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Not used to losing, Globetrotters take Small Business Administration to court for $10 million
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Harlem Globetrotters refuse to take a loss on their quest for $10 million in COVID-19 funding. -
Protect the Public’s Trust probes U.S. Interior Department Secretary’s instant millionaire marriage
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has entered a rags-to-riches marriage and a federal watchdog wants to know more. -
MyPillow defense goes kaput in defamation case brought by voting machine manufacturer
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has lost part of his defense in a defamation lawsuit brought by a voting machine company upset with his public statements after the 2020 Presidential election. -
Advocate doesn't want PFAS case against Burt's Bees in federal court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – An advocacy group wants its lawsuit over chemicals in Burt’s Bees lip balm sent back where it started. -
Watchdog files to suit to uncover contributors to conservative political group
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An elections watchdog has filed a lawsuit against a conservative committee, claiming it failed to disclose its contributors. -
Big Oil won't give up climate change fight until U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – It’s no surprise, but a recent court filing by companies like Exxon, Shell, BP and Chevron that are facing climate change litigation shows they won’t give up their fight to have the cases heard in federal courts – where the suits face tougher hurdles. -
N.Y. law firm that worked on high-stakes case for Moldova says it wasn't paid
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Republic of Moldova has been sued in District of Columbia federal court by a law firm that says it hasn't been paid for its services. -
Watchdog says pro-Trump political committee violated election laws
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A campaign finance watchdog is going after 45Committee, a group that spent tens of millions of dollars supporting Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential election. -
Roy Moore will have to find new witness in defamation lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Controversial failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore won’t be able to depose a former Campaign Legal Center employee while pursuing his defamation lawsuit against political action committees. -
Roy Moore's subpoena in defamation case resisted by former Campaign Legal Center worker
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A former nonprofit worker says he shouldn't be required to take part in a defamation lawsuit brought by failed U.S. -
Software company wants MyPillow CEO to be punished over election litigation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – An election software company is asking a federal judge to punish MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for using the courts to attack the results of the 2020 Presidential election. -
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. -
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.