Judge Michael Kelly of the Michigan Court of Claims ruled in favor of Enbridge Energy and against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) who both ran campaigns against the Enbridge Line 5 dual pipelines, which run under the Straits of Mackinac that connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The construction [...]

The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may obtain disgorgement as “equitable relief” in civil enforcement actions for securities fraud violations. This case arose when Charles Liu and his wife, Xin Wang, misappropriated most of the approximately $27 million raised from Chinese investors under an EB-5 [...]

The Kentucky Supreme Court held Thursday that a non-profit LGBTQ+ organization lacked standing to bring a suit against a print shop that refused to make Pride festival t-shirts based on religious belief. The Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (GLSO), a Kentucky non-profit organization that represents and advocates for the LGBTQ+ community, filed a complaint in [...]

The Washington State Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that there is no vested right of access to public records in the state. The Evergreen Freedom Foundation submitted a request for access to the records of individuals providing childcare for low-income families in early November, 2016. On November 8, 2016, Washington voters approved state Initiative 1501. [...]

Medical advertising company Outcome Health agreed to pay $70 million to victims Thursday in a settlement with the Department of Justice. Outcome Health places screens and tablets which display educational content into doctors’ offices and then sells advertising space on these to pharmaceutical companies. According to Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie Jr. of the [...]

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that an agreement signed by a couple seeking in vitro fertilization to destroy the pre-embryos in the event of a divorce should be upheld as a valid contract. Timothy Goodwin and Jennifer Bilbao signed an agreement with a facility to store the remaining pre-embryos after their fertility treatment. [...]

The nation’s biggest private coal mining company, Murray Energy Holdings Co., and 98 affiliated debtors on Tuesday filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy with the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division. The company had entered into forbearance agreements on October 2 to hold outstanding loans under Superpriority Credit and Guaranty Agreement, with the forbearance [...]

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-backed Afghan forces committed summary executions and grave offenses without accountability. Afghan paramilitary forces belong to the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), but they have been recruited, trained, equipped and overseen by the CIA. The US provides logistical support, as well as [...]