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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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Court Blocks Trump Halt on Last of 5 Suspended Offshore Wind Projects

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Court Blocks Trump Halt on Last of 5 Suspended Offshore Wind Projects

All five offshore wind projects halted by the Trump administration in December can resume construction following a federal judge’s ruling on Monday that cleared Denmark’s Orsted to proceed with its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New York. Orsted’s request for an injunction blocking the Interior Department order was the fifth brought by an

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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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Dutch Court Rules Uber Drivers Can Be Treated as Self-Employed

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Dutch Court Rules Uber Drivers Can Be Treated as Self-Employed

A Dutch court on Tuesday overturned a 2021 ruling that had classified all Uber drivers as employees, stating that individual drivers can be treated as independent entrepreneurs. The Amsterdam court said six drivers who had joined the rideshare company in its appeal are self-employed rather than employees, given the investments they made in their vehicle,

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Pennsylvania High Court Quashes Challenge to Uber’s ‘Clickwrap’ Arbitration Agreement

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Pennsylvania High Court Quashes Challenge to Uber’s ‘Clickwrap’ Arbitration Agreement

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has vacated a lower appeals court ruling that had found ride-hailing firm Uber’s “clickwrap” mandatory arbitration agreement unenforceable because it would deprive a husband and wife of their right to a jury trial for their injury claims without explicit notice. The state’s high court said the Superior Court jumped the gun

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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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