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A federal judge in San Francisco has called out what he sees as a recycled power move by President Donald Trump—this time dressed up in a new executive order—aimed at stripping funds from sanctuary jurisdictions. The ruling? A firm no-go. The confrontation stems from Trump’s persistent attempt to penalize cities and counties that limit cooperation …

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The Lone Star State just roped in one of Silicon Valley’s biggest cattle—Google. After years of accusations that the tech behemoth secretly hoarded user data, Texas has wrangled a $1.375 billion settlement out of the search giant in what’s being touted as one of the largest privacy-related agreements in state history. Texas Attorney General Ken …

Texas Declares Victory in Data Wars: Google Agrees to Pay $1.38 Billion in Privacy Showdown Read More »

A fresh legal storm is brewing between the Biden-blue states and Donald Trump’s White House as fifteen Democratic attorneys general have launched a lawsuit to derail the former president’s sweeping national energy emergency declaration. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Seattle, aims to halt what the states describe as a “blitzkrieg” on environmental safeguards. …

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Citigroup is once again in legal crosshairs, accused of enabling a billion-dollar financial ruse tied to a collapsed Mexican oil services company—and this time, a federal appeals court says the claims deserve their day in court. A U.S. appeals panel in Miami has resurrected a long-dormant lawsuit against the banking giant, ruling that 30 former …

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A Miami federal judge has clipped the wings of a high-profile lawsuit targeting a constellation of celebrities accused of shilling for FTX—but the case isn’t going away just yet. Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Shohei Ohtani, and other boldfaced names—including Naomi Osaka, David Ortiz, Gisele Bündchen, and Larry David—were sued by investors claiming they played cheerleader …

Crypto Fallout Continues: Judge Lets FTX Lawsuit Linger Against Brady, Curry, Ohtani Read More »

In a case igniting fierce debate across campuses and courtrooms, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University—arrested after co-authoring a pro-Palestinian op-ed—will appear remotely before a federal judge Friday to argue for her release from U.S. immigration custody. Rumeysa Ozturk, detained for six weeks and currently held in a Louisiana facility, was initially ordered to …

Tufts PhD Student Fights Detention as Judge Greenlights Remote Bail Hearing Read More »

In the latest twist of Silicon Valley vs. the class action bar, Apple and Amazon are asking a federal judge to make one of America’s most high-profile plaintiff firms pay for what they call a drawn-out legal misfire. The two tech giants filed a motion seeking a combined $223,000 in legal fees from Hagens Berman …

Big Tech Wants the Bill Paid: Apple, Amazon Demand $223K Over “Wasted” Legal Time in iPhone Price Case Read More »

In a political plot twist that feels more like prime-time TV than a personnel decision, Donald Trump has named former Fox News firebrand Jeanine Pirro as the interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. The move comes after Trump’s initial pick, Ed Martin, crashed into a Senate wall of resistance that even his MAGA credentials couldn’t …

Trump Taps Jeanine Pirro for D.C. Prosecutor Role as Senate Tanks Ed Martin’s Nomination Read More »