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The PGA Tour, LIV Golf and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund asked a federal judge in California on Friday to dismiss the litigation that catapulted golf's economic and power structure into the American court system.The request to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning that it cannot be refiled, came less than two weeks after the tour and the wealth fund, which bankrolled LIV, announced a tentative agreement to form a partnership.

Special counsel Jack Smith's team is asking the judge in the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president and his defense team from publicly disclosing some of the materials shared in the criminal case as part of the discovery process.In a new filing on Friday, Smith's team said that among the unclassified materials that prosecutors are set to turn over to the defense is information pertaining to ongoing investigations, the disclosure of which could compromise those investigations and identify uncharged individuals.

After three weeks of wrenching testimony, the prosecution and the defense delivered closing arguments on Thursday in the first phase of the federal trial of the man charged with carrying out the deadliest antisemitic attack in the country's history.Robert Bowers, 50, the man charged in the October 2018 killing of 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue, faces the possibility of a death sentence if convicted.

An indictment, whether it is handed up in federal or state court, is a formal accusation not a conviction and it is among the first moves a prosecutor can make to bring a case to trial.When a person is indicted in a criminal court in the United States, it means that a grand jury composed of residents chosen at random believed there was enough evidence to charge that person with a crime.

The murders were so brazen, so brutal, they stunned the people of Missouri.Just after midnight on June 22, 2000, Michael Tisius and Tracie Bulington entered a county jail, intent on forcibly freeing an imprisoned friend.Mr. Tisius, 19 years old and carrying a gun, shot and killed two guards during the attempt, then fled.

X-rays of a patient with tuberculosis, taken in November 2002 in New Jersey, show damage to the lungs.Spencer Platt/Getty Images A Washington state woman who was diagnosed with tuberculosis has been taken into custody after months of refusing treatment or isolation, officials said on Thursday.The Tacoma woman, who is identified in court documents as V.N., was booked into a room "specially equipped for isolation, testing and treatment" at the Pierce County Jail, the local health department said, adding that she will still be able to choose whether she gets the "live-saving treatment she needs."

"Under a proper interpretation of settled CJEU case law, INTA argues that an interest in bringing legal proceedings must continue until a final decision is rendered."Today, the International Trademark Association (INTA) published a statement in intervention filed with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a case that should have major implications for the effects of Brexit on EU trademark law.

On June 7, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in VHT, Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc., in which it affirmed the trial court's findings of infringement against Zillow and the award of statutory damages.In 2019, the Ninth Circuit had previously found mostly in Zillow's favor as to an earlier trial and had reversed and remanded the case back for further proceedings.

"Under a proper interpretation of settled CJEU case law, INTA argues that an interest in bringing legal proceedings must continue until a final decision is rendered."Today, the International Trademark Association (INTA) published a statement in intervention filed with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a case that should have major implications for the effects of Brexit on EU trademark law.

"Whether they are successful before the TTAB or not (and I believe they will be), Taco Bell has won."Taco Bell is on the short list as one of my guilty (or not-so-guilty) pleasures.So, when the popular restaurant chain filed a cancellation action against the TACO TUESDAY trademark, I knew I had to write a piece about it.

"Ultimately, the PTAB found that [the secondary] considerations made the difference between upholding patentability or finding otherwise.And the Federal Circuit remarked that the PTAB's factual findings on this score were entitled to deference, making them harder to overturn on appeal."This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued two precedential decisions that provide additional guidance for those participating in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.

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Whether Celtic folk see it as the return of the prodigal son or the reappointment of the shameless one, Brendan Rodgers seems to be on his way back to Parkhead, bar a late hitch.His dream job, remember."A way of life... the ultimate... a truly great football club... one of the iconic clubs of the world... the greatest in the world."

The last time U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ruled on a case involving Donald Trump and his alleged hoarding of classified documents, the dressing-down from appellate judges above her was stern and blunt.Last year, Cannon, a Trump appointee, approved Trump's demand for an outside arbiter to examine documents that federal agents had seized from the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.

