Recent Updates
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US sues SpaceX for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and others
Legal Compliance 08/26/2023The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and people granted asylum.The complaint, filed in an administrative court within the departmen...
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Some states reject federal money to find and replace dangerous lead pipes
Legal Compliance 08/22/2023As the Biden administration makes billions of dollars available to remove millions of dangerous lead pipes that can contaminate drinking water and damage brain development in children, some states are turning down funds.Washington, Oregon, Maine and ...
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McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown
Legal Compliance 08/16/2023Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running.House Speaker Ke...
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Biden goes west to talk about his efforts to combat climate change
Law Review 08/07/2023President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona, New Mexico and Utah next week and is expected to talk about his administration’s efforts to combat climate change as the region endures a brutally hot summer with soaring temperatures, the White House...
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Bankruptcy Filings Rise 10%, and Courts Feel the Pinch
Legal Compliance 08/02/2023Personal and business bankruptcy filings rose 10 percent in the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2023, compared with the previous year. Bankruptcy totals are reported four times annually by the U.S. government.According to statistics release...
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Hunter Biden’s plea deal on hold after federal judge raises concerns
National Legal News 07/27/2023The plea deal in Hunter Biden’s criminal case unraveled during a court hearing Wednesday after a federal judge raised concerns about the terms of the agreement that has infuriated Republicans who believe the president’s son is getting pre...
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Abortion messaging roils debate over Ohio ballot initiative
Law Journals 07/25/2023The fraught politics of abortion have helped turn an August ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution into a cauldron of misinformation and fear-mongering.State Issue 1, the sole question on the ballot, calls ...
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US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology
Law Review 07/23/2023On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upstream from the state capitol where lawmakers have promoted coal for more than a century. ...
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Louisiana Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care
Legal Compliance 07/15/2023A controversial bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in Louisiana was passed by the Senate on Monday and is likely to reach the governor’s desk in the coming ...
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Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says
Law Review 07/08/2023Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth can go into effect — at least for now — after a federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily reversed a lower court ruling.Last month, a district court judge in Tenness...
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Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies
Legal Compliance 07/05/2023A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republi...
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Judge allows North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law to take effect
Legal Compliance 07/02/2023A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law scheduled to begin this weekend can take effect, while temporarily blocking one rule that doctors feared could expose them to criminal penalties.Th...