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297 entries in 'Legal Business' |
2024/12/09
US inflation ticked up last month as some price pressures remain persistent
2024/12/04
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ attorney says
2024/11/28
Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round
2024/11/20
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
2024/11/14
Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber
2024/11/08
High court won’t review Kari Lake’s appeal over 2022 governor’s race defeat
2024/10/07
US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism
2024/10/02
Mississippi asks court to set execution for man on death row since 1976
2024/09/30
New rules regarding election certification in Georgia to get test in court
2024/09/06
Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
2024/09/02
Trial begins over Texas ‘Trump Train’ highway confrontation
2024/08/25
Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
2024/07/28
Biden unveils a proposal to establish term limits for the Supreme Court
2024/07/26
Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
2024/07/17
Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison
2024/05/24
Marilyn Mosby to be sentenced for mortgage fraud and perjury convictions
2024/05/19
Hunter Biden arrives at court for a final hearing before his June 3 gun trial
2024/05/12
Justice Clarence Thomas calls Washington a 'hideous place'
2024/05/09
Gardena Employment Law Defense Legal Services
2024/05/05
Trump faces prospect of additional sanctions for violating gag order
2024/05/01
Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say
2024/04/12
What to know about abortion in Arizona under the near-total 1864 ban
2024/03/12
Trump wants N.Y. hush money trial to wait for Supreme Court immunity ruling
2024/03/11
Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment
2024/03/07
Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
2024/02/14
North Carolina voter ID trial rescheduled again for spring in federal court
2024/02/07
Nevada Supreme Court sides with AP in Wynn defamation suit
2024/02/02
Court says GOP lawmakers who staged walkout can’t run for re-election
2024/01/15
What to know: South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ
2024/01/07
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre announces resignation ahead of trial
2023/12/24
Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case
2023/12/19
Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
2023/12/02
Court affirms actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions and jail sentence
2023/11/28
New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Democratic-drawn congressional map
2023/11/20
Trump celebrates win in Colorado election case during return visit to Iowa
2023/11/09
Ivanka Trump Gave Her Testimony in Trump Organization Fraud Trial
2023/10/24
Sydney court postpones extradition hearing of former US military pilot
2023/10/06
Trump lawyers seek dismissal of DC federal election subversion case
2023/09/25
Judge rules Trump committed fraud while building real estate empire
2023/09/17
A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters
2023/09/15
Hunter Biden is indicted on federal firearm-purchasing charges after plea deal fails
2023/09/06
Lawyers claim cable TV and phone companies also responsible in Maui fires
2023/08/23
After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico
2023/06/25
Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in dispute with makers of dog toy
2023/06/11
Texas court dismisses GOP donor’s defamation lawsuit
2023/06/02
Federal appeals court overturns 1991 death sentence in Fresno double murder
2023/05/23
Tunisian court releases prominent radio director from prison
2023/05/12
Supreme Court rejects challenge to California pork law
2023/05/04
Donald Trump seeks to move NY criminal case to federal court
2023/03/10
German woman risks tougher sentence over Yazidi girl’s death
2023/03/06
EU legal advisor: Homegrown player quotas clash with EU law
2023/02/26
Panel scolds Wisconsin justice for remarks in Trump case
2023/02/19
Pakistani court acquits parents of activist in treason case
2023/02/16
Maryland mulls ending child sexual abuse lawsuit time limits
2023/02/02
South Korean court says stolen statue must return to Japan
2022/12/06
Former Nazi camp secretary voices regret, seeks acquittal
