Recent Updates
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat
Legal Compliance 01/18/2025Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.Elected as the state’s top law enforcemen...
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Supreme Court’s decision on a looming TikTok ban could come Friday
Legal Compliance 01/16/2025The Supreme Court ‘s decision could come Friday in the case about whether TikTok must shut down in a few days under a federal law that seeks to force its sale by the Chinese company that owns the social media platform used by 170 million people...
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Utah's bid for public land control from the federal government denied by court
National Legal News 01/15/2025The Supreme Court turned back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government, marking a small victory for land conservation advocates who worry that similar efforts may escalate in a Republican-c...
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Apple to pay $95 million to settle claims it used Siri to eavesdrop on customers
Legal Compliance 01/02/2025Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a civil lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices. The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oa...
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to delay the start of the TikTok ban
U.S. Court Watch 12/28/2024President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.After President Biden signed a law banning TikTok unless...
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Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract
National Legal News 12/20/2024Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period.The Teamsters say the workers, who authorized strikes in the past few days, a...
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Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds
National Legal News 12/17/2024At a time of heightened political division, Americans’ confidence in their country’s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year, according to a new Gallup poll.The United States saw a sharp drop of 24 percentage p...
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Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board
Legal Compliance 12/12/2024North Carolina’s elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races last month and had questioned well over 60,000 ballots cast this fall.The State Board of Elections’ ...
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Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance
Legal Compliance 12/11/2024The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district’s guidance for supporting transgender students.The justices, acting in a case from Eau Claire, left in place an appellate ruling dis...
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Court seems reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors
Legal Compliance 12/05/2024Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed reluctant Wednesday to block Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect simila...
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ attorney says
Law Review 12/03/2024Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an “alarming blood test,” his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City’s notorious jail...
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Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care
National Legal News 11/30/2024Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people. The justices on Wednesday are taking u...