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On Monday, a California federal judge ordered a new trial on the damages Elon Musk’s Tesla owes to a Black former factory employee who accused the electric vehicle company of racism. US District Judge William Orrick granted Tesla's motion for a new trial a week after the former Tesla employee Owen Diaz turned down a […]
On Friday, the US Supreme Court voted to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that recognised a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion and legalised the procedure nationwide. The ruling comes as a momentous victory to Republicans and religious conservatives. Powered by its conservative majority, the Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that […]
ULaw will deliver its Bar Practice Course (NPC) and BPC LLM through an ongoing collaboration with Newcastle University. The first group of barristers will begin their studies in September of this year, following approval from the Bar Standards Board (BSB). Dr Jonathan Galloway, Head of Newcastle Law School, commented: “I am delighted to see that […]
Quentin Tarantino has asked a Los Angeles federal court to dismiss a copyright lawsuit filed by Miramax against his "Pulp Fiction" NFT project. Tarantino, the director and screenwriter of the 1994 film, said Miramax LLC cannot block his auction of “Pulp Fiction” non-fungible tokens (NFTs) because they are based solely on his screenplay, which he […]
The United States and Meta Platforms Inc, which owns social media platform Facebook, have settled a lawsuit over a housing advertising system that illegally discriminated against users based on their race as well as other characteristics. The lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice claimed that Meta encouraged advertisers to target users based on their […]
Former employees at Elon Musk’s Tesla have filed a lawsuit against the luxury electric vehicle manufacturer, claiming its decision to carry out a “mass layoff” violated federal law because it failed to give advance notice of the redundancies. The lawsuit was filed by two former employees who said they were terminated from Tesla’s Gigafactory plant […]
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law is working to bring several Ukrainian lawyers to the US to spend a year studying and undertaking pro bono work. The initiative comes as part of Pittsburgh's Ukrainian Legal Assistance Project. Pittsburgh is committed to paying the Ukrainian LLM students' tuition as well as covering their travel costs […]
On Friday, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of WikiLeaks’ founder Julain Assange to the US to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to an end. US authorities want Assange on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks’ release of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables. Washington […]
On Thursday, Elon Musk, SpaceX, and Tesla were sued for $258 billion by a Dogecoin investor who accused Musk and his companies of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency. In the complaint, plaintiff Keith Johnson claimed Musk, Tesla, and SpaceX had touted Dogecoin, driving its price up to only then allow the price […]
US President Biden’s top lawyer, Dana Remus, is departing from the House White and will be replaced by her deputy, Stuart Delery, next month. Remus' resignation comes as the latest staff change for the president just five months before the midterm election. “I am immensely grateful for the service of Dana Remus, who has been […]
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