2022/10/17
Court rejects appeal to give American Samoans citizenship
2022/09/27
Appeals ruling leaves Trump fate in defamation suit in flux
2022/08/11
Federal horserace authority rules again blocked in 2 states
2022/07/29
Massachusetts governor signs bill protecting abortion access
2022/07/18
Abortion clinic goes before judge to challenge WVa ban
2022/06/14
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation member
2022/04/18
Suit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate
2021/10/18
Judge agrees to delay in sentencing for Gaetz friend
2021/09/07
Consumer Protection Law Attorney Website
2021/08/06
West African court to rule on Venezuelan’s extradition to US
2021/08/02
Men ordered to pay back $2.4M in health care fraud case
2021/07/31
How to Make Calls to Action Works
2021/06/21
High court sides with ex-athletes in NCAA compensation case
2021/04/27
Court to hear appeal of Dallas officer who killed neighbor
2021/04/19
US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide
2021/01/18
Groups ask court to restore protections for US gray wolves
2021/01/10
Louisiana Supreme Court has a new chief justice, John Weimer
2020/12/10
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
2020/11/23
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
2020/11/15
Chapter 7 bankruptcy - The Bankruptcy Means Test
2020/11/10
GOP tries again to get high court to ax health care law
2020/11/02
Legal armies ready if cloudy election outcome heads to court
2020/09/26
Ginsburg makes history at Capitol amid replacement turmoil
2020/09/19
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
2020/07/14
New Orleans councilman, attorney plead not guilty to fraud
2020/07/03
High court won't hear abortion clinic 'buffer zone' cases
2020/06/13
International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions order
2020/05/30
Supreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church services
2020/05/12
Supreme Court appears likely to reject Trump immunity claim
2020/05/07
Ginsburg, from hospital, joins in on 'Obamacare' arguments
2020/04/12
Texas clinics ask Supreme Court to abortions during pandemic
2020/03/22
Court affirms conviction in hot-grease injuries to wife
2020/03/17
Australian highest court to rule on Cardinal’s appeal later
2020/02/22
Arkansas candidate's political ties targeted in court race
2020/02/20
Florida can’t bar felons who served their time from registering to vote
2020/02/10
Ruling ends court fight over merger of 2 school districts
2020/01/30
Wood County commissioner reprimanded by Supreme Court
2020/01/11
Former IAAF president’s corruption trial opens in Paris
2020/01/08
Greek court postpones retrial in US tourist's beating death
2019/12/29
Court: Washington drivers must use turn signals to turn
2019/12/24
Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial
2019/12/18
Protests of Indian law grow despite efforts to contain them
2019/12/14
Kansas Supreme Court getting new member, new chief justice
2019/11/25
Supreme Court says Ginsburg released from hospital
2019/11/16
EU court refers doubts on Polish judiciary to national court
2019/10/20
The Latest: EU Parliament to be flexible on ratifying Brexit
2019/10/18
Supreme Court takes up case over quick deportations
2019/10/13
Arkansas judge: Court to hear 19 adoption scheme cases
2019/09/30
Egypt court asks religious figure to weigh in on sentences
2019/09/26
Transgender woman in Supreme Court case 'happy being me'
2019/09/22
Bulgarian court to eye revoking parole for Australian man
2019/08/30
Brazil court overrules Rio mayor on gay kiss book ban
2019/08/22
K-Global @ SiliconValley - Future is on 5G
2019/08/16
Mexico high court to Health officials: Regulate medical pot
2019/08/12
Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts
2019/08/10
Supreme Court rebuffs Alabama officer charged with murder
2019/07/27
Cyprus police frees 5 Israelis, 7 held in hotel rape probe
2019/07/05
Swedish court detains rapper A$AP Rocky on assault charge
2019/06/20
Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland
2019/06/17
High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding case
2019/05/20
Former Nissan chairman Ghosn appears in Tokyo court
2019/05/14
Supreme Court conservatives attack lame-duck arguments
2019/04/30
EPA reaffirms glyphosate safe for users as court cases grow
2019/04/26
Kansas court bolsters abortion rights, blocks ban
