The presidential candidate is declared to have standing in his First Amendment rights case. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty recently ruled that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his…
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FTC Files Brief Supporting Parents’ COPPA Lawsuit
The educational defendent has interpreted COPPA as requiring arbitration rather than court action. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an amicus brief supporting a group of parents who…
Read MoreNational Public Data Confirms Massive Data Breach
Hackers steal personal data of nearly 3 billion people, including U.S. Social Security numbers. The background check company National Public Data (NPD) is the focus of a class…
Read MoreDC District Court Dismisses Case Against FEC
The plaintiffs alleged violations of the FECA Act in the 2016 election. The District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Election Commission (FEC) request to…
Read MoreFederal Judge Rules Harvard Must Face Antisemitism Lawsuit
He rejected the university’s request to dismiss under the First Amendment. District Judge Richard Stearns ruled that Harvard University must face a lawsuit alleging the Ivy League school…
Read More5th Circuit Court Allows Texas to Keep Rio Grande River Buoy Barrier
The appellate court reversed the lower court’s decision on the immigration deterrent while the case is litigated. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Texas can temporarily…
Read MoreFederal Judge Halts Alaska Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale
She rules that improper environmental assessment made sale approval illegal. District Judge Sharon Gleason ruled that the Interior Department’s approval to lease an Alaskan area for offshore drilling…
Read MoreFederal Judge Rules Against Title IX Updates in Four New States
State attorneys general from Kansas, Alaska, Utah, and Wyoming claim the federal regulation was intended to protect biological women from discrimination. A district judge in Kansas halted the…
Read MoreDistrict Judge Rules Against Marijuana Legality in Massachusetts
He says marijuana companies have grounds to sue if taken to the Supreme Court. District Judge Mark Mastroianni rejected the arguments made by Massachusetts marijuana companies, declaring that…
Read MoreSupreme Court Limits Federal Regulatory Power Overturning Chevron Deference
The 40-year-old precedent had allowed federal agencies to interpret vague Congressional laws. The Supreme Court decided that federal agencies do not have carte blanche to impose environmental, health,…
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