Virginia Judge Rules Frozen Embryos Are Property A Virginia judge has ruled that frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, basing his decision on a 19th-century slavery law....
Court: USA Powerlifting Must Allow Trans Athletes to Compete in Women's Division Transgender female athlete JayCee Cooper won a discrimination case against USA Powerlifting last week, reversing the federation's previous ban on Cooper from competing in female events....
Dept. of Justice Rejects Trump’s Claims of Lawsuit Immunity In reponse to the US Court of Appeal for the DC Circuit’s request for its opinion, the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a brief urging the rejection of former Pres. Trump's claim to automatic immunity from lawsuits filed over his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots....
DOJ Sues Louisiana Chemical Maker Over 'Cancer Alley' Risk The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed suit on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against chemical manufacturing company Denka Performance Elastomer LLC. The lawsuit is over the company’s alleged failure to reduce the community’s exposure to the carcinogenic chloropre...
Dominion Lawsuit: Murdoch Says Fox Hosts Endorsed False Election Claims Fox News' controlling owner, Rupert Murdoch, admitted that some of the network's broadcasters endorsed false claims regarding the 2020 Election results. Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox for $1.6B claiming the network made false allegations about the ballot technology company that hurt their b...
US States Suing for Improved Abortion Pill Access A lawsuit filed Thursday by a dozen Democratic Party-led US states, led by Washington and Oregon, challenges federal restrictions put on mifepristone, the abortion pill, by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)....
Final Arguments Scheduled in Musk's $56B Tesla Pay Plan Trial On Tuesday, lawyers for Tesla CEO Elon Musk and shareholder Richard Tornetta were scheduled to begin presenting their closing arguments to a Delaware judge in the trial over Musk's $56B compensation package from Tesla....