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Constitution doesn't block Indiana's ban on gender transition procedures for kids: Appeals court

By Jonathan Bilyk |
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

By Jonathan Bilyk |
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

By Chris Dickerson |
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

By A. I. Benavidez |
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

By Chris Dickerson |
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

By Legal Newsline Reports |
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

By Legal Newsline |
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

By Jonathan Bilyk |
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'

By Jonathan Bilyk |
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

By R. B. Pepalis |
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

By Chris Dickerson |
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’

By K. R. Nelson |
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

By Jonathan Bilyk |
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

By M. N. Tirado |
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'

By Legal Newsline Reports |
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

By Legal Newsline |
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

By C. D. McHugh |
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

By A. D. Bamburg |
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.