After months of uncertainty at America’s top public health agency, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), delivering a key victory for President Donald Trump’s administration in its effort to stabilize leadership across federal health institutions. Schwartz secured confirmation by …
OpenAI has moved to throw out Apple’s lawsuit accusing the company of misusing confidential information to accelerate its ambitions in consumer hardware, arguing that the technology it is developing bears little resemblance to anything created inside the iPhone maker. In a motion filed before a U.S. court on Wednesday, OpenAI rejected allegations that it benefited …
Todd Blanche’s path to becoming the next U.S. attorney general has grown increasingly uncertain after a key Republican senator publicly broke ranks, tightening the numbers game for President Donald Trump’s nominee in the Senate. Senator Susan Collins announced that she would oppose Blanche’s confirmation, dealing a significant setback to the former Trump lawyer, who is …
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The internal agencies responsible for monitoring misconduct inside the US Justice Department are facing a crisis of their own. Even as complaints against government lawyers and officials have climbed to their highest levels in two decades, the watchdog bodies tasked with investigating those allegations have been weakened by staff departures and a sharp fall in …
DOJ Watchdogs Under Pressure as Misconduct Allegations Rise and Oversight Teams Shrink Read More »
A U.S. appeals court has handed Perplexity a major victory, lifting a judicial order that had temporarily prevented the AI company from deploying its automated shopping tools on Amazon’s marketplace. In a closely watched dispute that could influence the future of agent-driven artificial intelligence, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that Amazon is unlikely …
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A California federal judge has scheduled March 2027 as the trial date for the legal battle surrounding Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, setting the stage for a high-stakes clash over the future of one of Hollywood’s biggest media deals. The decision favors California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of states …
Paramount-Warner Merger Heads for Courtroom Showdown in March 2027 Read More »
New Jersey has launched a legal battle against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of exploiting its influence over thousands of package delivery workers operating through its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) network. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Newark, alleges that Amazon leveraged its dominant position to keep wages low and working conditions unfavorable for …
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Donald Trump is challenging attempts by former judges and public-interest groups to recover legal expenses stemming from his abandoned lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, telling a federal court in Florida that the groups have no legal basis to seek compensation. The dispute traces back to Trump’s now-withdrawn $10 billion lawsuit, which accused the IRS …
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The effort to erase diversity, equity and inclusion requirements from American law school accreditation rules encountered resistance on Tuesday after the American Bar Association’s policymaking body voted against the proposal, delaying a decision that has become deeply intertwined with the political battle over higher education in the United States. The setback does not completely shut …
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Todd Blanche moved a step closer to becoming the next U.S. attorney general on Tuesday after Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to advance his nomination, clearing the way for a full Senate vote that could arrive within days. The breakthrough came only after Blanche, currently serving as acting attorney general …
Senate Panel Pushes Todd Blanche Closer to Top Justice Post After Last-Minute Deal Read More »
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