By Saeed Azhar and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup urged a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former managing director who accused the bank of firing her in retaliation for her refusal to lie to regulators about its risk management practices. The third-largest U.S. bank said it terminated Kathleen Martin in November because […]
John Eastman, a former Trump attorney and one of 18 people criminally charged in Arizona in connection with an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, moved to dismiss the indictment against him, citing Arizona’s anti-SLAPP law, according to a motion filed Friday. SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” The law […]
John Eastman, a former Trump attorney and one of 18 people criminally charged in Arizona in connection with an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, moved to dismiss the indictment against him, citing Arizona’s anti-SLAPP law, according to a motion filed Friday. SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” The law […]
Today (June 12), the New York Times revealed that the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The decision dealt a blow to advocates seeking justice for one of the most egregious acts of violence against Black Americans in United States history. The ruling, which […]
Crumbl in Folsom, California, is one of over 800 bakeries in the company throughout the nation. (Alan Riquelmy/Courthouse News Service) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge on Thursday said he was leaning toward denying a motion to dismiss brought by Crumbl, the cookie company that’s facing a lawsuit over accusations of hidden fees. Two […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor on Thursday appealed a ruling dismissing some of the criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and other defendants in an election interference case. The notice of appeal filed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis does not say why an appeals court should reverse the March dismissal. Fulton […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Georgia prosecutors on Thursday said they would appeal a judge’s ruling dismissing some criminal counts in the 2020 election subversion case against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and several of his allies. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the prosecutor overseeing the case, said a state appeals court’s decision to take up […]
FILE – In this photograph provided by Stephen Davis Phillips/Goldwater Institute, Amber Lavigne, of Newcastle, Maine, poses on March 25, 2023, at her home in Newcastle. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Maine woman who accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a […]
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday dismissed the deputy prime minister responsible for reconstruction, resulting in the cancellation of a meeting with German Development Minister Svenja Schulze who had travelled to Kiev to meet him. Schulze went to Kiev specifically to prepare for an international reconstruction conference for Ukraine in Berlin in June. Oleksandr Kubrakov, 41, had […]
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday dismissed the deputy prime minister responsible for reconstruction, resulting in the cancellation of a meeting with German Development Minister Svenja Schulze who had travelled to Kiev to meet him. Schulze went to Kiev specifically to prepare for an international reconstruction conference for Ukraine in Berlin in June. Oleksandr Kubrakov, 41, had […]
A prosecutor recently dismissed a homicide case after learning of a botched autopsy by former Milwaukee County Medical Examiner Dr. Brian Peterson. The autopsy of the victim, a 2-month-old baby named Kai Ivy, did not meet national standards for investigating sudden infant deaths, said Deputy District Attorney Matthew Torbenson. Torbenson dismissed the homicide charge he […]
LAGO VISTA, Texas (KXAN) — All eyes are on the mayor and city manager of Lago Vista after both were part of the agenda items at Thursday’s city council meeting. One of the agenda items was regarding a formal complaint against Mayor Kevin Sullivan and the other a complaint about City Manager Tracie Hlavinka from […]