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America First Legal, conservative activists uncover Biden's campaign to influence 2020 election results
America First Legal (AFL) and other conservative activist groups continue to uncover evidence that federal government agencies plot with high-tech to manipulate elections in favor of progressive candidates, starting on a grand scale with the election of Joe Biden in 2020.
Left-wing climate group 'indoctrinates judges' as lawsuits against fossil fuel companies are the rise
The Climate Judiciary Project (CJP), a little noticed environmental group, holds seminars and other educational programs for judges across the nation that, according to the group’s website, provide “reliable, up-to-date information" about climate change litigation.
Defense lawyers: Mass tort claims driven by advertising, not injury, but the proposed fix is weak
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Millions of dollars pumped into billboard, TV and internet advertising as a come-on to sign mass tort plaintiffs is drawing in a high percentage of claimants with no basis for the claims, lawyers say.
Tort expert warns business community about SCOTUS forum-shopping decision
Every company with even a minimal presence in more than one state should heed a June SCOTUS ruling, Mallory v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., that exposes them to civil actions in states with “consent to jurisdiction statutes
Legislation would ban foreign governments from backing civil litigation in federal courts
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Newly introduced legislation in Congress would ban foreign governments and sovereign wealth funds from underwriting civil actions in our federal courts, a more than decade old practice of litigation meddling that proponents of the legislation say is undermining our national security.
Michigan AG investigation into 2020 voter fraud only now becoming public
MUSKEGON, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - An investigation by Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office into voter fraud surrounding the 2020 general elections only recently became public, with a Gateway Pundit report that cites a Michigan State Police record of the investigation.
Little noticed SCOTUS ruling could reinvigorate 'litigation tourism'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - American businesses should be on the lookout for the aftershocks of one of the U.S. Supreme Court's less publicized rulings issued before summer recess, one that could give new life to venue shopping by the plaintiffs’ bar – a practice a leading tort law expert has coined “litigation tourism.”
Approve REINs Act or continue to watch the 'administrative state run amok,' free market advocates say
A ditch filled with rainwater in a farmer’s field is fair regulatory game for Washington under proposed Clear Water Act rules that the Biden EPA resurrected from the Obama Administration.
Ads: America's AGs use 'slush fund' to meet in foreign country, make investments with state money
DES MOINES (Legal Newsline) - An ad campaign launched statewide in Iowa targets Attorney General Tom Miller and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), which he leads, for siphoning settlement money from consumer fraud lawsuits into what critics are calling a NAAG “slush fund.”
OK Gov. Stitt stands by Roberts despite past domestic abuse allegations; Roberts has filed defamation suit
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) - Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is standing by his June endorsement of state Rep. Sean Roberts (R-Hominy) for Labor Commissioner despite the recent emergence of two-decade old allegations of domestic abuse by Roberts’ ex-wife, Jennifer.
California about to strike another blow to business with pro-trial lawyer bill making defendant info public post litigation
SACRAMENTO - The California Legislature is on the verge of a change in civil litigation procedure that will give companies yet another reason to flee the state for more hospitable business climes.
Conservative PAC calls Montana’s reporting requirements 'unconstitutionally vague' in lawsuit
HELENA, MT (Legal Newsline) - An out-of-state political action committee has filed a federal complaint against Montana’s commissioner of political practices (COPP), alleging that confusing and arbitrary reporting guidelines covering political expenditures infringes on the group’s constitutional rights of free expression.
New Mexico’s voting records will go back online after federal judge’s ruling
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (Legal Newsline) - In a stunning victory for voters, a federal judge is allowing the online publication of New Mexico voter rolls over the objection of state officials.
'Goal posts kept moving' for conservative political action committee backing Montana legislative candidates
HELENA, MT (Legal Newsline) - An attorney representing a conservative political action committee hit with violating Montana’s campaign reporting and disclosure laws said that the group did all the homework necessary to comply with the laws before becoming politically active in the state.
'The mask is off ESG,' says leading professor of finance calling; It's a 'scam'
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - For celebrated NYU Professor of Finance, Aswath Damodaran, the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investment strategy is nothing short of a scam, and adds no underpinning value to business or investing.
Conservative James Brown gets broad GOP support for Supreme Court
HELENA, MT (Legal Newsline) - The Montana Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits James Brown, or any other judicial candidate, to seek the endorsement of a political party. But that hasn’t stopped leading state Republicans from endorsing the conservative Brown, an attorney and president of the state Public Service Commission, for the state Supreme Court.
GOP candidate petitions riddled with bad signatures 'should be a bipartisan concern,' attorney in Secure MI Vote case says
LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - An attorney representing a signature gatherer in a case involving an effort to squash the Secure MI Vote voter integrity initiative says that the possible disqualification of five GOP candidates for governor over petitions deemed fraudulent - even if unrelated to his case - is worthy of a bipartisan investigation.
Leftist dark money group working to sink Michigan voter integrity initiative with help from outside Republicans
LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A statewide initiative to adopt secure voting laws in Michigan, including a popular voter ID requirement, is up against millions from a leftist dark money fund that’s even gone so far as to pay prominent Republicans to help it defeat the initiative.
Supreme Court candidate Chris Carnahan promises 'not to legislate from the bench'
LITTLE ROCK (Legal Newsline) - District Judge Chris Carnahan, conservative candidate for the state Supreme Court, is no fan of judicial activism
Arkansas Supreme Court candidate Gunner DeLay describes philosophy as 'constitutional conservative'
Candidates for the Arkansas Supreme Court run with no party labels affixed to their names, but it’s not hard to assess where Gunner DeLay, 57, stands on the issues.