2019/04/23
Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters
2019/04/15
6 appear in court on charges they sent mosque attack images
2019/04/06
Parkland sheriff removal case heads to Florida Supreme Court
2019/03/28
Group takes oil refinery fight to North Dakota's high court
2019/03/25
High court won’t referee dispute over Michael Jordan images
2019/03/19
DC-area sniper shootings case to have Supreme Court hearing
2019/02/20
Florida school shooting suspect due back in court
2019/02/13
Court case to tackle jails' medication-assisted treatment
2019/01/01
Court extends detention for Nissan ex-chair Ghosn by 10 days
2018/12/22
NC court: Counties not responsible for school underfunding
2018/12/19
Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
2018/12/04
EU court adviser: Britain could change its mind on Brexit
2018/11/24
Government asks high court to hear transgender military case
2018/10/12
Manhattan DA drops part of Weinstein case
2018/10/11
Supreme Court wrestles with case on detention of immigrants
2018/09/14
Court: British surveillance violates European law
2018/09/07
Court: No review of 100-year sentence for attempted murders
2018/08/28
German court mulls jail for some over Munich air pollution
2018/08/13
Court: EPA violated law on harmful pesticide, orders ban
2018/08/08
Child remains found at New Mexico compound, man due in court
2018/08/01
Officer involved in militia leader's death named in court
2018/07/24
Top court: Social media posts violate no-contact order
2018/07/06
The Latest: Trump promises 'great' pick for Supreme Court
2018/07/06
The Latest: Trump promises 'great' pick for Supreme Court
2018/06/10
Kansas Supreme Court sends DNA request back to lower court
2018/06/06
Congressional Dems take Trump to court over foreign favors
2018/06/03
High Court Rules in Dispute Over Immigrant Teen's Abortion
2018/06/02
Romania: Court tells president to fire anti-graft prosecutor
2018/05/27
The Latest: Colorado governor announces Supreme Court pick
2018/05/25
Court: Montana minimizes impact of mining near Yellowstone
2018/05/07
Court asked to toss more cases tied to drug lab scandal
2018/04/29
Bakery appeals to UK Supreme Court in gay-rights cake case
2018/04/25
Court won't reconsider making public family slain autopsies
2018/04/23
Lake County courts to switch to online filing system in May
2018/04/08
Indian court grants bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan
2018/03/22
Courts weighing numerous challenges to political boundaries
2018/03/05
Philippine gov't asks Supreme Court to expel chief justice
2018/02/23
Pennsylvania congressional map battle lands in Supreme Court
2018/02/11
Find Lawyers, Law Firms & Legal Services
2018/01/29
Malaysia's top court annuls unilateral conversions of minors
2018/01/28
Top Pakistani court orders arrest of escaped police officer
2018/01/24
Court rules Puigdemont must return to Spain for re-election
2018/01/18
Court halts execution of Alabama inmate with dementia
2017/12/28
State high court won't hear Mateen Cleaves sex assault case
2017/12/22
Ohio court to hear big online school's funding case Feb. 13
2017/12/21
Ohio court indefinitely suspends law license of ex-judge
2017/12/04
Russian court keeps theater director under house arrest
2017/12/04
Asbestos Court to resolve hundreds of claims
2017/11/16
Free Speech Is Starting to Dominate the US Supreme Court's Agenda
2017/11/16
Court gives go-ahead for minimum alcohol price in Scotland
2017/11/03
Telescope permit decision appealed to Hawaii Supreme Court
2017/10/30
Court: No right to copy court reporter’s recordings
2017/10/26
Court gives government a win in young immigrants' cases
2017/10/14
Court agrees to take on US-Microsoft dispute over emails
2017/10/01
Supreme Court declines Michigan emergency manager law case
2017/09/24
Protests continue at Spanish court over secession arrests
2017/09/11
Chicago's lawsuit over sanctuary city threat goes to court
2017/09/07
Supreme Court's Kagan says Scalia death forced compromises
2017/08/30
Dispute over rights to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan goes to court
2017/08/20
Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
2017/08/18
Kentucky governor, attorney general clash before high court
2017/08/14
Wyoming raises court fees for courtroom technology updates
2017/08/03
Personal Injury Website Design by Web Promo, Inc.
