The families of Sandy Hook victims settled Tuesday with gun manufacturer Remington for $73 million, according to the plaintiffs’ attorney, Josh Koskoff. The surviving family members of five children and four adults killed in the 2012 shooting brought the lawsuit against Remington for its production and marketing of the Bushmaster AR-15. Koskoff said, “it is [...]
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The Karnataka High Court Monday struck down provisions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 that prohibited and criminalised online gambling and offering and playing skill games, including online, by risking money or otherwise. The Karnataka Assembly passed legislation in September to amend the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, rendering all forms of gambling, including internet [...]
India state government implements law banning online betting games
The Government of Karnataka announced the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 on Tuesday, prohibiting all forms of online games involving betting, wagering and gambling of any kind in the state. The amendment follows the Karnataka High Court’s order to the state government to consider a petition that sought to ban all types of online gambling [...]
The Future of The Wire Act and Online Gambling under the Biden Administration
The year 2021 could mark significant changes, among other things, to an oft argued about and imminently perplexing, sixty-year-old law–The Federal Wire Act (“Wire Act”). The change will likely be driven from the hands of President-elect Joe Biden, and more specifically, with who he selects as Attorney General of the United States. Though Biden largely [...]
Germany court bars Tesla from clearing trees around site of first planned European car plant
The Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg region on Saturday ordered automaker Tesla to cease clearing trees on some parts of the site around the company’s first electric car factory in Europe. While construction on the site has begun, the factory could still be prevented from opening. Currently, Tesla awaits the complete approval of two permits, [...]
New York court allows daily sports fantasy websites to continue operating
The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court granted the two largest daily fantasy websites a stay on Monday allowing them to continue to operate within the state during their appeal. The appeal comes in a...
An appellate court judge granted a temporary stay to daily sports fantasy sites DraftKings and FanDuel hours after a New York judge on Friday granted a temporary injunction demanding the fantasy sports companies cease operations in that state....
The European Commission on Wednesday issued a Statement of Objection to Gazprom accusing the Russian gas giant of abusing its position as the dominant source of gas in Central and Eastern...
A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Friday ruled that New Jersey cannot partially lift a prohibition on sports betting, a move the state was taking to...
The European Commission filed a lawsuit against Sweden on Thursday for failing to change its laws on online betting and poker games that breach EU law on the free movement of services. The EU referred...