Federal appeals court rejects challenge to AT&T-Time Warner merger
A unanimous three judge panel on US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) assertion that the $85 billion merger of AT&T and Time Warner would be anti-competitive, thereby harming consumers and stifling competition. In affirming the June 2018 ruling of Judge Richard Leon, the court found that [...]
Federal judge denies request to pay workers during government shutdown
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied a motion from the National Treasurer Employees Union (NTEU) to force the federal government to pay employees working without pay during the ongoing shutdown. The motion included statements from two federal workers who are having financial trouble continuing to work since [...]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief on Monday urging the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to overturn a lower court’s decision to let AT&T and Time Warner merge. After a six-week trial earlier this year, DC District Court Judge Richard Leon declined to enjoin the merger between the [...]
Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday that AT&T could go through with its multi-billion dollar acquisition of Time Warner. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had brought suit in November arguing the merger would violate section 7 of the Clayton Act. The DOJ claimed that the acquisition [...]
A Step Backward: The Closure of the Office of Global Criminal Justice
JURIST Guest Columnists, David M. Crane, of Syracuse University School of Law, and Richard Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, discuss the widespread implications of the US decision to close the Office of Global Criminal Justice...With...
Amidst a Set-Back for Transparency, Citizen Led Accountability in North Carolina
JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane and Catherine Read discuss the Supreme Court's decision on denying cert in the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit... Last Monday, 24 April, it was easy to miss the important news that the Supreme...
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that halted the enforcement of a provision of Washington, DC's strict gun laws. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia stated...
US surveillance court approves NSA phone records application
The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) on Tuesday released an order allowing the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect telephone records under the new intelligence law passed by congress last year. The...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday issued an order allowing the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue compiling telephone records of a California-based law firm. Last...
Federal judge rules against part of NSA phone surveillance program
A federal judge on Monday ruled against part of the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program that collects domestic phone records in bulk. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of...