The James Beard Foundation Awards, widely viewed as one of the highest hospitality industry honors in the U.S., returned Monday evening to the Lyric Opera of Chicago.The annual gathering is a prime opportunity for chefs, restaurateurs, bartenders, and publicans from across the country to don their glad rags (this year, many opted for bold, juicy summer hues) and take their turns on the red carpet.

A North Side man is facing a detention hearing Friday on federal charges alleging he brandished a machete-like knife at one of two federal judges as they were walking into the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse last month.No one was hurt in the incident, which allegedly ended when the judge alertly stuck his foot in the courthouse's revolving door, blocking the suspect from entering, according to federal court records.

This week, we went inside a courtroom where Donald Trump was indicted, again; met a man who couldn't give up his pet rats; and found joy in running Slow AF.Welcome to your weekly newsletter from New York Times Audio, where app editors share their favorite listens.If you haven't already, download the New York Times Audio app to hear these stories.

Given a choice between a bedraggled, ill-mannered win and a jut-jawed, morally inviolate loss, you take the win every time.And the historical record will show that the Mets beat the Yankees Wednesday night, prevailing 4-3 in walkoff fashion in the 10th at Citi Field.But if you were watching, you know that "win" is stretching it.

Bluestreak cleaner wrasses are entrepreneurial fish.This tiny, shiny species sets up shop in coral reefs, where it eats parasites off of client fish, some of them big and hungry.It's a dangerous business that requires impeccable social skills.No wonder, then, that these fish can identify other individuals by their facesand even recognize their own, according to a recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

When SafeGraph got caught selling location information on Planned Parenthood visitors last year, the data broker responded to public outcry by removing its family planning center data.But CEO Auren Hoffman tried to flip the script, claiming his company's practice of harvesting and sharing sensitive data was actually an engine for beneficial research on abortion accessbrandishing science as a shield for shredding people's privacy.

CLIMATEWIRE | The amount of land scorched by wildfires in California has been on the rise for decades, and human-caused climate change is almost entirely to blame.A new study, published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that California's summertime burned area has increased fivefold since 1971.

A major Conservative party donor has had his defamation claim against a former Tory MP struck out by a high court judge, who criticised his conduct.The telecoms businessman Mohamed Amersi, who has donated more than 500,000 to the party since 2018, sued Charlotte Leslie the director of the Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC), which was also a defendant claiming several documents that were circulated to influential individuals between late December 2020 and early January 2021were defamatory of him.

Press freedom campaigners claimed a "landmark victory" today after a High Court judge threw out a libel action by a multi-millionaire Tory donor against a former Conservative MP.The verdict by Mr Justice Nicklin came after a long-running legal battle between telecoms tycoon and philanthropist Mohamed Amersi and Charlotte Leslie, ex-MP for Bristol.

The FBI is scheduled to bring an internal law enforcement document that some Republicans claim will shed light on an allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national to Capitol Hill on Monday for House Oversight Chair James Comer and ranking Democratic member Rep. Jamie Raskin to review, spokespeople for the two lawmakers told CNN.

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MPs investigating whether Boris Johnson purposefully misled Parliament over Partygate will publish their long-awaited report on Thursday.Mr Johnson quit as an MP after receiving an advanced copy of the report - which he said had found him guilty "regardless of the facts".

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium NewsUKUK Politics Jane Dalton Saturday 10 June 2023 01:00Comments Close Boris Johnson claimed he was the victim of a witch-hunt as he announced he was resigning as an MP, accusing a Commons investigation into whether he misled Parliament over partygate of attempting to drive him out.

Former newsreader Donna Traynor has thanked those who supported her as a discrimination case brought against the BBC has been settled.The industrial tribunal was resolved without any admission of liability in Belfast on Friday.Speaking at the conclusion of proceedings, BBC Northern Ireland director Adam Smyth said he wished Ms Traynor well in the future but would not comment on any financial settlement.

Planning for a no-deal Brexit from 2018 crowded out government efforts to prepare for a pandemic and contributed to leaving the country unready, the first evidence session of the Covid public inquiry has heard.UK government pandemic planning failed to show proper foresight and even at this stage, before hearing the evidence, it is apparent that we might not have been very well prepared at all, Hugo Keith KC, counsel to the inquiry, said.

