8+ hour, 29+ min ago   (530+ words) Sam Smith and Normani are closer to facing a jury over their hit “Dancing With a Stranger” after a federal judge signaled Friday that he plans to reject their latest attempt to end a long-running copyright lawsuit before trial. U....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1056+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Missouri from using a newly drawn congressional map in the November midterm election, stepping into an escalating legal battle that had produced directly conflicting orders from state and federal courts. In an unsigned order issued…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1358+ words) The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a federal system that allows states to conduct large-scale citizenship checks of their voter rolls using immigration and Social Security records, less than two months before the November midterm elections....

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (783+ words) Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh blocked Missouri’s attempt Tuesday to use a Republican-backed congressional map in the November midterms, only for a federal judge to restore the same map minutes later. Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark ordered Missouri…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (633+ words) A federal appeals court has ruled that clean drinking water is not a constitutional right, rejecting claims from Jackson, Mississippi, residents who alleged city officials exposed them to lead-contaminated water and misled the public about its safety. The full U.S. Court…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (521+ words) The Big 12 Conference has dropped its federal lawsuit against Texas Tech University and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, ending a legal fight triggered by quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s extensive sports betting violations and the conference’s effort to sanction one of its…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (664+ words) Walmart has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a Justice Department lawsuit accusing its pharmacies of knowingly filling thousands of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances, ending a federal enforcement case that began nearly six years ago. Walmart…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (474+ words) A federal judge has dismissed the remaining harassment and discrimination claims brought by wardrobe stylist Asha Daniels against Lizzo’s touring company, ending the nearly three-year lawsuit stemming from the singer’s 2023 European tour. U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha granted…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (614+ words) A federal judge has rejected Trader Joe’s bid to dismiss a trademark claim in J.M. Smucker’s lawsuit accusing the grocer of copying the distinctive look of its Uncrustables sandwiches. The dispute pits Smucker’s familiar round, crimped sandwich design against a…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (568+ words) Musician Luigui Bleand and two affiliated companies have been ordered to pay $1.2 million after a federal court found they infringed copyrights covering 40 sound recordings and musical compositions controlled by independent Latin record labels and publishers. U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles ruled…...