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Charlottesville Residents File Lawsuit Against Deadly Rally Co-Planners Updated: Published by:

Last August, an alt-right rally called "Unite the Right" took place in Charlottesville, Virginia that resulted in the death of a woman after a man drove his car into a crowd of counterprotestors. In Sines v. Kessler, Charlottesville residents filed a lawsuit against the co-planners of the rally claiming they…

Trump Issues Order Prohibiting Broadcom’s Acquisition of Qualcomm Updated: Published by:

President Trump today issued an order prohibiting Broadcom's proposed take over of Qualcomm on national security grounds. The President cited “credible evidence” that leads him to believe that Broadcom (a company organized under Singaporean laws) “might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States.”

Federal Judge Rules Virtual Currencies are Commodities Updated: Published by:

Senior United States District Judge Jack D. Weinstein of the New York Eastern District Court ruled on March 6th that virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, are commodities, and that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has authority along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts…

Federal Judge Suggests President Trump Should Mute, Rather Than Block, Twitter Critics Updated: Published by:

In July of last year, the Knight First Amendment Institute of Columbia University filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, among others, claiming that the President's Twitter account constitutes a public forum subject to the First Amendment. The lawsuit alleges that by blocking certain users who are critical of him,…

Pennsylvania Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Uber for Major Data Breach Updated: Published by:

Uber has found itself in yet another legal battle. On Monday, March 12, 2018, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit against the ride-sharing company based in San Francisco, California after it took over a year to notify its users about a major data breach. Hackers compromised the company’s…

US Department of Justice Sues California Over “Sanctuary” Laws Updated: Published by:

The US Department of Justice has sued the state of California, as well as its governor and secretary of state, in a federal court in California over the state's recently passed "sanctuary state" laws that clash with the Trump administration's immigration policy. The complaint and filings are available on Justia.

BlackBerry Sues Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Over Patent Infringement Claims Related to BlackBerry Messenger Technology Updated: Published by:

On Monday, March 6, 2018, Blackberry Limited filed a complaint for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Facebook, Inc., Instagram, Inc., and WhatsApp Inc.

Vietnamese Immigrants File Class Action Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Over Indefinite Detentions Updated: Published by:

Attorneys behind the lawsuit believe the detentions are part of an effort by the Trump administration to pressure Vietnam into abandoning a repatriation agreement prohibiting the return of Vietnamese immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before the two countries reestablished diplomatic relations in 1995. Read the complaint on Justia.

FTC Gets Green Light to Pursue AT&T in Consumer Deception Action Updated: Published by:

The Ninth Circuit denied AT&T's motion to dismiss an action brought by the FTC to hold the communications company accountable for allegedly "throttling" consumer data. This practice may have affected 3.5 million consumers on 25 million different occasions.