A massive $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina for its 2012 nationalization of YPF, the countryâs state energy giant, may not survive U.S. appeals court scrutiny. During a tense hearing in Manhattan, two of three appellate judges openly questioned whether the high-stakes battle should ever have landed on American soil. Argentina is fighting to undo the …
Portlandâs police leadership told a federal court that the mere promise of troops marching into their city under Donald Trumpâs orders transformed quiet demonstrations into nights of tension and tear gas. The testimony unfolded before U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, who is presiding over a closely watched trial that could decide whether the former presidentâs …
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has stepped in to halt a striking judicial order that would have required a senior U.S. Border Patrol commander to appear in court every weekday â a move tied to growing tensions over federal immigration enforcement in Chicago. Gregory Bovino, a roving operations commander overseeing the Trump administrationâs intensified …
In a dramatic twist inside the U.S. Justice Department, two federal prosecutors were abruptly placed on leave after using the phrase âa mob of riotersâ to describe Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Samuel White and Carlos Valdivia were preparing to appear in court for the …
U.S. Circuit Judge Duane Benton, a longtime conservative voice on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has announced he will move to senior status â a semi-retirement that hands President Donald Trump his first judicial vacancy to fill in his second term. Benton, 75, informed the White House of his decision in a letter, …
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Donald Trumpâs administration has turned to the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to validate his authority to dismiss Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Officeâan act that has become the latest test of how far presidential power can reach into independent federal institutions. The Justice Department has urged the Court to overturn …
Google has agreed to cut a hefty check â up to $190 million â to Texasâ hired legal teams as part of a sprawling $1.375 billion privacy settlement that closed one of the stateâs biggest battles with Big Tech. The deal, revealed in new court filings, also sets aside $71 million for the Texas Attorney …
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As Washington tightens the purse strings, two of Americaâs most populous states are digging into their own coffers to keep Planned Parenthood afloat. New York Governor Kathy Hochul and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that their states would cover the funding gap left by the federal governmentâs recent Medicaid cuts â a decision that effectively …
Two federal courtroomsâone in Portland, Oregon, and another in Washington, D.C.âbecame the latest battlegrounds over former President Donald Trumpâs controversial decision to send National Guard troops into American cities, testing the limits of presidential power on domestic soil. In Portland, Justice Department attorneys pressed Judge Karin Immergut to roll back her ban on Trumpâs troop …
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A prominent American law firm has issued a sweeping apology after artificial intelligence tripped it into a courtroom fiasco. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani â a national firm boasting 1,800 lawyers â confessed it was âprofoundly embarrassedâ when one of its attorneys submitted a bankruptcy filing riddled with fake citations and legal fabrications conjured by AI. …
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