Bereaved family members whose loved ones died of Covid have gathered in west London as the first public hearings in the inquiry into the government's response to the pandemic began, more than three years after the virus was first reported in Wuhan, China.Dressed in red and holding photographs of their those lost to the virus, members of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group stood outside Dorland House in Paddington on Tuesday and spoke emotionally of the government's failings during the pandemic, which has claimed more than 227,000 lives in the UK.

Surreal moment, number one.It's 10 minutes before proceedings are due to start and a visit to the gents is in order.Outside I find a muscle-bound security guard with an earpiece.He seems friendly enough and doesn't try to stop me entering.Inside there is only one other man, Prince Harry, washing his hands.

She is not expected to handle Trump's initial court appearance on Tuesday; that will take place in front of a magistrate judge.But Cannon is expected to have control of the case in the weeks and months ahead (unless she heeds the calls of some ethics experts who are already saying she should step aside).

Black rhinos are the junkyard dogs of their species.They're not the biggest rhinos in Africa, but they're known for aggressively patrolling and defending their territories and are quick to charge any person, vehicle or other rhino they perceive as an intruder.One of the keys to that behavior, it turns out, appears to be their horns.

The News The search for seven missing employees of a call center led Mexican authorities to a gruesome discovery earlier this week, when at least 45 trash bags with several human remains were recovered from the bottom of a ravine on the outskirts of Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco.Part of the investigation and the proceedings bring us precisely to this area, the Jalisco state prosecutor, Luis Joaquin Mendez Ruiz, told reporters on Wednesday, adding that both male and female body parts had been found in the bags.

The Olympic wrestlers arrived on the banks of the sacred river Ganges late on Tuesday for what they had announced as a final act of desperation.Two days before, the police had violently dismantled their protest camp in New Delhi and dragged them off to detention, striking a blow against their protracted effort to bring to account a politically powerful sports official they accuse of serial sexual harassment of female wrestlers.

French powerhouse Bordeaux will remain in the second division next season after the league on Monday handed the six-time champions a loss for a game that was abandoned after a pitch invader attacked a player from Rodez.The league's disciplinary committee ruled that the season finale, which Bordeaux had to win to keep their promotion hopes alive, will not be replayed.

The White Sox are 6-3 in June.They're 22-17 since bottoming out at 7-21 in late April.They've won seven of their last 12 series after failing to win any of the first nine this season.It has to be said: For all their flaws, they managed to pull their bedraggled selves out of a deep, dark hole and become a - how to put it?

Former Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned the Conservatives against any attempt to block Boris Johnson if he seeks to stand in another parliamentary constituency.Mr Rees-Mogg told the Mail on Sunday that to do so could plunge the party "into civil war".Mr Johnson resigned as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip on Friday over the investigation into Partygate.

Boris Johnson's statement announcing he will quit the Commons is not brief more than 1,000 words and, as ever with the former prime minister's pronouncements, there is a lot of often barely hidden subtext: I have received a letter from the privileges committee making it clear much to my amazement that they are determined to use the proceedings against me to drive me out of parliament.

Boris Johnson has called time on his political career by lambasting a committee of MPs whom he claims were biased and determined to see him go.Mr Johnson, 58, announced he was stepping down as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip and compared the Privileges Committee probe into whether he lied to Parliament over partygate to a kangaroo court.

I have received a letter from the privileges committee making it clear much to my amazement that they are determined to use the proceedings against me to drive me out of parliament.They have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons.They know perfectly well that when I spoke in the Commons I was saying what I believed sincerely to be true and what I had been briefed to say, like any other minister.

Rishi Sunak has made a big mistake by blocking the release of Boris Johnson's WhatsApps, giving the former prime minister a chance to enjoy a divisive row, a senior Tory peer has warned.Gavin Barwell, former No 10 chief of staff, said Mr Sunak was wrong to take legal action against the Covid inquiry because it had invited suspicion about the government's true motives for protecting the messages.

Ministers could be set for a legal battle with the Covid-19 inquiry over the requested release of unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries belonging to Boris Johnson.The Cabinet Office has until 4pm on Tuesday to respond to the request from Lady Hallett's official inquiry.There has so far been little sign that ministers are set to shift from the position that the Government has no duty to disclose unambiguously irrelevant material.

