Category: Law and Legislation

Under Pressure, Hyundai Supplier Ends Alabama Prison Labor Contract

The supplier fired dozens of prisoners after some of them said they felt they had no choice but to take those jobs.
British Agencies Criticized Over Sewage in Public Waterways

The condemnation by a watchdog comes as England’s largest water company asks for an emergency loan and the nation wrestles with water pollution.
TikTok Asks Supreme Court to Block Law Banning Its U.S. Operations

The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or be shut down.
U.S. Court Denies TikTok’s Request to Freeze Sale-or-Ban Law

TikTok had sought to temporarily freeze a law that requires its Chinese parent to sell the app or face a U.S. ban next month. The case may now head to the Supreme Court.
Judge Says Former ByteDance Executive Lied in Suit Against Company

A judge said this week that a former executive at ByteDance seemed to have fabricated evidence and submitted false statements in a high-profile 2023 lawsuit against the company.
Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates

New legislation would force UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna to each sell their pharmacies within three years.
TikTok Asks Court to Temporarily Pause Ban As It Looks to Supreme Court or Trump to Weigh In

The company is requesting a pause on a law that requires the app to be sold or face a ban in the United States by mid-January, aiming to buy time for the Supreme Court or the incoming Trump administration to rescue it.
How the CFPB Could Change Under a Republican Congress

Republicans are unlikely to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but they will drastically rework its rules and activities.
TikTok Faces U.S. Ban After Losing Bid to Overturn New Law

The law will ban the video app in the United States by Jan. 19 if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell it to a non-Chinese company.
A ‘Clean Girl’ Influencer’s Lawsuit Asks: Can You Copyright a Vibe?

One influencer is suing another, accusing her of copying her minimalist aesthetic on social media. It turns out there is a lot of gray area in shades of beige.
Trump Tax Cuts Won’t Help the Economy Grow, Budget Office Finds

A larger debt and higher interest rates would cancel out the boost from keeping individual taxes lower, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found.
Martial Law Didn’t Silence South Korea’s Media. It Empowered Them.

Journalists criticized the president’s attempt to place the press under military control, hardened by years of challenges to press freedoms by the country’s political leaders.