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News Articles: Law

Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same sex marriage nationwide, center, stands on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Monday, June 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas.

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  • Law

Take a look back at the history of interracial and same-sex marriages

With the House and Senate passing the Respect for Marriage Act, here is a look at some of the legal precedents surrounding interracial and same-sex marriages.

December 09, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Rapper Tory Lanez performs onstage at the 2017 Meadows Music And Arts Festival in New York City.

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  • Music

The timeline of events leading up to the Tory Lanez assault trial

The trial comes after two years of back-and-forth and division in the hip-hop world. Lanez is charged with shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

December 08, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
The Federal Trade Commission said it is suing to block Microsoft's planned $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard, saying it could suppress competitors to Microsoft's Xbox game consoles and its growing games subscription business.

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  • Business

FTC sues to block the $69 billion Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger

The Federal Trade Commission said Microsoft's planned takeover of the video game company could suppress competitors to Microsoft's Xbox game consoles and its growing games subscription business.

December 08, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press

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  • Law

What does the Respect for Marriage Act do? The answer will vary by state.

The law came about in response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, which called other landmark civil liberties cases into question.

December 08, 2022
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
Tech workers face widespread layoffs, a hardship notably for  immigrants relying on tech companies for work visas.

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  • Economy

Find a new job in 60 days: tech layoffs put immigrant workers on a ticking clock

Last month, tech companies laid off about 50,000 workers, many of them immigrants on work visas. Now they have to find a job soon or leave the country.

December 08, 2022
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith
Former U.S. Border Patrol supervisor Juan David Ortiz reacts as recorder jail phone calls to his wife, Daniella, are played outside the presence of the jury during his capital murder trial in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022

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  • Law

Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted of killing 4 women in Texas

The conviction of a former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 means an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif. on Dec. 7, 2022.

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  • Law

Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani is sentenced to nearly 13 years for his role in Theranos fraud

A jury found Elizabeth Holmes' former business and romantic partner guilty in July on all 12 felony counts of defrauding Theranos investors and the patients that used the company's faulty blood tests.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, a Republican, speaks Wednesday to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. State Republicans want the court to overturn a decision by the state Supreme Court that ruled that the Republican legislature, in drawing new congressional district lines after the 2020 Census, had violated the state constitution with an extreme partisan gerrymander.

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  • Law

Supreme Court weighs controversial election-law case

If adopted the so-called independent state legislature theory would give state legislatures the power to put in place all manner of election laws and rules, without any review by the state courts.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Whitey Bulger is taken from a Coast Guard helicopter to an awaiting Sheriff vehicle after attending federal court in Boston, on June 30, 2011.

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  • Law

DOJ watchdog finds missteps by prison officials ahead of Whitey Bulger's killing

The Justice Department's watchdog found a string of missteps by federal Bureau of Prison officials but no malicious intent in their handling of Bulger's transfer to the prison where he was killed.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Santonastasso Enterprises, which owns and operates 13 McDonald's franchises in and around Pittsburgh, Pa., paid a civil penalty of $57,332 for violating child labor laws, according to the Department of Labor.

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  • Law

McDonald's franchise owners are caught violating child labor laws

Santonastasso Enterprises broke the law when more than a 100 teens were asked to work too many hours or too many late shifts, according to the Department of Labor.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Juul products are displayed at a smoke shop in New York on Dec. 20, 2018.

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  • Business

Juul settles more than 5,000 lawsuits over its vaping products

Juul Labs has reached settlements covering cases brought by about 10,000 plaintiffs related to its vaping products. Buffeted by lawsuits, Juul announced hundreds of layoffs last month.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on Aug. 06 in Dallas, Texas.

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  • National

Former President Donald Trump's company is found guilty of criminal tax fraud

Trump and his company have repeatedly faced criminal investigations but this case marks the first time his company has been charged, tried, and convicted on criminal charges.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Bernstein,
  • Ilya Marritz,
  • and 1 more
Are the justices of the U.S Supreme Court ready to overturn the power of state courts to oversee congressional elections in the states?

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  • Law

Supreme Court to hear controversial election-law case

The "independent state legislature theory" could give state legislatures independent power to put in place all manner of election rules, without any available review by state courts.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
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  • Business

Two women who allege they were stalked and harassed using AirTags are suing Apple

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Apple allege former partners planted AirTags near them to keep track of their whereabouts.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Firearms are displayed at a gun shop in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 19, 2021.

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  • Law

State judge places a hold on Oregon's gun law and the state says it will appeal

A ruling by a county judge threw the implementation of Oregon's new voter-approved gun law into limbo and the state's attorney general said her office will appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court.

December 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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