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Almost 500 Migrant Children Taken From Parents Remain Separated Updated: Published by:

Court papers filed late last week show that according to the government's most recent estimates, close to 500 children, including 22 under the age of 5, remain in US custody after being separated from their parents at the border earlier this year pursuant to the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy. The…

Federal Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voting District Plan Before November Elections Updated: Published by:

With the November elections looming, North Carolina may be required to reorganize its congressional districts. Three federal judges in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the legislature had violated the Constitution by gerrymandering districts to favor Republicans over Democrats, as openly acknowledged by Republican state legislators.…

At-Will Employment For Federal Workers: President Trump Approves Via Executive Orders Which a Federal Judge Subsequently Blocks Updated: Published by:

Unions won a major victory against the Trump administration’s attempts to weaken protections that apply to many federal workers when Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columnbia invalidated provisions in three executive orders Trump's administration issued back in May.

Lawsuit Claims Three Michael Jackson Songs on Posthumous Album are Fake Updated: Published by:

In 2014, Michael Jackson fan Vera Serova brought a class action lawsuit against Sony Music, the Jackson estate, and several songwriters/producers alleging that they created three fake songs recorded by a Michael Jackson impersonator to include on a 2010 posthumous album, Michael. The case moved forward last week in a…

Tinder Lawsuit Seeks to Expose Misconduct by Match Group and Parent Company IAC Updated: Published by:

Last week, Match Group and its parent company IAC were sued by current and former employees of Tinder, among whom are co-founders Sean Rad and Justin Mateen. The lawsuit includes allegations that the parent company withheld information about Tinder's potential growth to avoid paying billions of dollars to the start-up team.

Court Says ICE Should Not Remove Green Card Applicants Who Have Deportation Orders Updated: Published by:

In a federal court in Boston, US District Judge Mark Wolf has stated that immigrants with final orders of removal should not be deported just because they are in the process of applying for a green card. The judge indicated that he was not precluding ICE from effectuating removals, but…

Lawsuit Seeking Class Action Status Claims Google Tracked Location History of Millions of Users with Location Services Turned Off Updated: Published by:

A lawsuit seeking class action status has recently been filed against Google after the tech company admitted to tracking the location history of even users who have turned off location services.