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WEBA federal court in California approves a $100,000 settlement to end farmworkers’ wage-and-hour class action against their former employer, which has gone out of business; that $100,000 is its remaining assets. With attorney fees, administration expenses and a class representative incentive award subtracted out, the net amount for the 4,000 ...
Ninth Circuit finds that convicted felons also have Second …
WEBMay 9, 2024 · LOS ANGELES (CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel Thursday ruled that a blanket prohibition on convicted felons possessing firearms violates their Second Amendment rights, at least when it comes to nonviolent offenders who served out their sentence.
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Men convicted in plot to kidnap Michigan governor argue for new …
WEBMay 2, 2024 · (CN) — Co-defendants who faced two trials and were ultimately convicted for their roles in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer argued Thursday a federal court abused its discretion when it excluded thousands of text messages between federal agents and informants.
Backpage executives acquitted of previous prostitution, money ...
WEBApr 24, 2024 · PHOENIX (CN) — Five months after a jury convicted them on dozens of prostitution and money laundering charges, a federal judge acquitted former executives of the controversial classified advertising website Backpage.com on most of the counts lodged against them.. Backpage founder Michael Lacey and two executives Scott Spear and John Brunst were convicted in November after five years of ...
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WEBAbout Us. May 2, 2023. Courthouse News Service covers news, both national and international, that moves society and its many elements in one direction or another. Established in 1990, Courthouse News now includes our public website, courthousenews.com, which publishes a wide range of news stories on political events, natural cataclysms ...
WEBThe Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) provides the primary legal framework for casting and counting electoral votes for president and vice president in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution. In addition to setting a timeline for selecting electors and transmitting their votes to Congress, the ECA establishes certain dispute ...
Texas judge refuses to dismiss disciplinary case against former …
WEBJun 22, 2022 · DALLAS (CN) — A Texas judge refused Wednesday to dismiss a disciplinary action by the State Bar of Texas against former Trump attorney Sidney Powell, who told the judge she is the victim of a “political hitjob” by Democrats.
NY attorney general accuses Trump of ‘ignoring’ fraud in appeal of …
WEBFormer President Donald Trump, right, sits in the courtroom at New York Supreme Court, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool) MANHATTAN (CN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James urged a state appeals court to uphold a nearly $455 million civil fraud judgment against ...
Details of voting equipment breach emerge in Dominion security …
WEBATLANTA (CN) — During the fourth day of trial Friday in the lawsuit over the security of Dominion voting machine systems in Georgia, details surrounding a hack coordinated by co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Peach State's election subversion case took center stage. The copying of confidential election data from an ...