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Meta Platforms has quietly stepped out of what was poised to become a closely watched courtroom clash over the alleged mental health impact of social media on students in the United States. The company reached a settlement with the Breathitt County School District in Kentucky, marking the first resolution in a wave of lawsuits filed …

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The battle over how far Title IX reaches inside America’s schools and universities is headed to the nation’s highest court. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether professors, coaches and other school employees can directly sue federally funded institutions for sex discrimination under Title IX — a question that has fractured federal appeals …

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A Massachusetts courtroom overseeing litigation tied to the Harvard Medical School body-parts scandal has now become the latest battleground in the legal profession’s uneasy relationship with artificial intelligence. A judge in Boston has refused to allow a senior attorney from powerhouse injury law firm Morgan & Morgan to participate in the ongoing lawsuits against Harvard …

Harvard Cadaver Scandal Lawsuit Hit by Fresh AI Fallout as Judge Blocks Attorney Read More »

Costco is asking a federal court in Chicago to throw out a proposed consumer class action that claims the warehouse retailer should hand back money tied to now-invalidated Trump-era import tariffs. The dispute stems from a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), triggering …

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A fresh legal clash is unfolding over the future of prediction markets in the United States after federal regulators moved to stop Minnesota from enforcing a sweeping new ban aimed at platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed suit Tuesday against the state, arguing that Minnesota crossed a constitutional …

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A fresh legal clash is unfolding over the future of prediction markets in the United States, with federal regulators moving swiftly against Minnesota after the state approved the country’s toughest restrictions yet on the industry. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to stop Minnesota from enforcing a newly signed law that …

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Sam Altman walked out of federal court with a legal victory. What he did not leave with was a cleaner reputation. A California jury dismissed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, ruling that the billionaire entrepreneur had waited too long to challenge the company’s transformation from a nonprofit research lab into a commercial powerhouse. The decision …

OpenAI Wins the Case, But Altman Leaves Court With New Questions Hanging Over Him Read More »

The U.S. Justice Department has issued an extraordinary directive shielding President Donald Trump, his family members and affiliated companies from any future IRS audits tied to past tax matters. The one-page order, signed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, states that federal tax authorities are permanently blocked from reopening or examining tax filings submitted before …

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The ideological tug-of-war inside the U.S. judiciary is no longer confined to the Supreme Court. Increasingly, some of the fiercest legal battles are emerging from the federal appeals court seated in New Orleans — the powerful 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — whose rulings have repeatedly tested the limits of even the Supreme Court’s …

Fifth Circuit’s Conservative Crusade Keeps Colliding With America’s Highest Court Read More »

A New York courtroom delivered a split ruling Monday in the case against Luigi Mangione, the 28-year-old charged with the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in late 2024. Justice Gregory Carro refused to block prosecutors from presenting what they describe as the murder weapon, along with a notebook allegedly containing violent …

Judge Lets Key Evidence Stand in Luigi Mangione Murder Case, But Tosses Part of Backpack Search Read More »