A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a Las Vegas student and her mother against the Clark County School District following a violent classroom incident in February 2022. The case centered on allegations that the school district failed to protect a student, identified in court documents as G.R.L., from...
California’s Supreme Court has ordered lower courts to reconsider the sentence of Richard Morris Jr., who was convicted in 2013 for a murder that occurred on January 1, 1987. The ruling centers on recent changes to state law regarding accomplice liability in murder cases. Morris was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of...
The Supreme Court issued an unsigned order on Monday permitting Louisiana officials to immediately redraw the state’s congressional districts following a recent landmark decision that found a second majority-Black district unconstitutional. The order allows the state to implement changes ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry having already issued an executive...
A major technology corporation has petitioned the United States Supreme Court for emergency relief in an ongoing legal dispute over app store commission practices that has spanned multiple years and could reshape the mobile application marketplace. The petition follows a contempt ruling against the company for implementing commission fees ranging from 12% to 27% on...
A group of Washington state consumers has filed a class action lawsuit against popular online fashion retailer Fashion Nova, alleging the company violated state anti-spam regulations through deceptive email marketing practices. The lawsuit, filed in Clark County Superior Court on Friday, centers on claims that Fashion Nova repeatedly sent promotional emails with subject lines designed...
A technology industry trade association has launched a federal court challenge against Minnesota’s groundbreaking law requiring social media platforms to display government-mandated mental health warnings to all users. NetChoice, representing major technology companies including Meta, Google, and TikTok, filed a 48-page complaint in Minnesota federal court on Wednesday. The organization argues that the state’s new...
A former adjunct law professor has brought her case before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging the circumstances surrounding the end of her employment at Kean University and raising questions about First Amendment protections in academic settings. The dispute centers on Cheryl Borowski, who taught law courses at the public institution until 2016. Her...
A federal copyright trial began Monday in Los Angeles concerning rapper Ye’s alleged unauthorized use of an instrumental track during a 2021 listening party at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The case involves a one-minute recording created in 2018 by four musicians and producers in a downtown Los Angeles studio. The dispute centers on Ye’s...
A federal district court in Colorado has dismissed a lawsuit filed by University of California Berkeley football player Aidan Keanaaina challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s eligibility regulations that could effectively end his college football career. U.S. District Judge Nina Wang ruled Monday that the Colorado court lacked proper jurisdiction to hear the case, writing...
A federal judge in New York has denied a series of handwritten requests from Joaquin Guzmán, the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, who sought extradition back to Mexico from his current confinement at ADX Florence Supermax prison in Colorado. Judge Brian M. Cogan of the Eastern District of New York dismissed the requests in...