2017/07/18
Kansas faces skeptical state Supreme Court on school funding
2017/07/11
Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss
2017/07/07
More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban
2017/06/21
EU Court: Vaccines Can Be Blamed for Illnesses Without Proof
2017/06/21
High Court ruling may hurt claims of talc link to cancer
2017/06/15
Groups sue seeking court oversight of Chicago police reforms
2017/06/06
Court to hear challenge to speed up California executions
2017/06/03
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to restore travel ban
2017/05/29
Court: Russian hacker can be extradited to US or Russia
2017/05/22
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses another round in court
2017/05/15
Court likely to question if Trump's travel ban discriminates
2017/05/13
South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court
2017/05/10
Man arrested near UK Parliament in court on terror charges
2017/05/06
Indiana high court rejects appeal in malnourished teen case
2017/05/05
Trump 'absolutely' considered breaking up 9th Circuit Court
2017/05/01
Indiana high court to take up police unreasonable force case
2017/04/29
4th Arkansas inmate executed in 8 days lurches on gurney
2017/04/26
Judge W. Brent Powell Appointed to Missouri Supreme Court
2017/04/22
White officer headed to court ahead of civil rights trial
2017/04/04
Arkansas asks court to block order on execution drugs
2017/03/30
S Korea's Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request
2017/03/06
Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake
2017/02/12
Partisan struggle over NC governor's authority back in court
2017/01/05
Appeals court: Minnesota sex offender program constitutional
2016/12/05
Alabama inmate seeks execution stay from US Supreme Court
2016/10/28
Ted Cruz's Supreme Court remark draws White House criticism
2016/10/24
High court steps into fight on Vanderbilts' Breakers mansion
2016/10/19
As time runs out, dozens of judge nominees waiting on Senate
2016/10/17
Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial
2016/10/14
Free-speech rights of panhandlers argued in court
2016/09/28
Suspected people smuggler charged in Australian court
2016/09/12
Appeals court sympathetic to voting rules challenge
2016/08/23
Court considers Kansas rule that voters prove citizenship
2016/07/14
Appeals court orders Utah to fund Planned Parenthood branch
2016/07/13
Kyrgyzstan sends case of jailed journalist back to court
2016/07/12
Candidate filing begins Monday for appeals court seat
2016/06/09
Bollywood filmmaker challenges censoring of drug-abuse film
2016/06/07
High court rejects Google's appeal in class action lawsuit
2016/05/11
Planned Parenthood shooting defendant returning to court
2016/04/15
Obama's power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute
2016/04/06
New York's top court: Parents can legally eavesdrop on kids
2016/03/24
Karadzic convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years
2016/03/15
White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man
2016/02/25
Court records: Apple's help sought in another iPhone case
2016/02/10
Supreme Court puts Obama's climate change plan on hold
2016/01/12
High court rejects appeal over Homeland Security records
2015/12/18
Japan court says requiring same surname in marriage is legal
2015/12/03
Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting
2015/11/17
Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension
2015/11/07
Mississippi Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce
2015/11/02
California appeals court rejects right-to-die lawsuit
2015/10/16
Court again considers fate of seized gold coins worth $80M
2015/09/30
El Paso abortion clinic reopens amid Texas court battles
2015/09/23
Court suspends Pennsylvania attorney general's law license
2015/09/22
Court quashes some District of Columbia gun laws
2015/09/04
Clerk in gay marriage case to appear in federal court
2015/08/01
Federal report finds bias in St. Louis County family court
2015/07/28
Zimbabweans linked to illegal lion hunt appear in court
2015/07/22
Crimean Filmmaker Pleads Not Guilty in Terrorism Trial
2015/07/20
Wife says Chinese rights lawyer being denied legal counsel
2015/06/04
Brazil court convicts 2 firefighters in nightclub fire
2015/06/01
High court: Bankrupt homeowners can't void second mortgage
2015/03/31
Court rejects Duncan's death sentence appeal
2015/01/12
High court won't hear challenge to Vermont campaign law
2014/11/08
New York International Criminal Law Attorney
2014/09/04
Texas abortion clinic to reopen after court ruling
2014/07/11
Apple wins EU court case on store design trademark
2014/04/15
SC Supreme Court hears appeal in fatal dog attack
2014/03/05
Court: Broad protection for whistleblowers
2014/02/13
Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban
2014/01/27
Lawmakers push back against Washington high court
2014/01/20
Texas Supreme Court limits insurance exclusions
2014/01/06
Supreme Court Puts Utah Same-Sex Marriage on Hold
2013/12/23
Gay couples wed in Utah after judge overturns ban
2013/12/12
Court: Exec guilty over faulty French implants
2013/12/02
Seattle lawyer left $188 million charitable trust
2013/11/19
Spain court rejects handing pedophile to Morocco
2013/11/08
High court wrestles with prayer in government
2013/11/02
