Category: Decisions and Verdicts

Will a Federal Judge Break Up Google?

On Monday, the tech giant and the U.S. government face off in court over how to fix the company’s online search monopoly. The outcome could alter Google and Silicon Valley.
Google Makes History With Rapid-Fire Antitrust Losses

Within a year, two federal judges declared the tech giant a monopoly in search and ad technology. The tide may be turning for antitrust.
The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.

For the first time since the late 1990s Microsoft case, federal trials are weighing antitrust breakups, a tactic that harks back to Standard Oil.
The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.

For the first time since the late 1990s Microsoft case, federal trials are weighing antitrust breakups, a tactic that harks back to Standard Oil.
Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale

The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.
Palin v. New York Times Heads Back to Trial

The case centers on the former Alaska governor’s claim that an editorial published in 2017 defamed her.
Appeals Court Scales Back Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau Employees

The order reversed some parts of an injunction a federal judge said was needed to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being illegally dismantled.
Soulja Boy Is Ordered to Pay $4 Million in Sexual Assault Case

The rapper, known for songs like “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” was found liable of assaulting a woman who said she was his assistant over two years.
James Toback Is Ordered to Pay $1.7 Billion in Sexual Assault Case

After the former Hollywood director stopped participating in the civil case against him, a jury awarded 40 accusers $42 million each.
Newsmax Made Defamatory Statements About Dominion, Judge Says

The defamation case, over falsehoods spread about the 2020 election, is headed to a jury this month.
Supreme Court Rules Against Makers of Flavored Vapes Popular With Teens

The justices handed a win to the Food and Drug Administration in its rejection of applications from makers of flavored liquids used in e-cigarettes.
Johnson & Johnson Loses in Court Again in Bid to Settle Talc Cases

A judge dismissed an attempt to use a bankruptcy court to resolve tens of thousands of claims that the company’s talcum power products caused cancer.