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US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s Efforts to Ban DEI

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US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s Efforts to Ban DEI

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge to a move by President Donald Trump’s administration to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses with government contracts. A three-judge panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction that would have blocked Trump’s administration from […]

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Appeals Court Overturns Former UCLA Gynecologist’s Sex Abuse Conviction

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

A California appeals court on Monday overturned a sex abuse conviction against a former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist and ordered the case to be retried. A three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Dr. James Heaps was denied a fair trial because the judge did not share with his defense

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Florida Appeals Court Blocks Punitive Damages Claim in Car-Sharing Crash Case

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Florida Appeals Court Blocks Punitive Damages Claim in Car-Sharing Crash Case

Plaintiffs claiming punitive damages in lawsuits must meet a high bar, a Florida appeals court found in overturning a trial court’s decision in a fatal accident involving an online car-sharing platform. Turo Inc., a firm that connects renters with automobile owners, cannot be subjected to punitive damage claims in an amended complaint brought by people

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Appeals Court Allows for Separate Loss-of-Consortium Damages

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Appeals Court Allows for Separate Loss-of-Consortium Damages

A Missouri spouse can collect loss-of-consortium damages separate from her husband’s underinsured-motorist benefits, a federal appeals court ruled. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that an Auto-Owners Mutual Insurance Company auto policy was poorly drafted. Therefore, its ambiguity doesn’t subject two spouses to a single per-person limit as an insurance policy normally would.

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Fight Over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Moves to Appeals Court

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Fight Over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Moves to Appeals Court

The US Chamber of Commerce is appealing a federal court’s refusal to block the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on applications for H-1B visas that are heavily relied on by American technology companies for hiring skilled foreign workers. The national business group filed a notice of appeal Monday in Washington federal court, where a judge ruled

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Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Effort to Immediately Remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook

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Wednesday's Fed Meeting Will Be Extraordinary. Here's Why

An appeals court has ruled against President Donald Trump’s efforts to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the appeals court upheld a ruling that would allow Cook to keep her position while her lawsuit against him works its way through the court system.

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US Appeals Court Hits Pause on Challenges to SEC Climate Rule

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US Appeals Court Hits Pause on Challenges to SEC Climate Rule

A federal appeals court on Friday said it was pausing its consideration of legal challenges against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate regulations until the Wall Street regulator decides whether it plans either to change them or to defend them in court, court papers showed. Under former President Joe Biden, the SEC adopted rules

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Federal Appeals Court Decertifies SC Class Action on Undervalued Totaled Vehicles

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Federal Appeals Court Decertifies SC Class Action on Undervalued Totaled Vehicles

A federal appeals court has decertified a class of plaintiffs in a South Carolina lawsuit alleging that Progressive Insurance undervalued total-loss vehicles, the latest turn in multiple, similar suits against U.S. auto insurers. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeal this week found that Lynn Freeman, the proposed lead plaintiff in the South Carolina litigation,

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