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A federal judge reinstated Democratic NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox and slammed President Donald Trump's attempt to exceed his constitutional powers.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277129/gov.uscourts.dcd.277129.35.0.pdf

Staff at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall alleged to have allowed or encouraged nearly 70 fights involving young detainees

On Tuesday, Supreme Court justices heard arguments in an appeal by gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson and firearm distributor Interstate Arms.

A federal judge in Northern California denied Elon Musk’s motion for an injunction that would have halted OpenAI’s planned transition into a for-profit company, Bloomberg reported.

"This ruling undermines decades of progress in environmental protection and leaves communities vulnerable to unchecked pollution," said one critic.

Case file: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/scotus-epa-v-san-francisco-wastewater-permit-requirements-opinion.pdf

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33784108

Christopher McPherson, deputy minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade, announced in a news release Monday afternoon that Raymond E. Wyant, who fully retired as a judge last year, will lead the third-party investigation into health contracts.

Among the questions Wyant will seek to answer, according to the investigation's terms of reference, is whether Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services decision-makers exercised their authority appropriately during procurement.

The appointment comes after the former CEO of Alberta Health Services, Athana Mentzelopoulos, filed a $1.7-million wrongful dismissal lawsuit last month against AHS and the province.

"Because this is not a public inquiry, the judge cannot subpoena witnesses and require them to give evidence under oath, " said (NDP leader Naheed) Nenshi. "He is also limited to rely only on the information provided by the government itself … and then let the premier sit on it for a month. That's simply not good enough."

A coalition of US Democratic committees filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging President Trump’s February 18 executive order extending his control over independent agencies. The lawsuit centered on the Federal Election Commission‘s (FEC) authority control, an independent agency charged with enforcing federal campaign finance laws.

Case file: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dnc-sues-trump-exert-control-fec.pdf

Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was charged with abuse of power for his involvement in trying to organize a mail-in presidential election during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to Poland’s national news agency on Thursday.

A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid to block the firing of 11 employees of the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, who serve in offices related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.568742/gov.uscourts.vaed.568742.26.0.pdf

Digital rights organization Eko filed complaints with data protection authorities in multiple European countries on Thursday, challenging US technology giant Meta (the parent company of Facebook and Instagram) over its targeted advertising practices. Five thousand members of the group filed complaints with the data protection watchdogs in Norway, Germany, and Spain after having collected evidence that Meta had disregarded their explicit user requests to opt out of data collection and targeted advertising.

Kenya’s High Court of Garissa ruled on Wednesday that the Kenyan government’s refusal to issue identification documents to ethnic Somali Kenyan nationals was unconstitutional and infringed on their rights.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday sentenced Republika Srpska (RS) president Milorad Dodik to one year in prison, imposing a six-year ban on his political participation within the RS due to his frequent calls for Republika Srpska’s independence.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that the Cypriot authorities violated the right against torture and privacy rights of a British female victim by failing to conduct a proper investigation into her rape allegations. The court concluded that “certain biases concerning women in Cyprus” prevented the effective protection of women’s rights as victims of gender-based violence.

Case file: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-241992%22]}

Justin Sun's token buys have reportedly earned the president more than $50 million.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.596044/gov.uscourts.nysd.596044.83.0.pdf

The Office of Personnel Management "does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees at another agency," wrote Judge William Alsup.

Two French physicists were on Thursday sentenced to eight months in jail for throwing homemade explosive devices at the Russian consulate in Marseille. The scientists, who work at France's state research agency, said they aimed to "draw attention to the state of the world" with the attack.

The Trump administration has also announced it is eliminating 90 percent of all USAID funding.

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25546068/roberts-pause-order.pdf

Case from Ohio woman could transform workplace discrimination claims and lead to flood of lawsuits

GenBioPro seeks to defend access to mifepristone in suit brought by attorneys general of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Tuesday that Google’s decision to deny developer Enel’s JuicePass app access to Android Auto’s platform was an abuse of market power.

Case file: https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=295687&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=15326882

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down several provisions in two Arizona laws on Tuesday that required voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) to vote in elections.

Case file: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/02/25/24-3188.pdf

A legal case over a bequest to a paramilitary group ends with judge noting that claims supported by the billionaire are untrue