The National Hockey League (NHL) on Monday announced that it had reached asettlement in a Minnesota court with a group of more than 100 former players who allege that they suffered a series of ailments as a result of their time playing in the NHL, including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, ALS and CTE. The tentative settlement amount [...]
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry’s resignation will take affect at the close of business Monday. Loughry submitted his resignation to West Virginia Governor Jim Justice who accepted it effective Monday. The governor had convened a special session of the state legislature set for Tuesday to consider Loughry’s removal as one of the four [...]
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood on Friday announced a settlement agreement reached with Abbott Laboratories regarding breast-feeding and formula feeding habit surveys that Abbott Laboratories sent to new mothers between March 2015 and April 2017. The surveys that were sent by Abbott Laboratories used a logo for “National Institute of Infant Nutrition.” The surveys were [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday granted the Trump administration a temporary stay in an environmental suit brought by young Americans. The suit was originally brought in 2015 by 21 young Americans ranging from 11-22 years of age alleging that the US government has created a national energy system that [...]
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation Thursday prohibiting the sale of materials to produce “ghost guns” in the state. The new law criminalizes selling manufactured parts or designs for assembling firearms by non-licensed individuals and effectively makes it illegal for individuals to assemble or possess a 3D printed firearm in New Jersey. In a [...]
The Trump White House issued a proclamation on Friday that bans migrants caught entering the US unlawfully from seeking asylum. The ban’s stated purpose is to funnel immigrants from Mexico and Central America to ports of entry along the border, where they will be allowed to apply for asylum “in an orderly and controlled manner [...]
A federal judge in Montana on Thursday granted a temporary injunction bringing an immediate halt to the construction of the $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline project. Judge Brian Morris ruled in August that the US State Department must conduct a more thorough environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline project, which was continued in Thursday’s ruling. [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy. The Ninth Circuit upheld the ruling that the decision to repeal DACA was “arbitrary and capricious.” The court also unanimously held that the rescission of [...]
Voters in six states considered ballot measures Tuesday to cap, limit or restrict various types of taxes. In Oregon a ban on taxes on groceries was defeated, and a legislative requirement of three-fifths majority for revenue increases was also defeated. In Washington a ballot measure to prohibit the state government from enacting taxes on groceries passed. In [...]
A three-judge panel for the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Wednesday threw out Maryland’s, finding that the process of redrawing the federal voting districts violated the constitutional rights of residents in the state. The state has until March to draw a new map that passes constitutional muster or the court will [...]
