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The U.S. Department of Justice has opened another investigation into Harvard University, this time examining whether certain financial aid programmes linked to China-based funding discriminate against American students. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said it had launched a compliance review to determine whether Harvard’s financial aid practices exclude U.S. citizens based on the way the …

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Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery has been temporarily put on hold after a federal judge ruled that the transaction cannot move forward until at least August 3. The decision came after California and 11 other states challenged the merger, warning that the combined company could wield excessive influence over the …

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A US federal judge has given final approval to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using their books without permission in the development of its Claude chatbot. The settlement, approved in San Francisco, is considered the largest known payout in a US copyright case. The ruling also clears …

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A federal appeals court has temporarily allowed the Pentagon to continue requiring journalists to be accompanied by government escorts inside the building, handing the Trump administration a victory in a legal battle over press access. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned a lower-court ruling that had blocked …

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Ken Kies, one of the administration’s most senior tax officials, is expected to leave his position after resisting White House pressure over taxpayer audits, according to people familiar with the matter. Kies, who serves as acting chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service and as an assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, reportedly told administration …

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Twenty U.S. states, including California and New York, have thrown their support behind the District of Columbia’s authority to discipline former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, urging a federal court to reject the Trump administration’s challenge to the proceedings. The administration filed a lawsuit in May seeking to halt efforts by Washington’s attorney-discipline authorities to …

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A U.S. federal judge has refused to temporarily stop Meta Platforms from proceeding with layoffs involving 26 employees who allege that artificial intelligence tools helped target them for termination because of disabilities or periods of medical leave. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in Oakland, California, said the employees had not demonstrated the kind of immediate, …

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A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Trump administration cannot terminate billions of dollars in already-approved grants simply because the projects no longer fit with the president’s policy agenda. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani sided with 23 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, which challenged the administration’s use of a regulation issued …

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A federal appeals court has struck down New Jersey’s ban on assault weapons, ruling that restrictions on semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15, along with magazines holding more than 10 rounds, violate the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. The decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia marks the first instance …

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A major U.S. law firm, WilmerHale, is facing a proposed class action in a federal court in Washington, D.C., after a cybersecurity incident allegedly exposed sensitive personal information belonging to clients and others connected to the firm. The lawsuit, filed by Nevada resident Jason Perry, claims the firm failed to implement adequate safeguards to protect …

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