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CFPB fends off challenge to repeal of ban on high-interest loans
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has tossed a community group’s lawsuit that challenged the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remove prohibitions on short-term, high-interest loans like payday loans. -
D.C. firm says it is owed Roundup fees from other lawyer
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A Washington, D.C., law firm says an attorney it loaned money to is cashing in on Roundup lawsuit settlements without paying it back. -
U.S. Fish and Wildlife sued for black-footed ferret population decline
Wildearth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project and Rocky Mountain Wild filed a federal complaint on October 28 in the U.S. -
MyPillow wants to appeal adverse ruling in Dominion's defamation lawsuit against it
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The pillow company caught up in controversy following the 2020 Presidential election will try to appeal a ruling that allows a defamation lawsuit against it to proceed. -
Judge: Dominion's defamation case against Giuliani, Powell and MyPillow is just fine where it is
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and a pillow company will have to face litigation that alleges they defamed the company that provided voting machines during the 2020 Presidential election. -
Watchdogs question whether Klein got 'backdoor workaround' on ethics waiver at Interior
Federal watchdog group, U.S. Interior Department due back in court on Sept. 27 to assess FOIA document production. -
Interior's response to denial of Elizabeth Klein records not good enough, group argues
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Explain yourself, an advocacy group is telling the Department of the Interior after it rejected a Freedom of Information Act request. -
Plaintiffs firm, client do battle over contingency fee
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A law firm is suing a woman for her alleged nonpayment after winning her a case. -
Group asks judge to speed up release of ethics records from Interior Department about Elizabeth Klein
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The nonprofit suing the Department of the Interior for records related to one of its top officials – who just happens to be a climate activist – wants the judge hearing its case to speed things along. -
Judge won't let D.C. police make new argument against post-George Floyd law
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – District of Columbia cops will not have the chance to correct problems with their lawsuit that challenges a law passed during anti-police protests. -
Lawsuit alleges violence by cops at police brutality protest
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Police brutality protestors say that is exactly what happened to them in Washington D.C. -
Interior Dept. defends off-road vehicle use at Glen Canyon in Utah
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A group hoping to protect the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area from all-terrain vehicles faces resistance in its lawsuit against the Department of the Interior. -
Lawsuit claiming Exxon isn't doing enough about climate change kicked back to D.C. court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Exxon won’t get to defend itself in federal court from an advocacy group that claims the company has not done enough to combat climate change. -
Election 2020 aftermath: Voting machines sue pillows for defamation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The voting systems company accused of manipulating last year’s Presidential election is suing MyPillow and its founder, Mike Lindell, for defamation. -
National Park Service sued for letting off-road vehicles in Glen Canyon
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The National Parks Conservation Association is suing the National Park Service for allowing off-road vehicles in the area of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. -
Group of AGs sues Google, target unlawful search monopoly, related advertising
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 AGs suing Google, claiming the tech giant illegally has a monopoly on general search engines and related advertising markets. -
D.C. cops lose challenge to post-George Floyd discipline law
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The District of Columbia has fended off a lawsuit that challenged new rules for cops in the wake of anti-police protests over the deaths of George Floyd and others. -
FDA's refusal to transition New Drug Application for MS medicine leads to lawsuit
After the FDA allegedly refused to transition a New Drug Application into a Biologics License Application, a pharmaceutical company took legal action against the organization and other related entities on March 24. -
Political groups push for Federal Election Commission to respond to claims against Jeb Bush
Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 are urging the Federal Election Commission to take action on its Federal Election Campaign Act lawsuit. -
DOJ files antitrust case against NACAC over student recruiting
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A federal agency has filed a lawsuit against the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) over allegations it "established and enforced illegal restraints" on the ways colleges can compete when it comes to recruiting students.