11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (530+ words) Sam Smith and Normani are closer to facing a jury over their hit “Dancing With a Stranger” after a federal judge signaled Friday that he plans to reject their latest attempt to end a long-running copyright lawsuit before trial. U....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1056+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Missouri from using a newly drawn congressional map in the November midterm election, stepping into an escalating legal battle that had produced directly conflicting orders from state and federal courts. In an unsigned order issued…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1358+ words) The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a federal system that allows states to conduct large-scale citizenship checks of their voter rolls using immigration and Social Security records, less than two months before the November midterm elections....

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (783+ words) Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh blocked Missouri’s attempt Tuesday to use a Republican-backed congressional map in the November midterms, only for a federal judge to restore the same map minutes later. Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark ordered Missouri…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (633+ words) A federal appeals court has ruled that clean drinking water is not a constitutional right, rejecting claims from Jackson, Mississippi, residents who alleged city officials exposed them to lead-contaminated water and misled the public about its safety. The full U.S. Court…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (474+ words) A federal judge has dismissed the remaining harassment and discrimination claims brought by wardrobe stylist Asha Daniels against Lizzo’s touring company, ending the nearly three-year lawsuit stemming from the singer’s 2023 European tour. U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha granted…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (614+ words) A federal judge has rejected Trader Joe’s bid to dismiss a trademark claim in J.M. Smucker’s lawsuit accusing the grocer of copying the distinctive look of its Uncrustables sandwiches. The dispute pits Smucker’s familiar round, crimped sandwich design against a…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (568+ words) Musician Luigui Bleand and two affiliated companies have been ordered to pay $1.2 million after a federal court found they infringed copyrights covering 40 sound recordings and musical compositions controlled by independent Latin record labels and publishers. U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles ruled…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (909+ words) The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a new $103,265 fee for many H-1B visa petitions, less than three months after a federal judge struck down President Donald Trump’s separate $100,000 payment requirement. The proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on August…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (529+ words) Kenny Chesney cannot be held liable for a fan’s $310,000 loss to an online impersonator, a California appeals court has ruled, rejecting claims that the country star had a legal duty to warn followers that scammers were using his identity. The…...