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US District Judge Denise Cote expressed a tentative view on Thursday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would be able to show at trial that Apple knowingly participated in and facilitated a conspiracy to raise the prices of e-books with five publishers. She said her view was based largely on mater....... [more]

On May 18, 2012, Vermont became the first US state to ban hydraulic fracking when Governor Peter Shumlin signed Bill H. 464 into law. Hydraulic fracking is a method used by many major oil companies to extract natural gas and obtain shale oil and gas by using an extremely pressurized mixture of water....... [more]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday denied a motion to certify a putative class action against Google's YouTube involving copyright owners from around the world. Named plaintiffs included the English Premier League, the French Tennis Federation, the N....... [more]

On May 14, 1974, former US Representatives Bella Abzug and Ed Koch of New York introduced the Equality Act in the US House of Representatives. The Equality Act was a proposal to expand the coverage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The bill was r....... [more]

A New York federal judge on Friday declined to delay his order that emergency contraception be available over the counter (OTC) to girls of all ages. Judge Edward Korman of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued the order last month, citing a lack of scientific evidence to....... [more]

On May 4, 2010, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in two separate cases that a lesbian could assert her parental rights over the biological child of her partner and that a lesbian could legally seek child support from a former partner. The court issued the rulings five months after legislation leg....... [more]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday appealed an April decision ordering the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make emergency contraceptives including Plan B available without a prescription to women of all ages. In 2005 organizations and individuals concerned with women's health f....... [more]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday resentenced Wadih El-Hage to life in prison for his role in the 1998 bombing of two US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. El-Hage was permitted to speak before the sentencing, where he complained that the jury was biase....... [more]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday dissmissed a copyright infringement lawsuit by Viacom against Google's YouTube. Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, MTV and VH1, was seeking $1 billion in damages as well as an injunction against YouTube for clips th....... [more]

On April 17, 1905, the US Supreme Court overturned a New York statute that limited the number of hours a baker could work, claiming it violated a freedom to contract inherent in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The case, Lochner v. New York, has been hailed as a controversial and....... [more]

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the New York state gun law requiring those who desire to carry a concealed handgun to show they have a special reason before they can obtain a license. The case, Kachalsky v. Cacace, was decided last November by the US Court of Appeals....... [more]