The Mavroudis & Guarino Litigation Group
2013/08/26
SC trial lawyer Ron Motley dies at age 68
2013/08/06
Federal court officials fear budget cuts
2013/07/13
Iowa top court: Firing of attractive aide is legal
2013/06/04
US Supreme Court orders 6 death row cases reviewed
2013/05/14
Court dismisses lawsuits in power plant deaths
2013/01/18
Lawyer questions memory of Philadelphia accuser
2013/01/10
Court weighs warrantless blood tests in DUI cases
2012/10/27
Fla. to execute mass killer after court lifts stay
2012/10/19
Supreme Court views not 'liberal or conservative'
2012/10/08
Ex-NFL WR Hurd pleads not guilty to new charges
2012/09/29
Federal court upholds Texas open meetings law
2012/09/20
MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case
2012/09/05
W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments
2012/08/29
Ohio man pleads not guilty to Pitt threat charges
2012/08/22
Appeals court affirms oil company polar bear rules
2012/08/08
Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport
2012/08/03
Court spurns religious claim to name change
2012/07/20
Goldman agrees to settle mortgage debt class action
2012/05/07
Fed court reverses order for VA system overhaul
2012/01/31
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Class Action
2011/07/11
Law Firm To Collect $35M In Forfeited Bonds
2011/05/05
Nevada Supreme Court hosting Law Day Live program
2011/04/27
Conn. high court hears death penalty appeal
2011/03/10
Lawyer-legislator says ethics opinion clears Prattville lawmaker
2011/02/02
Too big to stop? Obama's overhaul lumbers on
2010/01/05
UW Madison's patenting arm wins lawsuit
2009/11/23
Lawsuit: Botched Diagnosis Led to 30-Year-Old New York Teacher's Brain Hemorrhage Death
2009/09/21
Microsoft Lawsuit Shows Malicious Advertising a Growing Issue
2008/10/24
GOP argument: Don't give President Obama a blank check
2008/03/19
Mayor Addresses Philadelphia Bar Association
2008/03/09
Upcoming NY Events in the Legal Community
2008/02/29
Upcoming Events in the NY Legal Community
2008/02/28
National Institute on White Collar Crime March 5-7
2008/02/27
Advanced Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Seminar
2008/02/26
Brooklyn Bar Assoc. Hosts New Appellate Justices
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US inflation ticked up last month as some price pressures remain persistent
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2024/12/09 01:44
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Fueled by pricier used cars, hotel rooms and groceries, inflation in the United States moved slightly higher last month in the latest sign that some price pressures remain elevated.
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November from a year earlier, up from a yearly figure of 2.6% in October. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core prices increased 3.3%, the same as in the previous month. Measured month to month, prices climbed 0.3% from October to November, the biggest such increase since April. Core prices also rose 0.3% for a fourth straight month.
Wednesday’s inflation figures from the Labor Department are the final major piece of data that Federal Reserve officials will consider before they meet next week to decide on interest rates. The relatively mild November increase won’t likely be enough to discourage the officials from cutting their key rate by a quarter-point. The probability of a rate cut next week, as envisioned by Wall Street traders, rose to 98% after Wednesday’s inflation report was released, according to futures pricing tracked by CME FedWatch.
“It’s generally in the ballpark of what the Fed would like to see,” said Jason Pride, chief investment strategist at Glenmede, a wealth management firm. Though sharp increases for such items as groceries and hotel rooms increased overall inflation last month, those categories are often volatile. Pride noted that the cost of services, such as rents, car insurance, and airline fares, cooled in November.
Last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested that with the economy generally healthy, the Fed could reduce its key rate slowly.
“We’re not quite there on inflation, but we’re making progress,” Powell said. “We can afford to be a little more cautious.”
With the job market cooling, growth in Americans’ paychecks has slowed from a nearly 6% annual pace in 2022 to about 4% now, a rate nearly consistent with inflation at the Fed’s 2% target. Powell has said he doesn’t think the current job market is a driver of higher prices.
Randy Carr, CEO of World Emblem, a maker of patches, labels and badges for companies, universities and law enforcement agencies, said he is providing smaller wage increases, in the 3% to 5% range, than his company did during the height of inflation.
“Things have kind of leveled off,” he said.
Carr’s customers, which include the company that makes emblems for UPS uniforms, generally won’t accept price hikes much more than 2% a year. So World Emblem aims to offset the cost of its higher wages through greater efficiencies in manufacturing.
In September, the Fed slashed its benchmark rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, by a sizable half-point. It followed that move with a quarter-point rate cut in November. Those cuts lowered the central bank’s key rate to 4.6%, down from a four-decade high of 5.3%.