Boris Johnson has sensationally resigned as an MP over an investigation into his conduct by the Privileges Committee.The former prime minister claims he has been anti-democratically forced out of parliament, branding the probe a hitjob.His full resignation statement is below: I have received a letter from the Privileges Committee making it clear - much to my amazement - that they are determined to use the proceedings against me to drive me out of parliament.

CCTV recounting the moments before a custody officer was fatally shot in a police station has been released.The footage was shown to a jury on Thursday as part of an ongoing murder trial into Sergeant Matt Ratana's death at Croydon custody centre in the early hours of 25 September, 2020. Louis De Zoysa - who denies murder - is accused of shooting the sergeant with an antique revolver that was concealed in a holster as he was being detained at the centre.

Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt has insisted Government ministers are using our time well as Opposition MPs criticised the short sittings in the chamber.Labour criticised the thin Commons agenda after the House sat for less than three hours on Tuesday, while the SNP claimed the Government couldn't table enough legislation.

A ballistics expert has demonstrated to a jury how an antique revolver alleged to have been used to kill a Met police custody sergeant worked as the second day of a murder trial got under way.Members of the jury in the trial of Louis De Zoysa, 25, who is accused of murdering Sergeant Matt Ratana, 54, at a custody block in Croydon, south London, on September 25 2020 while he was handcuffed, were allowed to hold the gun and fire it at Northampton Crown Court on Thursday.

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The murder trial of Christopher Taylor, the Austin police officer who fatally shot Mike Ramos in 2020, has been reset for October.Travis County District Judge Dayna Blazey announced at a Wednesday hearing that the new date for the trial is Oct. 16.The court's first attempt at a trial ended in mistrial after four failed days of jury selection, stemming in part from the proceedings being mistakenly closed to the public - a violation of Taylor's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial.

The Government pressing ahead with parliamentary scrutiny of controversial plans to tackle the small boats crisis into the early hours of the morning has been branded disgraceful at Westminster.There was frustration and anger as detailed debate on the Illegal Migration Bill continued through the night in the House of Lords.

It is Wednesday, my dudes.And while it may still be a sore subject around these parts, there's no denying that today is a pretty big day in South Florida: both the Florida Panthers and the Miami Heat will be hosting Finals Game 3s tonight.Thus far, the NBA edition has been more competitive than the NHL edition, but who knows how some time at home might affect proceedings?

All boat operations have been suspended off Bournemouth pier following the death of two young swimmers, the local authority has announced.Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, drowned and eight other people were treated by paramedics after they were suspected to have been caught in a riptide next to the pier at the Dorset seaside resort on May 31.

Devastated friends and teachers of a 17-year-old trainee chef who died in the Bournemouth beach tragedy said he was an exceptional student.Joe Abbess, who was studying at City College Southampton, drowned along with 12-year-old Sunnah Khan in the Dorset seaside resort on May 31.Stephanie Williams, the schoolgirl's mother, has posted on social media, describing her beautiful daughter as so well loved and well liked.

"The fact that a competitor copied the patentee's invention, rather than one within the public domain, is probative of nonobviousness because it suggests the competitor saw value in the invention that he could not achieve without copying."- CAFC
In two separate precedential decisions authored by Chief Judge Moore today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) delivered victory for Teleflex Innovations, S.À.R.L. when it upheld Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) rulings that found Medtronic, Inc. had failed to prove Teleflex's patent claims for catheter technology used in interventional cardiology procedures unpatentable.

A man has been charged after he was seen wearing a football shirt at Wembley Stadium which appeared to make an offensive reference to the Hillsborough tragedy.The Metropolitan Police Events Twitter account retweeted a picture on Saturday of a man wearing a Manchester United shirt that had the number 97 on the back and the words Not Enough.

On an otherwise forgetful night for the Yankee faithful, as its ball club dropped the opener of this West Coast series 8-24to the Dodgers, there was little to spin on a positive note.There were a couple silver linings, though, among the proceedings, most notably Josh Donaldson's huge return game, and also, the season debut of right-handed reliever Tommy Kahnle.

