Tag: Courts

North Carolina court says speedway can sue top health official over COVID-19 closure

RALEIGH, N.C. -- RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic can sue...

US ambassador to Mexico calls proposed judicial overhaul a democracy 'risk' and economic threat

MEXICO CITY -- U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar said Thursday a judicial overhaul proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador poses a “risk"...

FTC's bid to ban noncompete agreements rejected by federal judge in Texas

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Federal Trade Commission that would have made it easier for employees...

Disney drops bid to have allergy-death lawsuit tossed because plaintiff signed up for Disney+

NEW YORK -- Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s...

X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’ from Supreme Court justice

Social media company X says it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest...

San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girls

Nearly a year after AI-generated nude images of high school girls upended a community in southern Spain, a juvenile court this summer sentenced...