Tag Archives: Lawsuit

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks was served with a federal lawsuit filed in March by Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, accusing him of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Brooks confirmed Sunday. Brooks, the Republican House representative for Alabama, said via Twitter that the lawsuit had been served while …

Two tech industry organizations have filed a lawsuit against Florida over their new social media law. NetChoice and the CCIA — which represent Amazon, Google, Intel, Samsung, Facebook, and other tech giants, say the ‘Stop Social Media Censorship Act’violates private companies’ constitutional rights. They’re asking a court to prevent the …

A federal judge ruled that the state of Florida can’t block immigration directives put into place by President Joe Biden’s administration just because it opposes them. U.S.District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell ruled against Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s lawsuit that alleged that President Joe Biden and his cabinet officials violated …

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled against an effort by Ohio’s Republican attorney general to temporarily block a provision of President Biden‘s coronavirus relief law that forbids states from using federal aid to offset any future tax cuts. “The bottom line is this – preliminary injunction that stands no meaningful prospect …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the state of Florida filed a lawsuit against the federal government. Florida is looking to get cruise ships back on the waters immediately. “We don’t believe the federal government has the right to mothball a major industry for over a year based …

10 members of Congress have joined the NAACP lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani. The lawsuit accuses Trump and Giuliani of inciting the deadly Capitol Riot that took place on January 6. “As I sat in my office on January 6th with rioters roaming the …

Several civil rights and voting rights groups have joined together to challenge SB 202, a bill that Georgia Republic Gov. Brian Kemp signed last week. The bill requires voters to use identification cards to obtain an absentee ballot, limits access to voter ballot boxes and make it illegal to give …

Sidney Powell’s attorneys filed a motion to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.3 Billion defamation lawsuit. Powell is arguing that the conspiracy theories should not have been taken seriously. “Even [assuming] that each of the statements alleged in the Complaint could be proved true or false, no reasonable person would conclude …

Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against MyPillow’s CEO, Mike Lindell, for defamation. “He is well aware of the independent audits and paper ballot recounts conclusively disproving the Big Lie,” the lawsuit says. “But Lindell… sells the lie to this day because the lie sells pillows.” Lindell claimed that …

Women’s rights are under attack. South Carolina’s Republican Governor Henry McMaster signed the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act into law banning most abortions. In response, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and Greenville Women’s Clinic filed a lawsuit, blocking the bill from going into effect. The bill requires physicians …

  According to Newsweek, a former state lawmaker has filed a lawsuit against Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican Congresswoman who blocked constituents on the social media platform Twitter. The lawsuit accuses Boebert of Colorado of violating the First Amendment when she blocked at least 12 people on Twitter. Most of …

New York City’s police department, the largest police force in the United States, is being sued by New York state Attorney General Letitia James for excessive force used during the Black Lives Matter protest of 2020. Throughout its history, the NYPD has been plagued with abuse complaints mostly arising from …

The elections company Dominion Voting Systems filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump’s former attorney, Sidney Powell. Powell is accused of being one of the loudest amplifiers spreading election fraud conspiracy narratives on the 2020 Presidential election, NPR reports. Dominion is suing Powell, an attorney who worked for the Trump …

The Federal Trade Commission is looking to break up Facebook with a permanent injunction. The injunction will require the company to divest assets. “Personal social networking is central to the lives of millions Americans,” FTC’s Bureau of Competition Ian Conner said in a statement. “Facebook’s actions to entrench and maintain its monopoly …

A 2-2 deadlock was short-lived when election officials in Michigan’s largest county voted to certify its election results on Tuesday evening. Wayne County Board of Canvassers 4-0 vote to certify the votes will no longer delay the state from confirming the win for President-elect Joe Bide, Fox News reports. The …