1. The cause of the 1871 vandalism of the Paleozoic Museum in Central Park has remained a mystery for over 150 years.
2. Recent forensic analysis of the vandalism scene showed evidence of a large, non-human animal—likely a bear—which likely caused the destruction.
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Morning Sports Update The footage offers a glimpse at draft-day trade discussions.The Red Sox defeated the Reds 8-2 on Thursday, though Chris Sale exited in the fourth inning with a sore left shoulder.He's schedule for an MRI on Friday.Tonight, the Red Sox begin a four-game series against the Rays at Fenway Park.

A federal judge who was presiding over the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts case against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday disqualified himself from further participation in the case, citing a third-degree relative with stocks in the company, according to the order on disqualification.Chief Judge Mark E. Walker, who was appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama, has ruled against a handful of DeSantis priorities and his initial assignment to the case was widely viewed as an early victory for Disney.

P rotesters will be dealt with in a speedy and robust way if they try to disrupt the FA Cup Final, a senior police officer has said.Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan of the Metropolitan Police made the comments as he revealed 1,200 officers from three forces will be deployed to Saturday's match at Wembley.

Protesters will be dealt with in a speedy and robust way if they try to disrupt the FA Cup Final, a senior police officer has said.Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan of the Metropolitan Police made the comments as he revealed 1,200 officers from three forces will be deployed to Saturday's match at Wembley.

A man whose dog mauled his three-month-old daughter to death has pleaded guilty on the day his trial was due to begin to being in charge of the animal.Vince King was in charge of the out-of-control husky, named Blizzard, when it killed baby Kyra King in woodland on March 6 2022.The 55-year-old was due to stand trial at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday but pleaded guilty prior to the start of proceedings after discussions with his barrister, Siward James-Moore.

A man whose dog mauled his three-month-old daughter to death has pleaded guilty on the day his trial was due to begin to being in charge of the animal.Vince King was in charge of the out-of-control husky, named Blizzard, when it killed baby Kyra King in woodland on March 6 2022.The 55-year-old was due to stand trial at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday but pleaded guilty prior to the start of proceedings after discussions with his barrister, Siward James-Moore.

One of the largest providers of housing for mentally ill and formerly homeless people in New York City has started hundreds of eviction cases against its tenants in an attempt to collect millions of dollars in rent that went unpaid during the pandemic, according to a new analysis of housing court records.

A prison guard has been suspended for alleged religiously-motivated abuse against US fugitive Nicolas Rossi, a court has been told.Rossi, 35, is wanted in America accused of rape and his long-running extradition battle in the Scottish courts is entering its final phase.The fugitive has been held in HMP Edinburgh since his bail was revoked, and on Wednesday the city's sheriff court heard claims about his treatment there.

The government looks set for unprecedented legal battle with officials in charge of the Covid public inquiry over the release of unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries belonging to Boris Johnson.In a showdown over the ex-PM's communications with 40 top officials, the Cabinet Office has until 4pm on Thursday to respond to the demand from Lady Hallett's public inquiry into the Covid crisis.

"The subterfuge that underscores the patent challenges filed by the likes of Unified Patents and RPX wouldn't pass muster in a third grade classroom, but has long befuddled the PTAB....But sanity may be reengaging at the USPTO."One of the most intriguing, and frankly long overdue, reforms the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) needs to consider is putting an end to the practice of for-profit entities like Unified Patents and RPX filing petitions challenging a patent.

A joint fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is to be held into the deaths of two young people who took their own lives while serving sentences at a young offenders institution.Katie Allan died at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in June 2018 aged 21 while serving a sentence for a driving offence.William Lindsay died in October that year at the age of 16, days after being sent there on remand.

A defense lawyer was making a constitutional argument in the Guantanamo war court that the clock had run out on a case involving terrorist attacks in Indonesia 20 years ago when he was suddenly drowned out by white noise.It is repugnant were the last words the public heard from Lt. Ryan P. Hirschler, a military lawyer on the defense team.

With the completion of the plusvalenza case and the 10-point penalty coming down last week, a lot of the off-field attention involving Juventus ' legal troubles shifted toward the second of the two trials involving Italy's biggest club.It looks as though we might not have to wait long to see the end of that as well.