The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday five new criminal cases and four arrests in connection with a multi-agency US task force, known as the Disruptive Technology Strike Force, to keep sensitive technology away from “hostile nation-states.” The criminal cases focused on foreign actors connected with Russia and China who, the DOJ claims, [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from the state of Alabama regarding a death row inmate’s request for an alternative execution method. With the court’s decision, a lower court ruling in favor of the death row inmate stands and the alternative method, as opposed to lethal injection, should be allowed. [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that former government employees can sue the city of San Francisco, California for infringing on their religious freedom after they were denied exemptions from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. The court found that the vaccines are remotely “derived” from aborted fetal stem cells and that [...]
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case in which members of Congress are seeking the disclosure of information regarding a real estate contract entered into by one of former president Donald Trump’s companies. The case, Carnahan v. Maloney, began after an investigation into a 2013 contract between General Services Administration (GSA) and [...]
The Wau Holland Foundation, a WikiLeaks fundraising organization, filed an LD-2 disclosure form on Friday showing that it hired the law firm Squire Patton Boggs to lobby the US Department of Justice on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The form states that Wau Holland engaged Squire Patton Boggs to lobby “First Amendment issues related [...]
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a proposed law that would have imposed rigid new restrictions on abortion access in the state, including a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Announcing a decision at a reproductive rights rally, Cooper indicated that the Republican-introduced bill would interfere with the doctor-patient relationship and could [...]
A delegation of human rights organizations traveled to the US’s southern border on Friday to “bear witness” to the end of Title 42, a Trump-era immigration policy. The organizations condemned the situation and described it as being “rooted in violence and abuse instead of compassion.” Amidst Title 42’s expiration, the ACLU filed a lawsuit to [...]
Leading Wall Street investment banking firm, Goldman Sachs (Goldman), one month before trial agreed to a settlement of a $215 million lawsuit on Friday following a lengthy gender-biased class action lawsuit, first filed in September 2010. The action was bought by female associates and vice-presidents of the firm, under Title VII of the Civil Rights [...]
The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a group of Puerto Rico journalists who were seeking documents from the island’s financial oversight board, saying that the board is protected from such information requests by sovereign immunity. The case, Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, asked the court [...]
A Trump-era deportation policy known as Title 42 is set to expire on Thursday night. Ahead of its expiration, US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas held a press conference at the White House where he said the Biden administration was “clear-eyed about the challenges we are likely to face in the days and weeks [...]
