TikTok plans to comply with federal legislation banning the app for U.S. users, according to sources. The 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act, H.R. 8038, requires parent company ByteDance to sell its U.S. assets by January 19, 2025, or face a ban nationwide.
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On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Analisa Torres ruled in favor of Doordash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats in a lawsuit contesting the City of New York's law requiring the food delivery services to share diners' information with restaurants.
On Monday, May 13, 2024, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, alleging that Facebook and Instagram censored the "Who is Bobby Kennedy" film.
TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Ltd. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, seeking a review of the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
On Friday, April 5, 2024, New York City agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by two Muslim women forced to remove their religious head coverings for New York Police Department post-arrest photos.
On Friday, January 12, 2024, the United States Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the City of Grants Pass, Oregon may enforce its regulation of homeless encampments by issuing civil citations to people sleeping on public property.
The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of South Dakota on Friday, November 3, 2023, challenging South Dakota's personalized license plate law.
On Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Gerald Groff, a former United States Postal Service worker who resigned due to not receiving religious accommodations over Sunday hours.
On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Los Angeles County agreed to a settlement with Vanessa Bryant, the wife of late basketball star Kobe Bryant, in a lawsuit concerning photos shared by Los Angeles County Sheriff officers and Los Angeles County firefighters of the helicopter crash that killed Bryant and his daughter,…
On Monday, November 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC. The lawsuit seeks to clarify whether VIP's Jack Daniel's themed dog-toys are protected from trademark infringement claims due to VIP's First Amendment interest…