A US federal judge Friday ordered the state of Louisiana to pay a USD 3.8 million settlement for legal fees to the Center for Reproductive Rights and law firms who challenged the state’s abortion restrictions on doctors in June Medical Services LLC et al v. Courtney Phillips. In June Medical Services, the plaintiffs challenged seven Louisiana abortion restrictions that [...]

Agricultural organizations Friday filed a brief asking the US Supreme Court to strike down California’s Proposition 12, which bans in-state sales of whole pork meat from pigs born to mothers who were kept in confined housing. Proposition 12’s confined pig housing standard is a pig “that was housed with 24 square feet of space and in [...]

Former Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio and two other members have pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy in relation to their alleged roles in storming the US Capitol on January 6 last year. Five Proud Boys members were indicted by a grand jury on Monday for “seditious conspiracy and other charges for their actions before and [...]

Bank of America customer Steven Checchia has filed a motion asking a Pennsylvania federal judge to grant preliminary approval of Bank of America’s USD 8 million settlement. Bank of America agreed to pay USD 8 million regarding alleged claims that its customers received two separate fees for a single bad check. Additionally, Bank of America agreed [...]

Microsoft Wednesday announced four new employee workforce initiatives including changes to US-based policies and practices related to noncompete clause enforcement, confidentiality agreements in dispute resolutions, wage transparency across hiring practices and the initiation of a civil rights audit. The four new initiatives are aimed at empowering employee mobility, fostering a safe space for concerns, increasing [...]

A group of 90 women Wednesday filed a tort lawsuit against the FBI accusing two former FBI agents of failing to stop former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar from sexually abusing patients once the FBI was first made aware of allegations against Nassar. This lawsuit comes after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced [...]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation Wednesday arrested a man who threatened to kill a US Supreme Court Justice near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in Maryland. Nicholas John Roske called emergency authorities and indicated “he had a firearm in his suitcase.” While on the phone, Roske admitted “he came from California to kill a specific United States [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Tuesday ruled that a Honduran man’s conviction in California for possession of a forged social security number card (SSN) with a counterfeit government seal is grounds for deportation as a crime of moral turpitude. Pedro Vasquez-Borjas was convicted of forgery under California Penal Code § 472 because he [...]

The Court of the European Union (EU General Court) Wednesday released its judgement in Apple v EUIPO – Swatch, a court case that involved Swatch’s “Tick Different” slogan. The court said that Apple had no standing to appeal the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO) initial finding in favor of Swatch which said that Swatch [...]

Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault Tuesday released a recommendations report which proposed recommendations to further regulate electoral communications and broaden access to mail-in ballots. The Canada Elections Act allows the Chief Electoral Officer to “propose amendments to the Act designed to improve the administration of federal elections.” The report seeks to make it easier [...]