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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 9h

Former Arizona lawmaker gets probation for violating restraining order www.courthousenews.com/former-arizo...

Former Arizona lawmaker gets probation for violating restraining order

Local school board president Leezah Sun threatened to “bitch slap” a lobbyist and “throw her off a balcony and kill her” in 2023, prompting an ethics investigation that forced her resignation from the...

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 9h

Abortion pill reversal providers challenge California over commercial speech at Ninth Circuit www.courthousenews.com/abortion-pil...

Abortion pill reversal providers challenge California over commercial speech at Ninth Circuit

Attorneys argued over the right of anti-abortion clinics to advertise abortion pill reversal treatments in front of Ninth Circuit judges on Thursday.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 9h

Trump temporarily blocked from deploying National Guard in Illinois www.courthousenews.com/trump-tempor...

Trump temporarily blocked from deploying National Guard in Illinois

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 12h

Prime Hydration accuses soccer star Lionel Messi of false advertising www.courthousenews.com/prime-hydrat...

Prime Hydration accuses soccer star Lionel Messi of false advertising

As part of Prime Hydration's ongoing battle with the soccer star, the beverage company claims that Messi is a brand ambassador for a new sports drink — not its

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 12h

States suing to preserve federal funding for mental health programs in schools pushed back on Thursday against the Department of Education’s attempt to have their case thrown out. www.courthousenews.com/states-fight...

States fight to keep school mental health funding suit alive

The Department of Education canceled grants Congress funded to address mental health in the wake of rampant school shootings.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 13h

Ninth Circuit wrestles with scope of arctic seal protections www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circui...

Ninth Circuit wrestles with scope of arctic seal protections

Environmentalists say the Ninth Circuit should have jurisdiction over a dispute over 160 million acres of protected seal habitat in Alaska.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 13h

Judge drops Drake’s defamation suit over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ diss track @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/judge-drops-...

Judge drops Drake’s defamation suit over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ diss track

Lamar infamously called Drake a “certified pedophile” in the hit song — an accusation the judge ruled is a “nonactionable opinion” unbound by defamation law.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 13h

The Justice Department indicted another of President Donald Trump’s adversaries Thursday, accusing New York Attorney General Letitia James of mortgage fraud. www.courthousenews.com/trump-advers...

Trump adversary Letitia James hit with mortgage fraud indictment

Federal prosecutors accuse New York's top cop of lying about her reason for taking out a mortgage loan to obtain favorable terms.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 13h

California tries to bolster state insurance plan in bill package @ariquelmy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/california-t...

California tries to bolster state insurance plan in bill package

The bills signed Thursday by Governor Gavin Newsom touch on new financing methods for the FAIR Plan, as well as ensuring manufactured homes receive enough coverage.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 13h

Senate confirms Third Circuit nominee Mascott despite shutdown stall @benjaminweiss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/senate-confi...

Senate confirms Third Circuit nominee Mascott despite shutdown stall

Though her predecessor on the appellate bench had ties to Delaware, the Trump administration official and law professor faced scrutiny from Democrats over what they viewed as her tenuous connection to...

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 15h

New: The DOJ is kneecapping its case against Luigi Mangione with its social media habits, former prosecutors tell me.

"From my perspective as a defense lawyer, I find this level of obdurate incompetence to be delightful," says famed NYC lawyer Rob Kuby.

Legal experts say Trump DOJ tweets make life harder for prosecutors

Social media posts from Justice Department officials have already drawn the ire of Luigi Mangione’s federal judge.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 15h

Judge likely to block feds from holding state funding hostage over food stamp data @mhattridge.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/judge-likely...

Judge likely to block feds from holding state funding hostage over food stamp data

The White House says it needs the personal information of SNAP recipients in order to help root out fraudulent claims, but a Clinton-appointed judge believes states' disclosure of that data should be ...

