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Justices to Review Immigrant's Status Grant After Asylum Nixed
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (99+ words) Bloomberg Law News The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case asking whether noncitizens granted asylum in the US can adjust their status and become lawful permanent residents even if their asylum is terminated. Tamer Wassily, a native of…...
LA Times Settles Online, Mobile Tracker Suit for $3. 9 Million
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (115+ words) Bloomberg Law News The Los Angeles Times won approval for a $3. 85 million class settlement of a California Invasion of Privacy suit filed over the newspaper's use of online and mobile app tracking technologies. The agreement covered California-resident LA Times digital…...
Hung Jury Could Aid Palisades Fire Victims: California Brief
5+ hour, 28+ min ago (95+ words) Bloomberg Law News Jury Deadlock May Help Fire Victims The hung jury in the Palisades arson trial may end up helping fire victims in their sprawling civil case, Mitchell Black reports. With no conviction against Jonathan Rinderknecht, public and private…...
Colorado Ice Cream Maker Says Coffee Shop Infringing Trademark
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (101+ words) Bloomberg Law News A Colorado-based homemade ice cream business accused a coffee shop of infringing trademarks for its name and brand logo that have promoted its products for more than two decades. Third Bowl Homemade Ice Cream LLC's complaint, filed…...
Cadwalader Adds Data Center Finance Lawyer Silva in Los Angeles
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (105+ words) Bloomberg Law News Nika Silva joined Cadwalader LLP as a partner in its capital markets practice, the firm announced Monday. Silva joins from King & Spalding, where she was counsel. She focuses primarily on data center and infrastructure transactions and represents…...
OSHA Imposes $3. 5 Million in Texas Chemical Spill Response Fines
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (123+ words) Bloomberg Law News OSHA has proposed more than $3. 5 million in penalties over the cleanup of a chemical spill in Houston against three companies it said failed to provide adequate training and protective equipment to emergency response workers. BWC Terminals LLC,…...
Two More Former NBA Players Charged in Sports Betting Probe (1)
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (120+ words) Bloomberg Law News Former NBA players Malik Beasley and Edward Davis as well as sports agent Paolo Zamorano and three others were charged by federal prosecutors in an expanding illegal sports-betting probe. Beasley agreed with his former teammate Davis to…...
Uber and Trial Lawyers Refuse to "Roll the Dice" in California
10+ hour, 32+ min ago (971+ words) Uber Technologies Inc. s last minute deal with the Consumer Attorneys of California is an unexpected compromise in a long-brewing fight between the ride-share company and the plaintiff's bar bringing Uber-involved car accident and sexual assault cases. The agreement signed…...
Justices to Weigh Parents Right to Sue Over Trans Youth Policy
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (99+ words) Bloomberg Law News The Supreme Court agreed to consider a case over parents" legal standing to sue over laws or policies they claim place restrictions on divulging to parents when minors are seeking gender-affirming care. The case granted Monday centers…...
LA Immigration Enforcement Observers Class Certified by Judge
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (95+ words) Bloomberg Law News Journalists and observers of federal immigration operations in Los Angeles received class certification by a federal court in a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security alleging excessive force was used against them. "Plaintiffs have sufficiently…...