Public Policy
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Arizona’s attorney general has launched a lawsuit against Google LLC that accuses the company of defrauding users about their privacy while targeting them with a “sweeping surveillance apparatus,” according to a heavily redacted complaint filed Wednesday in state court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up Nestle USA Inc.’s fight against claims it aided slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms, saying the high court should rule that domestic corporations can’t be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince has sued The Intercept for defamation over an article the publication ran alleging Prince offered military services to a Russian mercenary outfit that’s under U.S. sanctions, according to documents filed Tuesday in Wyoming federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A federal judge in West Palm Beach tossed a suit challenging COVID-19-related restrictions ordered by Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, saying the limitations on business and other activities are necessary to protect citizens’ “majestic freedoms”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Justice asked an Ohio federal court on Tuesday to greenlight a proposed judgment forcing Novelis Inc. to accept a divestiture in order to complete its planned $2.6 billion purchase of Aleris Corp., following a first-of-its-kind win for the agency in arbitration over the tie-up… Read this piece in its entirety at
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