The US District Court for the Southern District of New York Thursday blocked President Trump from excluding undocumented immigrants in certain census counts. More than 20 states and cities had filed the lawsuit in response to a presidential memorandum issued in late July. This memorandum sought to reapportion the House of Representatives by excluding undocumented [...]

The City of Portland passed an ordinance Wednesday prohibiting private companies’ use of facial recognition technologies in places of public accommodation, making it the first city to do so. Facial recognition technology is primarily used to identify, verify, or detect an individual based on their facial features. Portland had already made efforts to ban public [...]

Apple Inc. has filed a countersuit against Epic Games Inc., the creator of the popular Fortnite franchise. Epic Games originally brought suit against Apple on August 13, alleging unfair practices and anti-competitiveness claims. These claims stem from the 30% tax that is charged to software companies who sell their “in-game” upgrades/purchases through the Apple App [...]

A Texas federal judge has ruled that the method by which the state verifies signatures on mail-in ballots must be corrected in advance of the November presidential election. This case arose when plaintiffs had their mail-in ballots rejected on the basis of a perceived signature mismatch. Both plaintiffs were notified that their ballot had been [...]

US President Donald Trump has issued a memorandum that extends the current moratorium on offshore drilling on Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts. This memo also extended the moratorium to the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina. Under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, Florida’s gulf waters are protected from offshore drilling until 2022. [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Tuesday affirmed a lower court’s decision that Alcolac Inc. (Alcolac), an American chemical manufacturer, was not liable for injuries sustained by several former members of the US military as a result of their exposure to mustard gas during the Gulf War. In their suit, the former US military [...]

Judge Gregory Woods of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down a narrowing of the standard of “joint employer” by the Department of Labor (DOL) this Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed by the attorneys general of 17 states and Washington, DC, who argued that the narrowing of the standard [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a notice of removal on Tuesday, removing a defamation case against President Donald Trump from New York State Court to the District Court of the Southern District of New York, and sought to swap the US government for Trump as the defendant in the case. The move is the latest [...]

The chair of the House Oversight Committee, Carolyn B. Maloney, announced Tuesday that she would be investigating claims that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy violated campaign finance laws. The announcement by Rep. Maloney came after a report by the Washington Post over the weekend alleged that, while DeJoy was the CEO of New Breed Logistics in North Carolina, he [...]

Several Pennsylvania bar exam applicants published a letter to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection Wednesday requesting an investigation into ExamSoft, the software being used to administer the upcoming October bar exam. The applicants expressed concerns that recent data breaches resulted from fundamental security flaws within the ExamSoft site. The applicants also allege that ExamSoft [...]