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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel belongs in state court. Nessel sued in state court in June 2019 seeking to void the easement that allows the Enbridge [...]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has reached a settlement with the Justice Department that could clear the way for its $14 billion takeover of rival Juniper Networks. The Justice Department had sued to block the acquisition, saying it could eliminate competition, raise prices and reduce innovation. The settlement, which is subject to court approval, calls for Hewlett [...]
A Tenth District Court of Appeals panel in a recent decision vacated a portion of a judgement against a limited-liability company that owns a duplex in the North Campus neighborhood of Columbus. The appellate panel ruled that the Franklin County Municipal Court, Environmental Division judge’s imposition of a permanent injunction against 71-73 E. Norwich Avenue [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio signaled last week it swiftly will appeal a court ruling declaring the state’s private-school voucher system unconstitutional, a decision celebrated by public-school advocates and condemned by a prominent Christian education organization. Attorney General Dave Yost said in a statement that he is confident the state ultimately will win. He assured Ohio [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge sided with Facebook parent Meta Platforms in dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the company of stealing their works to train its artificial intelligence technology. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria was the second in a week from San Francisco’s [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio has agreed to hear the appeal of a Kent property owner, who is challenging a zoning restriction that prohibits the use of a six-bedroom residence owned by the man to house individuals with disabilities. Landlord Reed Havel was able to convince a majority of the justices that the high court [...]
Federal traffic safety regulators are looking into suspected problems with Elon Musk’s test run of self-driving “robotaxis” in Texas after videos surfaced showing them braking suddenly or going straight through an intersection from a turning lane and driving down the wrong side of the road. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has asked [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana has filed several lawsuits accusing pharmaceutical retailer CVS of abusing customer information and using its dominant market position to drive up drug costs and unfairly undermine independent pharmacies, the state’s attorney general said earlier this week. Attorney General Liz Murrill began investigating CVS after the company sent out mass text [...]
The professionalization of college sports has prompted concern among team physicians that they will be exposed to a greater risk of being sued by athletes who claim a poor outcome from treatment caused them to lose future earnings. Before July 2021, when college athletes were cleared to be compensated by third parties for the use [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in funding for the build out of electric vehicle chargers in more than a dozen states. U.S. District Judge Tana Lin in Washington state partially granted a preliminary injunction that sought to free up the money approved under [...]