The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld an Oregon district court ruling in favor of the government’s decision to include four persons on the No Fly List, which prohibits them from boarding commercial aircraft flying to, from, or within the US or through US airspace. Plaintiffs argue that the criteria [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district court’s gag order against Donald Trump advisor Roger Stone and his family in criminal proceedings. Stone argued in front of the appeals court that the gag order violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. However, the court did [...]

A Massachusetts judge on Monday ruled that the state’s temporary ban on the sale of vaping products can stand. However, the state has until October 28 to correct what the judge saw as unlawful aspects of the ban. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins denied a request from Vapor Technology Association (VTA), an industry [...]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached an agreement with Sunday Riley Modern Skincare on Monday after filing a complaint against the company for posting fraudulent reviews of their skincare products on the Sephora website. In the complaint, the FTC alleged that the company and CEO Riley violated two provisions of the Federal Trade Commission [...]

The New York Attorney General’s suit against multinational oil and gas corporation Exxon Mobil started on Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, a trial-level New York court. The Attorney General filed a complaint in October 2018 under General Business Law §352, Executive Law § 63(12) and for common law fraud. The suit alleges that Exxon falsely [...]

The Minnesota branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in state court on Monday seeking to overturn a law that denies felons who are on probation the right to vote. The suit claims the law violates equal protection, due process and voting rights guaranteed by the state constitution. Minnesota automatically disenfranchises [...]

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi distributed a “fact sheet” on Monday, amid the ongoing impeachment inquiry, outlining what her office describes as a gross abuse of power by President Donald Trump. The fact sheet reveals developments from the whistleblower complaint, which stated that Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated a ruling by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that had declared the Republican-drawn electoral map unconstitutional, remanding the case to the lower court. The Michigan suit had been brought by Democratic voters who alleged that the electoral map deliberately advantaged Republicans. In April [...]

Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio reached a $260 million settlement with McKeeson Corp., AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and Teva Pharmaceuticals on Monday morning. Summit County also settled with Henry Schein Medical for $1.25 million. An additional defendant, Walgreens, has not reached a settlement, but that case was postponed after the other defendants settled. The settlements occurred only hours [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a preliminary injunction on Friday against a state law that requires those convicted of a felony to pay all fees and fines before they can regain their right to vote. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis began experiencing pushback immediately when he signed [...]