The 45th president is named in several lawsuits related to the January 6 storming A judge has rejected former US President Donald Trump’s attempts to have lawsuits accusing him of sparking the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol dismissed, ruling on Friday that Trump should not be immune from civil damages. District Judge Amit […]
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Judge names reason for John McAfee’s death
The tech mogul’s widow has reportedly appealed the Spanish court ruling More than seven months after his death, a Spanish court ruled late last week that cybersecurity pioneer John McAfee took his own life in jail, according to a MarketWatch report. His widow has reportedly appealed the ruling, insisting McAfee was murdered. The decision, made […]
Judge rules in Sarah Palin’s defamation case against NYT
A federal judge is throwing out the libel case against the paper, citing no evidence of ‘actual malice’ US District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has thrown out former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against the New York Times. With the jury still out, the judge said the Republican politician’s legal team failed to prove […]
First black Alabama federal judge pans Biden’s diversity SCOTUS pick
Former US District Court judge for Alabama urges president to avoid Ketanji Brown Jackson U.W. Clemon, former chief judge of the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, has insisted the president skip over Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, said to be one of his leading picks after Biden promised he would name a […]
Judge orders truckers to end US-Canada border blockade
“Freedom Convoy” protesters have a deadline to disperse from Ambassador Bridge on US-Canada border or face arrest Truckers and other protesters demonstrating on the bridge between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan have until 7 pm local time to leave or face being arrested and having their vehicles seized, the Ontario Superior Court said on Friday. Chief Justice […]
Canadian judge silences protesting truckers
Freedom convoy participants ordered to keep horns silent at all hours A judge in Ottawa has issued a 10-day injunction order for some parts of the Canadian capital, which requires truckers not to use their horns as an act of protest. This will not infringe on their right to protest against mandatory vaccination against Covid-19, […]
Judge axes $190mn offshore lease
US environmentalists prevailed in stopping the controversial oil and gas extraction deal The Biden administration has been ordered not to execute leases for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico which were auctioned off in November. The government had offered 80 million acres of federal waters, of which 1.7 million acres were sold, netting over […]
Judge rejects New York Covid mask mandate
The judge ruled the governor lacks the authority to require those aged two and above to mask up in public New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s order for everyone to wear masks in public was shut down by a New York State Supreme Court judge, who ruled that such decisions must be passed by lawmakers instead. […]
Biden federal judge nominee’s pro-Chevron work questioned
One of Joe Biden’s latest federal judge nominees has environmental activists questioning the Democrat’s connections to Big Oil President Joe Biden nominated a list of judges this week, and one has particularly stood out due to her history with the Republican Party, including Donald Trump, and her involvement in a lawsuit by Chevron against environmental […]
Unvaccinated father stripped of visiting rights by judge
The man says he is not inoculated, but he follows other other Covid guidelines. A Canadian judge has temporarily stripped a father of his visitation rights, arguing it is not in the best interest of the child as the parent does not have a Covid-19 vaccination. Quebec Superior Court Justice Jean-Sebastien Vaillancourt took note of […]
Join the Army or go to jail, judge tells guard convicted of sexual assault
Former jailer who assaulted a shackled female inmate is given option of re-enlisting in military to avoid incarceration A former Kentucky jailer who had been found guilty of sexually assaulting a female prisoner has reportedly been ordered by a judge to either rejoin the military or serve time in the same jail where he worked. […]
Epstein accuser’s sex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew can proceed, judge rules
Disgraced British royal now faces testimony or settlement in US lawsuit A Manhattan court has given the go-ahead for Virginia Giuffre’s sexual assault case against the UK’s Prince Andrew. The prince’s lawyers had tried to have the case dismissed due to a settlement between Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein. US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled […]
Judge rules on Facebook antitrust lawsuit
The Federal Trade Commission will move ahead with the amended antitrust lawsuit against the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp The same federal judge who dismissed the first FTC antitrust lawsuit against Facebook has now allowed the amended complaint against Meta to move ahead, saying it was “more robust and detailed.” “Second time lucky? […]
Judge rules FDA can’t keep vaccine docs secret ‘until 2096’
A federal judge said the drug regulator must radically accelerate its release of hundreds of thousands of files on the Pfizer jab The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been ordered to hasten the publication of documents related to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by more than one hundred-fold, after the agency claimed the disclosure would […]
US judge resigns over racist comments towards robbery suspect
Judge Michelle Odinet apologized for causing ‘pain’ with her words after she compared a black burglary suspect to a cockroach An American judge who was caught using the N-word to describe a black burglar who tried breaking into her car has resigned and apologized for her comments. Lafayette, Louisiana City Court Judge Michelle Odinet stepped […]