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Constitution doesn't block Indiana's ban on gender transition procedures for kids: Appeals court
A divided federal appeals panel said the Indiana ban on surgeries, puberty blockers and other care do not violate parent's rights to direct their children's medical care nor the speech rights of doctors, dissolving a lower court's injunction blocking enforcement of the law
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Ex-BART workers fired over Covid vax mandate should get $7.8M, jury says
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District should pay at least $1.1 million to six workers who were fired in 2022 after BART repeatedly refused to grant religious exemptions and accommodations to workers who said their faith prevented them from complying with BART's Covid shot mandate
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Paxton sues Biden administration for refusing to verify citizenship status of potentially ineligible voters
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary and other parties in the Biden administration for refusing to comply with federal law requiring them to assist States in verifying the citizenship status of potentially ineligible people registered to vote.
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New Jersey Appellate Court upholds arbitration agreement in McGinty v. Uber technologies
On September 20, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, reversed a lower court's decision by upholding the enforceability of Uber Technologies, Inc.'s arbitration agreement.
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W.Va. attorneys secure key victory in Pa. contamination case
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Some West Virginia attorneys are declaring a key victory in a Pennsylvania case regarding properties contaminated with arsenic and lead decades after a U.S. Steel facility was shuttered.
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Damien Patton: 'Escaping hate is always possible
Damien Patton, founder and former CEO of Banjo, said a lesson he learned from his own experiences is that "escaping hate is always possible," but it is made much easier when opportunities for rehabilitation are available.
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Rosen law firm reminds investors of class action deadline against Starbucks
Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, has issued a reminder to purchasers of securities in Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) who acquired Starbucks shares between November 2, 2023, and April 30, 2024, to take note of the October 28, 2024, deadline for lead plaintiff applications.
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Google privacy settlement a $62M windfall for trial lawyers, left-wing groups: Court filings
Twenty GOP state attorneys general have filed a brief in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a group of objectors, seeking to undo approval of a settlement that would steer most of $62 million from Google to trial lawyers and the ACLU and other groups to advance left-wing social and political causes
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Lawsuit challenges CA laws targeting online election parody videos the state considers 'deceptive misinfo'
The lawsuit was filed by online content creator "Mr. Reagan," who famously published a video mocking Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris using AI tech to make it seem she described herself as "the ultimate diversity hire" and which drew pointed direct attacks from Gov. Newsom
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Survey finds 71% of Nevada voters support ballot measure to implement 20% attorney fee cap
The political action committee (PAC) Nevadans for Fair Recovery released a fact sheet in May about a ballot initiative seeking to cap attorney contingency fees at 20%. According to a survey included in the fact sheet, 71% of Nevadans support the initiative.
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Coalition of AGs working to stop California electric-truck mandate
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently joined a multistate comment letter asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to maintain a federal legal block on California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulation.
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Nationwide official: ‘we're trying to protect our customers from what is a very, very sophisticated legal abuse system’
Russ Johnston, Nationwide’s President of Commercial Lines, said during a September 9 episode of the Insurance Information Institute’s podcast that Nationwide is trying to protect its customers from a system of "legal abuse" in the form of third-party litigation funding (TPLF).
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California violated 1st Amend by trying to force X to turn over info on content moderation: Appeals court
California lawmakers said AB587 only about "transparency," but also hinted the law's reporting requirements could be used to force X Corp. to comply with state desires to censor "hate speech" and other kinds of controversial posts the state may find objectionable
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Legislative director of Agudath Israel of America NJ: Scutari ‘had a busy day’ signing bills as Acting Governor of NJ
Schlomo Schorr, legislative director of Agudath Israel of America’s New Jersey office, stated that New Jersey Senate President Nicholas Scutari was "busy" during his time as Acting Governor. According to Schorr, Scutari signed multiple bills into law while New Jersey’s governor and lieutenant governor attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Schorr shared his statement in an Aug. 22 post on X.
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Former Starbucks CEO Schultz: Steve Jobs said to 'fire everyone on your leadership team'
Howard Schultz, former CEO of Stabucks, recalled in a recent podcast appearance how Steve Jobs once screamed at him to fire his entire executive team, advice which Schultz mostly followed within nine months.
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Suffolk County officials cast 'emergency' vote to redirect lucrative legal ad contract
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY (Legal Newsline) - Hours before hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal advertising would have begun flowing to the county's newspaper of record, legislators took an emergency vote to rip up a contract it had with the South Shore Press, and instead allocated those taxpayer dollars to a competing paper owned by a GOP boss and party contributor.
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Survey finds majority of Nevada voters believe plaintiffs should be entitled to 80% of court winnings
A survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies in July found that 86% of Nevada respondents believe plaintiffs should be entitled to take home 80% of their court award or settlement. The survey focused on a proposed ballot initiative in Nevada that would limit attorney contingency fees to 20%, meaning the plaintiffs would receive 80% of their winnings.
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Deputy sheriff sues Morgan & Morgan over misleading advice, improper registration
Brandon Walker of the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office in Georgia is suing personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan, alleging in a July 19 legal filing that an attorney with the firm gave him misleading information and that the firm was not properly registered with the state of Georgia.
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Feds file suit vs TikTok over data collection from kid users
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice filed suit in Los Angeles federal court against the operators of TikTok, saying the massively popular video sharing platform has violated a federal law protecting children's online privacy, even after agreeing to stop in 2019
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Arkansas sues Chinese company Temu over data privacy concerns
Arkansas has become the first state to sue Chinese e-commerce company Temu for alleged data concerns.