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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deploying the national guard to Portland, Oregon, according to court documents. Donald Trump had announced on 27 September that he would deploy troops to Portland, authorizing Full Force, if necessary, ignoring pleas from local officials and the state's congressional delegation, who suggested that the president was misinformed or lying about the nature and scale of a single, small protest outside one federal immigration enforcement office.
A federal judge again threw out a lawsuit by a man who accused grunge rock band Nirvana of distributing child sexual abuse images by using a photograph of him as a naked, swimming baby on the cover of its breakthrough 1991 album Nevermind. US District Judge Fernando Olguin tossed out the lawsuit filed by plaintiff Spencer Elden for a second time after finding that no reasonable jury would consider the picture pornographic.
Turkey's main opposition party has re-elected its leader in an attempt to protect him and other senior party figures from an upcoming court ruling which could order their removal. Ozgur Ozel was initially elected chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in 2023, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the vote "tainted" and a "fraudulent process." A court in Ankara is set to rule on October 24 on whether
A US court has cleared the way for the National Science Foundation to press ahead with the cancellation of more than 1,700 research grants worth upwards of $1 billion. The ruling, handed down this week by Judge Jia Cobb of the DC District Court, rejects a request from researchers, universities and scientific societies to reinstate the cancelled grants while the case is heard. The plaintiffs had argued that NSF's mass terminations were arbitrary, unlawful and would do irreparable harm to the country's research ecosystem.
On Tuesday, Trump said he would "love to have" Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, call him and request troops, adding that he would "gain respect" for Pritzker if he asked for them.
The innovations and competition being unleashed by AI also reshaped the judge's approach to the remedies in the nearly five-year-old antitrust case brought by the U.S. Justice Department during President Donald Trump's first administration and carried onward by President Joe Biden's administration. "Unlike the typical case where the court's job is to resolve a dispute based on historic facts, here the court is asked to gaze into a crystal ball and look to the future. Not exactly a judge's forte," Mehta wrote.
An immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed " Alligator Alcatraz " must keep moving toward shutting down operations by late October, a judge has ruled, even as the state and federal governments fight that decision. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams late Wednesday denied requests to pause her order to wind down operations at the facility, which has been plagued by reports of unsanitary conditions and detainees being cut off from the legal system.
By openly sharing the Guardian Broker List with multiple Beam employees without any restrictions or notice that the information was a trade secret, Snyder failed to take reasonable measures or efforts of secrecy under federal or Colorado law.
Westcott presented no persuasive evidence that he lacked capacity to enter into a real estate contract. Judge Joseph Lipner stated that the medical expert's testimony did not support Westcott's claims.
"The humanities are more important than ever. They are the fabric that holds our society together," said Tonkin Torp lawyer Anna Sortum during her opening statement.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California's law requiring background checks for bullet purchases is unconstitutional, violating the Second Amendment.
The Court of Appeal ruling states that building owners and developers cannot recoup costs from leaseholders for fire safety remediation work. This significant decision has ramifications for who bears the financial burden of building safety-related costs moving forward. In light of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, safety issues were identified in older buildings. The ruling specifies that building owners cannot charge leaseholders for fire safety defects discovered prior to 2022, with the retrospective application of the Building Safety Act 2022 favoring leaseholders and residents.
Judge John O'Connor has informed the board of directors that the company has sought the appointment of an examiner. The company, Prime Steak Restaurant trading as Fade Street Social, owes Revenue €1.7 million 'and maybe more' and is unable to pay its debts. Dessie Morrow of Azets Ireland has been appointed as examiner for the company's affairs and will provide a special report to Revenue regarding inter-company loans totaling almost €4.5 million.
