Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Thursday amended the initial lawsuit against Google to include claims regarding Google’s Incognito mode as another violation of Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The lawsuit alleges that Google misled the public to believe they could restrict the sharing of their personal data through using Google’s Incognito mode. However, “n reality, [...]
A Michigan judge Tuesday blocked the enforcement of a 1931 state law which would ban abortions in the event Roe v. Wade is overturned. The ruling was met with praise from the Michigan governor. MCL 750.14 is a Michigan law enacted in 1931 which made all abortions a felony unless it was necessary to save [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday held that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) in-house adjudication violated the petitioner hedge fund manager’s Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. The court found that Congress unconstitutionally delegated too much power to the SEC and statutory removal of in-house judges used in the [...]
The UK High Court Wednesday allowed a case against the UK government for its continued use of the PPE manufacturer Supermax to go forward. All the Citizens, represented by UK law firm, Wilson Solicitors, is suing the government for continuing its relationship with the Malaysian company, despite an investigation uncovering allegations of forced labor in [...]
US Soccer Federation Wednesday announced both men and women national team players will receive equal pay and prize money based on new collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). The news brings to an end a years-long battle for equal pay headed by the US Women’s National Team (USWNT). The term of the CBAs will run through 2028 [...]
The Kansas Supreme Court Wednesday issued an opinion rejecting a challenge to Kansas’s new redistricting law which opponents said represented a form of partisan gerrymandering. The decision comes two days after the court heard oral arguments regarding the law’s validity. The court announced its unanimous decision, which upheld the validity of Senate Bill No. 563. The [...]
Plaintiff Purushothaman Rajaram Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit in a California US District Court against Meta Platforms Inc., Facebook’s new parent company for employment discrimination. Rajaram, a US citizen, alleges he applied for a Facebook position and accuses Facebook of preferring to hire visa-dependent workers for certain US positions. Rajaram alleges Facebook does this because it can [...]
A Texas federal court judge Tuesday ruled Apple Inc. owes $300M in damages in a patent infringement case. The Texas US District Court denied Apple’s motion for a new trial and judgement as a matter of law. Optis Wireless Technology, LLC, along with several of other Optis companies, sued Apple in 2019 alleging the iPhone-maker [...]
US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Tuesday ordered that Dish Network Corp. (Dish) must defend itself in a whistleblower False Claims Act lawsuit. The court found that a lower court decision to dismiss the case against Dish was wrong. The suit against Dish was brought by Vermont National Telephone Co. (Vermont National) on [...]
The Dallas Police Department Tuesday held a press conference where Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia announced the arrest of Jeremy Theron Smith for a shooting at a Koreatown hair salon last Wednesday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also Tuesday launched a federal hate crime investigation into the shooting. Smith was arrested by Dallas police [...]
