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MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Environmental group Greenpeace must pay more than $660 million in damages for defamation and other claims brought by a pipeline company in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline’s construction in North Dakota, a jury found last week. Dallas-based Energy Transfer and subsidiary Dakota Access had accused Netherlands-based Greenpeace [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has sued the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for finding the e-commerce giant legally responsible for the recalls of hundreds of thousands of products sold on its site. The independent federal agency ordered Amazon in January to take several actions, including notifying customers who bought more than 400,000 items covered [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures, which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone. Beginning March 31, people will no longer be able to verify their identity to [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked from being enforced, a three-judge panel of appellate judges ruled this week. The law also banned trans women and girls from participating in female sports. The state attorney general vowed an immediate appeal. The state’s 10th District Court [...]
Purdue Pharma asked a bankruptcy judge this week to consider the latest version of its plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin, a deal that would have members of the Sackler family who own the company pay up to $7 billion. The filing is a milestone in [...]
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel recently affirmed a trial court’s conviction of a Newark man on a fentanyl-related drug charge despite the offender’s argument that the lower court should not have allowed him to argue on his own behalf. The 3-0 appellate panel was not persuaded by 59-year-old Billy Lee’s assertion that his [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge this week declined to force the Trump administration to immediately reimburse dozens of public broadcasting stations for upgrades to the nation’s emergency alert system. The non-profit Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency last week, claiming the agency had unlawfully held up nearly $2 million in [...]
A Tenth District Court of Appeals panel recently affirmed a lower court ruling to dismiss the appeal of a state Oil & Gas Land Management Commission decision to proceed with plans to open public land to oil and natural gas exploration and production via fracking. Among the findings of the Franklin County Common Pleas Court, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is warning Americans not to respond to scam road toll collection texts after receiving more than 2,000 complaints this month. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal financial information, such as credit or debit cards or bank accounts. They’re so-called smishing scams, [...]
The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal judge to delay a trial in a case accusing Amazon of using deceptive practices in its Prime subscription program, citing staffing and budgetary challenges at the government agency. Jonathan Cohen, a lawyer for the FTC, made the request before U.S. District Judge John Chun, who is overseeing [...]