrayal of Dershowitz in the series. Dershowitz, who has worked for high-profile clients such as Mike Tyson, OJ Simpson, and Epstein, was accused [...]

The US Supreme Court granted review in 14 new cases on Friday on issues ranging from the eligibility of temporary protected status immigrants to become lawful permanent residents to the application of the CARES Act to Alaska Native Corporations. The first two cases are Americans for Prosperity v. Becerra and Thomas More Law Center v. [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that the New York convention does not conflict with state law doctrines of equitable estoppel which allow non-signatories to an arbitration agreement to compel arbitration. The case involves an American company (ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA) and a French company (F.L. Industries Inc.), which entered into three contacts, all of which [...]

The US Supreme Court added 13 cases to its docket for the October 2019 term Friday, including three cases challenging the Trump administration’s decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protected undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US as children from deportation. The court also denied review of an Alabama [...]

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack and the state's chapter of the League of Women Voters on Monday responded to a request filed by Republican legislators to have the United States Supreme Court block implementation of...

The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted a preliminary injunction against portions of President Donald Trump's transgender military ban. The Court also granted portions of the government's motion to...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Bravo-Fernandez v. United States . The court is being asked to decide whether an unconstitutional, vacated conviction can "cancel" out the preclusive effect of...