The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has began an investigation into four auto companies that created an agreement with the state of California regarding vehicle-emissions standards, according to Friday reports. The car companies include Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., BMW AG and Volkswagen AG. The California Emissions Pact was a deal between these four [...]

Judge Carlton Reeves of the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled Wednesday that the state violated the rights of residents with severe mental illness (SMI) due to its lack of local treatment options. In his decision, Reeves noted that: On paper, Mississippi has a mental health system with an array of [...]

A judge for the US District Court Eastern District of Virginia held Thursday that the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) does not provide adequate due process procedures to Americans who wish to contest their inclusion on the list. Twenty-three US citizens filed suit alleging an array of injuries arising from their inclusion on the list and [...]

A federal judge found Wednesday that the merger of CVS Health Corp and health insurer Aetna was legal under antitrust law. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia conducted the review and made the approval in response to a Justice Department decision to allow the merger to go forward. [...]

The Supreme Court of Minnesota ruled Thursday that public school coaches are not public officials for the purposes of libel and defamation lawsuits. In 2014 Nathan McGuire was released from his position as basketball coach at Woodbury High School when the school decided not to renew his contract. A group of parents were concerned about [...]

The United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, aka United Automobile Workers (UAW) announced on Tuesday that the Union members have voted for authorization of a strike against the “Detroit Big 3,” automakers Ford, General Motors (GM), and Fiat Chrysler (FCA). The vote is held as part of the UAW constitution to authorize [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held Tuesday that a life insurance benefit administrator may choose to define “spouse” in a way that encompasses “domestic partner.” The decedent, Terry Engle, had life insurance and accidental death insurance from Unum Life Insurance Company of America, via his employer, Land O’Lakes, Inc. Engle did [...]

Google and YouTube agreed Wednesday to pay $170 million in order to settle with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the New York Attorney General. The settlement arises out of allegations made by both the FTC and the New York Attorney General that the companies violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting [...]

A North Carolina state court on Tuesday ruled the state’s legislative districts, drawn by Republican lawmakers, deprived citizens of their right to vote and were described as the result of “extreme partisan gerrymandering.” A three-judge panel found that by using their control of the General Assembly, defendants “manipulated district boundaries, to the greatest extent possible, [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld an assault weapons ban in Cook County, Illinois. The court noted that it had upheld a similar ordinance in 2015 in the case of Friedman v. City of Highland Park. In this case the appellants argued that the district court should have given [...]