Though inflation is now way below its peak of 9.1% in June 2022, average prices are still about 20% higher than they were three years ago — a major source of public discontent that helped drive President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
Grocery prices jumped last month, an uncomfortable reminder for consumers that food prices remain a big drag on households’ budgets. Beef prices leapt 3.1% just from October to November and are up 5% from a year earlier.
Egg prices, which have been volatile for more than two years, in part because of outbreaks of bird flu, soared 8.2% just last month. They are nearly 38% higher than a year ago.
Gas prices ticked up 0.6% from October to November, ending a string of declines. Still, gas is down more than 8% from a year earlier. Hotel prices leapt 3.2% from October to November and are 3.7% higher than a year ago.
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ attorney says
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2024/12/04 20:09
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Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an “alarming blood test,” his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City’s notorious jail complex.
Weinstein, 72, was sent to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for an “emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention,” his attorney, Imran Ansari, said in a statement.
“It is expected that he will remain there until his condition stabilizes,” the statement continues. “His deprivation of care is not only medical malpractice, but a violation of his constitutional rights.”
A spokesperson for New York City’s Department of Correction did not immediately respond to an email. The agency’s inmate database confirmed that Weinstein had been transferred from Rikers Island to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan.
Weinstein has been in city custody since earlier this year after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction in the state. The case is set to be retried in 2025. Weinstein has denied any wrongdoing.
In a legal filing last week, Weinstein’s attorneys accused the city of providing him with substandard medical care for a litany of medical afflictions, which include chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes.
“When I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV’s, clothes that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been provided clean underwear — hardly sanitary conditions for someone with severe medical conditions,” Ansari said in a statement that likened Rikers Island to a “gulag.”
The troubled jail complex, located on an island in New York City’s East River, has faced growing scrutiny for its mistreatment of detainees and dangerous conditions. Last week, a federal judge cleared the way for a possible federal takeover of the jail system, finding the city had placed its incarcerated population in “unconstitutional danger.”
A publicist for Weinstein, Juda Engelmayer, echoed the allegation in a statement Monday.
“Mr. Weinstein, who is suffering from a number of illnesses, including leukemia, has been deprived the medical attention that someone in his medical state deserves, prisoner or not,” he said. “In many ways, this mistreatment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.”
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Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round
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2024/11/28 19:24
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A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election, which was won by a far-right outsider candidate, sending shockwaves through the political establishment.
The Constitutional Court in Bucharest approved the recounting of the more than 9.4 million ballots, and said its decision was final. The Central Election Bureau is expected to meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss the request.
Calin Georgescu, a little-known, far-right populist and independent candidate, won the first round, beating the incumbent prime minister. Georgescu was due to face reformist Elena Lasconi, the leader of the Save Romania Union party, in a Dec. 8. runoff.
Georgescu’s unexpected success has prompted nightly protests by people concerned with previous remarks he made in praising Romanian fascist and nationalist leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and believe he poses a threat to democracy.
Without naming Georgescu, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis’ office said following a Supreme Council of National Defense meeting in Bucharest on Thursday that an analysis of documents revealed that “a presidential candidate benefited from massive exposure due to preferential treatment granted by the TikTok platform.”
Earlier this week, Romania’s National Audiovisual Council asked the European Commission to investigate TikTok’s role in the Nov. 24 vote. Pavel Popescu, the vice president of Romania’s media regulator Ancom, said he would request TikTok’s suspension in Romania if investigations find evidence of “manipulation of the electoral process.”
The vote recount was prompted by a complaint made by Cristian Terhes, a former presidential candidate of the Romanian National Conservative Party who garnered 1% of the vote. Terhes alleged that Lasconi’s party had urged people to vote before some diaspora polls had closed on Sunday, saying it violated electoral laws against campaign activities on polling day.
After Thursday’s court ruling, Terhes’ press office posted on Facebook that the court ordered the recount “due to indications of fraud,” and alleged that valid votes cast for Ludovic Orban — who had dropped out of the race but remained on the ballot — had been reassigned to Lasconi.
It is the first time in Romania’s 35-year post-communist history that the country’s most powerful party, the Social Democratic Party, did not have a candidate in the second round of a presidential race. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned as party leader after he narrowly lost to Lasconi by just 2,740 votes. |
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
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2024/11/20 22:27
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The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaza and the October 2023 attack on Israel respectively.
