Category: Decisions and Verdicts

Humans Who Used a Bear Suit to Defraud Car Insurers Sentenced to Jail

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The California residents collected more than $141,000 in insurance payouts after staging bear attacks on their luxury cars, state officials said.
Federal Court Temporarily Freezes Nexstar’s Merger With Tegna

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The judge said the two television companies could not combine operations while an antitrust lawsuit proceeded. Nexstar said its deal was already done.
5 Takeaways From the Live Nation Antitrust Trial

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A jury found that the concert giant operated as a monopoly, a verdict that could have major reverberations in the music industry.
Pentagon Asks Court to Keep Its Restrictions on Journalists

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The Defense Department wants to keep in place a policy requiring escorts for journalists in the building while it appeals a court decision that tossed out broader restrictions on the media.
Pentagon Appeals Court Decisions Gutting Its Press Restrictions

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The Defense Department filed a formal notice that it intended to fight a federal judge’s recent rulings that its press restrictions were unconstitutional.
Judge Rejects Hegseth’s Second Attempt to Restrict Reporters at Pentagon

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A federal judge gutted a set of rules that were adopted after the court declared an earlier press policy unconstitutional, in a case brought by The New York Times.
Trump’s Media-Bashing Is Coming Back to Bite Him in Court

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Judges have cited attacks on the press by the president and his appointees when ruling against the government in at least three court cases.
Trump’s Executive Order on NPR and PBS Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

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The ruling will likely have minimal effect on the federal money going to public media because Congress voted to claw back funding.
Democrats Examine Elon Musk’s Role in Suspension of Business Disclosure Law

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Lawmakers have asked the Treasury Department for information on how Mr. Musk may have influenced the decision to end enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act.
New York Times Accuses Pentagon of Defying Court Order

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The company said in a legal filing that the department sought to fashion an “end run” when it issued revised media rules on Monday.
Pentagon Adopts New Limits for Journalists After Court Loss

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The Defense Department said it would close the Pentagon’s work area for journalists, among other changes, after a judge found the existing media policy unconstitutional.
News Outlets Pressure Pentagon to Restore Access After Court Ruling

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A federal judge ruled on Friday that key parts of the Pentagon’s press policy were unconstitutional.