The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Ritzen Group Inc. v. Jackson Masonry that a bankruptcy court’s order unreservedly denying relief from the automatic stay constitutes a final, immediately appealable order. In bankruptcy, a creditor’s rights to collect a debt are automatically stayed once a debtor files a bankruptcy petition. The creditor must then obtain [...]

Two transgender women filed a lawsuit on Monday against the state of Florida, arguing the state’s ban on transgender health coverage for state employees is unconstitutional. In addition to the women’s constitutional claims, they also claim that the state is discriminating against the on the basis of their sex, which is prohibited under Title VII [...]

The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday reversed two mining permits issued for PolyMet Mining Corporation, hindering the mining companies plan to construct a copper-nickel mine in the northeastern part of the state. The permits were issued by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), but Chief Judge Edward Cleary said that the DNR erred [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday, the first conducted in 2020. The first case, Lucky Brand Dungarees v. Marcel Fashions Group, asks whether, when a plaintiff raises new claims, a defendant can raise new defenses that were not actually litigated in any prior cases between the parties. The US Court [...]

The Delaware Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of lawsuit against Uber on Monday. The lawsuit was brought by Uber’s shareholders against their board of directors who approved the acquisition of Ottomorro LLC (Otto) in an effort to gain more traction in the autonomous vehicles space. Otto was formed in 2016 by then-Google employee Anthony Levandowski. [...]

A New York judge ruled Friday that a New York City ban on flavored tobacco liquid products, enacted via emergency regulation, was an overstep of its authority. Acting Justice Catherine Cholakis of New York’s Supreme Court noted that such a ban should be reserved for legislative regulation. “The Council overstepped its authority in adopting the [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition for review filed by the Republic of Sudan concerning the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. In 2017 the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit awarded several billion dollars to family members of victims of the embassy bombings. A 2001 lawsuit [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) lauded El Salvador on Friday for passing a new law to aid people that have been or are at risk of being displaced due to violence from organized crime and criminal gangs. UN spokesperson, Liz Throssell, welcomed the passage of the legislation, saying it “opens the door for [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lower court’s ruling that Iranian assets held outside of the US could be seized to satisfy a judgment issued in the US against Iran. The suit involves family members of US troops killed in the 1983 bombing of the US Marine Corp barracks in Lebanon. The family [...]

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a suit on Thursday against 26 defendants involved in a student loan repayment scam affecting more than 8.5 million consumers. The suit is against Monster Loans and a “sham entity” known as Lend Tech that unlawfully obtained consumer reports from the consumer-reporting agency Experian (not included in the [...]