Netanyahu condemned the arrest warrant against him, saying Israel “rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions.” In a statement released by his office, he said: “There is nothing more just than the war that Israel has been waging in Gaza.”
The decision turns Netanyahu and the others into internationally wanted suspects and is likely to further isolate them and complicate efforts to negotiate a cease-fire to end the fighting. But its practical implications could be limited since Israel and its major ally, the United States, are not members of the court and two of the Hamas officials were killed in the conflict.
Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have condemned ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan’s request for warrants as disgraceful and antisemitic. U.S. President Joe Biden blasted the prosecutor and expressed support for Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas. Hamas also slammed the request.
The three-judge panel issued a unanimous decision to issue warrants for Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant.
“The Chamber considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity,” the decision said.
The court also issued a warrant for Mohammed Deif, one of the leaders of Hamas, over the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in Gaza. The ICC chief prosecutor withdrew his request for warrants for two other senior Hamas figures, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, after they were both killed in the conflict.
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Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber
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2024/11/14 14:03
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Republicans and Democrats awaited the outcome of vote-counting for crucial U.S. House districts in California on Wednesday, as the GOP clinched majority control of the chamber next year with a race call in neighboring Arizona.
In a rematch from 2022, Rep. Ken Calvert — the longest-serving Republican in the state’s congressional delegation — defeated rival Democrat Will Rollins in the 41st District, which lies east of Los Angeles and was a top target for national Democrats.
In Southern California’s Orange County, Democrat Dave Min defeated Republican Scott Baugh in a closely divided swing district, ending Baugh’s bid to seize the seat being vacated by Democratic Rep. Katie Porter in what was once a conservative stronghold.
The 47th District, southeast of Los Angeles, was a top target for national Republicans looking to protect and possibly expand the their narrow majority.
Calvert, who was backed by President-elect Donald Trump, claimed his 17th term in a district narrowly carried by Trump in 2020.
“This is a hard-fought victory that shows voters want someone who will put results above partisan politics,” Calvert said in a post on the social platform X.
Min, also posting on X, said that in Congress he will “fight to protect our democracy, safeguard our freedoms and expand economic opportunity.”
Baugh said on the same platform that “despite running a strong campaign … that effort is going to come up a little short.”
On Tuesday, Republican Rep. David Valadao’s victory in California’s 22nd District moved Republicans within two wins of retaining the House gavel, with the tally 216-207 in favor of the GOP, as counting continued in a sliver of races across the country.
With Calvert’s win, the Republican tally reached 217. That became 218 on Wednesday night, securing a majority margin, as Rep. Juan Ciscomani won reelection to a seat representing southeastern Arizona. Some squeaker races remained in play in California.
In the 45th District, anchored in Orange County, Republican Rep. Michelle Steel’s lead over Democrat Derek Tran was whittled down to a few hundred votes as counting continued.
California is known as a liberal protectorate — Democrats hold every statewide office, dominate the Legislature and congressional delegation and outnumber registered Republicans by a staggering 2-1 ratio. Still, Republicans retain pockets of political clout in the Southern California suburbs and vast rural stretches, including the Central Valley farm belt.
Orange County was once considered conservative holy ground, where white, suburban homeowners delivered winning margins for Republicans year after year. It was a foundational block in the Reagan revolution. But the county has become more demographically diverse and Democratic over time, like much of the state.
The 47th District, which includes Huntington Beach and other famous surf breaks, has been occupied by Porter, a progressive favorite who in 2022 narrowly defeated Baugh, a former Republican legislator. Porter, known for grilling CEOs during Capitol Hill hearings, stepped aside to run for U.S. Senate, but lost in the primary.
Given the stakes in the closely divided district, the contest was especially rancorous. Min ads called Baugh a “MAGA extremist” who would endanger abortion rights. Baugh said Min’s “extreme liberal views” were out of step with the district.
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High court won’t review Kari Lake’s appeal over 2022 governor’s race defeat
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2024/11/08 16:22
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The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear Republican Kari Lake’s latest appeal over her defeat in the 2022 governor’s race, marking yet another loss in her attempt to overturn the race’s outcome.
The court made its refusal to take up the former TV anchor’s appeal public on Thursday without explaining its decision.
