Category: Regulation
Three in Texas sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping woman obtain abortion pills
Three women in Texas have been sued for wrongful death over allegations that they helped a friend obtain abortion pills to receive an abortion, the first case of its kind since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June. A complaint filed Thursday states that Marcus Silva alleges three women helped his ex-wife obtain abortion pills to have an abortion, which he states violates…
West Virginia asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of school transgender sports ban
Newsbreak 2 weeks ago in Around The World, Court Battles, News, Patrick Morrisey, Regulation, Supreme Court, transgender, transgender athletes 0 West Virginia has asked the Supreme Court to take emergency action so the state can enforce its law banning transgender women from competing on female school sports teams, the state attorney general’s office said. A divided federal appeals court last month blocked enforcement of the law as the panel hears a challenge to it in full. A spokesman for West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey…
Trump asks for roughly six-month delay in New York fraud case
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Around The World, Court Battles, Donald Trump, Fraud, Letitia James, Regulation, Trump Organization 0 Former President Trump on Friday asked for a roughly six-month delay in New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) civil fraud suit against him. Trump’s motion, if granted, would likely push his trial back until the heat of the presidential primary season in the early months of 2024. Attorneys for the former president argued that the current schedule infringes on Trump’s “right to a reasonable…
Alex Murdaugh found guilty in the killing of wife, son
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in alex murdaugh, Around The World, Court Battles, Maggie Murdaugh, Paul Murdaugh, Regulation, State Watch 0 A jury found Alex Murdaugh guilty of killing his wife and son on Thursday after just a few hours of deliberation. Murdaugh was a prominent attorney who hailed from a historic, well-known South Carolina family with multiple members working in the law, but he has fallen from grace in recent years following allegations that he killed his wife and son and committed financial crimes against…
Steve Bannon’s ex-lawyers sue for nearly $500,000 in unpaid legal fees
Newsbreak 4 weeks ago in Around The World, Court Battles, Donald Trump, Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Jan. 6 House committee, Regulation, Steve Bannon 0 Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon’s ex-lawyers are suing him for nearly half 1,000,000 in unpaid legal fees, in accordance with a criticism filed on Saturday. Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP (DHC) represented Bannon in his fight against responding to a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 assaults in addition to different circumstances over a two year interval, in accordance with the…
Calls grow for stronger ethics rules for Supreme Court justices, families
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, Clarence Thomas, Court Battles, Ginni Thomas, John Roberts, Regulation, Supreme Court 0 Growing scrutiny of the spouses of Supreme Court justices is now elevating calls for more stringent ethics rules governing the judges and their families. The newest instance of a judicial partner profitable undesirable consideration is Jane Roberts, who’s married to Chief Justice John Roberts. A former colleague focused Roberts in an ethics complaint that surfaced late last month, saying her authorized recruiting work concerned corporations with enterprise…
Crypto exchange Kraken is embroiled in an SEC probe over whether it sold unregistered securities, report says
Newsbreak 1 month ago in Around The World, crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, Cryptos, investigation, Investigations, Investing Analysis, Investing Outlook, Kraken, Markets, MI Exclusive, probe, Regulation, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Outlook, US Securities and Exchange Commission 0 Kraken on a cellphone KONSKIE, POLAND The SEC is investigating Kraken over whether it supplied unregistered securities on the market, per Bloomberg. The crypto exchange and the SEC may come to a deal over the probe in coming days, the report said. The crypto trade is dealing with intensified scrutiny after the spectacular demise of main exchange FTX. Crypto exchange Kraken is under investigation by…
Prospects rise for NY charges against Trump in Stormy Daniels case
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Alvin Bragg, Around The World, Court Battles, Donald Trump, New York, News, Regulation, State Watch, Stormy Daniels 0 New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s newest strikes counsel prosecutors are nearing a call about charging former President Trump in reference to a $130,000 hush fee to grownup movie star Stormy Daniels earlier than the 2016 presidential election. The Manhattan district lawyer’s workplace this week escalated the fight by empaneling another grand jury in the case and presenting witnesses. Legal specialists and a former colleague of Bragg’s…
Lax security practices ‘going on for years’ at Supreme Court before leak: report
Lax security measures have been “going on for years” at the Supreme Court, courting back to effectively before the May leak of the courtroom’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade, CNN reported Saturday. Sources aware of the courtroom’s operations, together with former workers, told CNN that the practices have included justices utilizing private e mail accounts to…
More than 100 House Republicans file amicus brief on Biden student loan forgiveness
Newsbreak 2 months ago in amicus brief, Around The World, Court Battles, HEROES Act, House, Jeff Duncan, Joe Biden, News, Regulation, student loan forgiveness, Virginia Foxx 0 More than 100 House Republicans signed an amicus brief arguing in opposition to the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan because the Supreme Court is about to listen to arguments on the case later this month. Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) led 126 Republicans in submitting the brief on Friday, in…
Ethics concerns raised over business ties of Supreme Court chief justice’s wife
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Around The World, Court Battles, Jane Roberts, John Roberts, Regulation, Supreme Court 0 A former colleague of Chief Justice John Roberts’s wife raised ethics concerns last month about how the Supreme Court’s business intersects along with her recruiting work, in line with paperwork obtained by The Hill. Kendal Price — who beforehand labored with Jane Roberts at Major, Lindsey & Africa — alleged the chief justice might have violated recusal and monetary disclosure guidelines for judges in a…
Hertz to pay $168M in false arrest lawsuits
Rental automobile firm Hertz on Monday introduced it can pay $168 million to settle 364 prospects’ claims associated to the corporate falsely reporting they stole autos, which triggered some prospects to go to jail. The a whole bunch of consumers had filed varied lawsuits in opposition to the corporate, which additionally owns the Dollar, Firefly and Thrifty automobile rental manufacturers, with some saying they have…
Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman ordered to spend 500 hours registering voters
Newsbreak 4 months ago in 2020 election claims, Around The World, Court Battles, Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl, Mail-in ballots, Regulation 0 Conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman had been sentenced to working 500 hours at a voter registration drive on Tuesday for sending out 1000’s of robocalls with false info within the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election. The Cleveland-area state court docket additionally sentenced them to two years probation and 6 months of digital monitoring from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. every evening, prosecutors…
After Mueller, legal experts hope for a more vocal special counsel
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, Court Battles, doj, Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Mar-a-Lago search, Regulation, Robert Mueller 0 As former President Trump faces his second special counsel investigation in six years, some legal experts are encouraging the Justice Department to be more vocal in addressing the inevitable assaults and misinformation in regards to the excessive stakes probe. The appointment of Jack Smith to supervise twin Justice Department investigations into the mishandling of data at Mar-a-Lago and efforts to dam the 2020 transition of…
The tech boom is officially over – and the FTX fiasco will spark a crypto crackdown, ex-Treasury chief Larry Summers...
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, Big Tech, crypto, dot-com bubble, dot-com crash, Federal Reserve, ftx, Harvard University, Inflation, Interest Rates, Larry Summers, Markets, MI Exclusive, Monetary Policy, Peloton, Pets.com, Recession, Regulation, Sam Bankman-Fried, Stocks, Tech stocks, Treasury, Unemployment 0 Larry Summers. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri The tech boom is over, due to the pandemic receding and rates of interest rising, Larry Summers mentioned. The ex-Treasury chief predicted the FTX fiasco will result in higher crypto regulation. Summers is not fearful about one other monetary disaster as banks and authorities are ready. The tech boom is officially over, the FTX fiasco will spur a crypto crackdown, and…