Law
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A California federal judge has issued an order barring a group of anti-abortion activists from continuing undercover recordings of Planned Parenthood facilities, in addition to confirming a jury’s decision to award $2 million in damages after finding the activities violated the law… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Holocaust awareness organization’s film arm sued Chubb on Wednesday in California federal court, claiming the insurer had wrongly denied coverage for business interruptions related to the coronavirus pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday struck down rules blocking the federal court system’s administrative employees from many forms of political speech, saying the government couldn’t show the limits would help maintain the judicial branch’s reputation for partisan neutrality… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday threw out a revamped defamation case brought by former Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff Joe Arpaio, which sought more than $300 million in damages from HuffPost, Rolling Stone and journalists at both publications… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Federal prosecutors fired back on Tuesday against requests for sentencing accommodations in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions case related to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is taking precautions against the spread of the new coronavirus… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 