Lake, now locked in a U.S. Senate race against Democrat Ruben Gallego, had lost the governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs by over 17,000 votes.
The courts had previously rejected Lake’s claims that problems with ballot printers at some Maricopa County polling places on Election Day in 2022 were the result of intentional misconduct and that Maricopa County didn’t verify signatures on mail ballots as required by law. A judge also turned down Lake’s request to examine the ballot envelopes of 1.3 million early voters. In all, Lake had three trials related to the 2022 election.
Despite her earlier losses in court and a ruling affirming Hobbs’ victory, Lake had asked the Arizona Supreme Court to review her case, claiming she had new evidence to support her claims. Lawyers for Maricopa County told the court that Lake failed to present any new evidence that would change the courts’ findings.
Lake is among the most vocal of Republican candidates promoting lies that Donald Trump had won the 2020 election over President Joe Biden, which she made the centerpiece of her campaign for governor. While most other election deniers around the country conceded after losing their races, Lake did not.
The Lake campaign didn’t respond to an email seeking comment on the Supreme Court’s latest decision.
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US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism
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2024/10/07 14:34
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A federal appellate court is set to hear oral arguments Monday in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in majority-Black communities.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is reviewing a lawsuit filed by community groups claiming St. James Parish “intentionally discriminated against Black residents” by encouraging industrial facilities to be built in areas with predominantly Black populations “while explicitly sparing White residents from the risk of environmental harm.”
The groups, Inclusive Louisiana, Rise St. James and Mt. Triumph Baptist Church, seek a halt to future industrial development in the parish.
The plaintiffs note that 20 of the 24 industrial facilities were in two sections of the parish with majority-Black populations when they filed the complaint in March 2023.
The parish is located along a heavily industrialized stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, known as the Chemical Corridor, often referred to by environmental groups as “Cancer Alley” because of the high levels of suspected cancer-causing pollution emitted there.
The lawsuit comes as the federal government has taken steps during the Biden administration to address the legacy of environmental racism. Federal officials have written stricter environmental protections and committed tens of billions of dollars in funding.
In the Louisiana case, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier of the Eastern District of Louisiana in November 2023 dismissed the lawsuit largely on procedural grounds, ruling the plaintiffs had filed their complaint too late. But he added, “this Court cannot say that their claims lack a basis in fact or rely on a meritless legal theory.”
Barbier said the lawsuit hinged primarily on the parish’s 2014 land-use plan, which generally shielded white neighborhoods from industrial development and left majority-Black neighborhoods, schools and churches without the same protections. The plan also described largely Black sections of the parish as “future industrial” sites. The plaintiffs missed the legal window to sue the parish, the judge ruled.
Yet the parish’s land-use plan is just one piece of evidence among many revealing ongoing discrimination against Black residents in the parish, said Pamela Spees, a lawyer for the Center of Constitutional Rights representing the plaintiffs. They are challenging Barbier’s ruling under the “continuing violations” doctrine on the grounds that discriminatory parish governance persists, allowing for industrial expansion in primarily Black areas.
The lawsuit highlights the parish’s decision in August 2022 to impose a moratorium on large solar complexes after a proposed 3,900-acre (1,580-hectare) solar project upset residents of the mostly white neighborhood of Vacherie, who expressed concerns about lowering property values and debris from storms. The parish did not take up a request for a moratorium on heavy industrial expansion raised by the plaintiffs, the lawsuit states.
These community members “have tried at every turn to simply have their humanity and dignity be seen and acknowledged,” Spees said. “That’s just been completely disregarded by the local government and has been for generations.”
Another part of the complaint argues the parish failed to identify and protect the likely hundreds of burial sites of enslaved people by allowing industrial facilities to build on and limit access to the areas, preventing the descendants of slaves from memorializing the sites. The federal judge tossed out that part of the lawsuit, noting the sites were on private property not owned by the parish.
At its core, the complaint alleges civil rights violations under the 13th and 14th amendments, stating the land-use system in the parish allowing for industrial buildout primarily in majority-Black communities remains shaped by the history of slavery, white supremacy and Jim Crow laws and governance.
Lawyers for St. James Parish said the lawsuit employed overreaching claims and “inflammatory rhetoric.” St. James Parish did not respond to a request for comment.
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