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Sydney Haulenbeek @shaulenbeek.bsky.social · 16h

Cato has sued Oakley Inc., claiming that its use of "Kato" and "Oakley Kato" infringe on Cato's trademark on "Cato." It claims the names are smiliar enough that it will cause "confusion, mistake, and deception." #nccourts

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 15h

Social media posts from Justice Department officials have already drawn the ire of Luigi Mangione’s federal judge. @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/legal-expert...

Legal experts say Trump DOJ tweets make life harder for prosecutors

Social media posts from Justice Department officials have already drawn the ire of Luigi Mangione’s federal judge.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 15h

Immigration advocates on Thursday asked an 11th Circuit panel to keep a block on a law that targets people who are in the U.S. illegally and find their way to Florida. www.courthousenews.com/florida-immi...

Florida immigration crackdown on thin ice with 11th Circuit

The state tried to convince the panel that 150 years of precedent giving the federal government authority over immigration doesn't mean states can't have their own enforcement laws.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 16h

Nebraska sues Omaha power district over coal cuts @ariquelmy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/nebraska-sue...

Nebraska sues Omaha power district over coal cuts

Attorney General Mike Hilgers said that Nebraska's public utilities must prioritize reliability and affordability over environmental goals.

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

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Josh Russell @jrussjruss.bsky.social · 17h

NEWS: Federal judge tosses out Drake's defamation suit against record label over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 17h

Poland blocked a man from being recognized as the father of two children he raised and biologically fathered. Europe’s top rights court says that denial crossed a legal line. www.courthousenews.com/he-was-their...

He was their ‘real dad’: Europe’s top rights court faulted Poland for denying it

Poland blocked a man from being recognized as the father of two children he raised and biologically fathered. Europe’s top rights court says that denial crossed a legal line.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 17h

Jose Uribe, a New Jersey businessman, testified that he bribed the former Democratic senator for an agreement to pull the plug on criminal investigations into his trucking and insurance companies.

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Key witness in Bob Menendez bribery trial sentenced to time served @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/key-witness-...

Key witness in Bob Menendez bribery trial sentenced to time served

Jose Uribe, a New Jersey businessman, testified that he bribed the Democratic senator for an agreement to pull the plug on criminal investigations into his trucking and insurance companies.

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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 17h

Alex Jones said Infowars faced an imminent risk of being taken over “by its ideological nemesis and destroyed.”

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Warning of Infowars takeover, Alex Jones asks SCOTUS to block $1.5B defamation judgment

Alex Jones said Infowars faced an imminent risk of being taken over “by its ideological nemesis and destroyed.”

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 18h

Warning of Infowars takeover, Alex Jones asks SCOTUS to block $1.5B defamation judgment @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/warning-of-i...

Warning of Infowars takeover, Alex Jones asks SCOTUS to block $1.5B defamation judgment

Alex Jones said Infowars faced an imminent risk of being taken over “by its ideological nemesis and destroyed.”

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 18h

First Circuit grapples with gun ban for nonviolent felons www.courthousenews.com/first-circui...

First Circuit grapples with gun ban for nonviolent felons

A federal law prohibiting felons from possessing firearms might violate the Second Amendment, depending on whether the felony involved violence.

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 18h

Italy backs same-sex parenthood, but European court won’t call it a right www.courthousenews.com/italy-backs-...

Italy backs same-sex parenthood, but European court won’t call it a right

After Italy struck down limits on lesbian parenthood, Europe’s human rights court took a different stance, insisting adoption is good enough.

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Sydney Haulenbeek @shaulenbeek.bsky.social · 19h

Prosecutors charged a North Carolina state representative with two counts of statutory rape of a 15-year-old and two counts of indecent liberties with a child, prompting calls for his resignation. #ncpol #nccourts

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North Carolina lawmaker charged with child sex crimes

Cecil Brockman attempted to “use his status” to contact the 15-year-old in the case, including trying to locate them while in the hospital.

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