The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed a claim that the Data Protection Commission (DPC) failed to fully investigate a complaint made to it several years ago about an alleged massive data breach by the internet giant Google. The complaint about Google’s processing of personal data was made by Dr Johnny Ryan, who is a […]
A Nevada judge on Friday dismissed a case against six false electors who declared former President Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled from the bench that the state had filed the case in the wrong jurisdiction, the state attorney general’s office confirmed to NBC News. […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada state court judge dismissed a criminal indictment Friday against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election, potentially killing the case with a ruling that state prosecutors chose the wrong venue to file the case. Nevada Attorney […]
The High Court has dismissed separate challenges by Reddit and Tumblr against the decision by the State’s media regulator to include them in a list of video-sharing platforms to be subject to a new online safety code. Ms Justice Siobhan Phelan rejected all of the media companies’ arguments against Coimisiún na Meán decisions. Both companies […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — The Illinois State Board of Elections took the recommendation of a hearing officer and officially dismissed a complaint alleging collusion between former Republican Candidate for governor Darren Bailey and conservative political operative Dan Proft. The complaint was filed by a top Illinois Democratic Party official. It pointed to two separate instances. […]
A Shelby County Circuit Court judge has granted Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s motion to dismiss an ouster proceeding filed against her by the State of Tennessee, Jay Price, with the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office, Price confirmed Tuesday. Halbert’s motion to dismiss claimed the case should be dismissed for a lack of standing to […]
NEW YORK — New York’s highest court on Tuesday dismissed Donald Trump’s appeal of the gag order imposed in his Manhattan criminal trial, dealing a setback to the former president’s efforts to strip the restrictions in the wake of his conviction. In a decision list, the Court of Appeals wrote that Trump’s appeal was dismissed […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday. Republican attorneys general from each state, led by Arkansas and Tennessee, sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April, days after the agency […]
DENVER (AP) — A federal court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal of a lawsuit that challenged a transgender woman’s acceptance into a sorority at the University of Wyoming, ruling it did not have jurisdiction to hear the case. The lawsuit could not be appealed because a lower court judge in Wyoming left open the possibility […]
JACKSON — The plan for a school campus serving over 2,000 Orthodox Jewish girls can proceed after a lawsuit challenging the project was dismissed in Superior Court last week. Superior Court Assignment Judge Francis R. Hodgson, Jr., dismissed with prejudice the complaint filed by a group of neighbors, who argued that the Jackson planning board […]
CHICAGO (AP) — DePaul University said it dismissed a part-time biology instructor after she gave an optional assignment related to the Israel-Hamas war. Anne d’Aquino told students in May that they could write about the impact of “genocide in Gaza on human health and biology.” The theme of the spring class at the Chicago school […]
A California judge on Thursday dismissed multiple state charges — including attempted murder — against David DePape, who was sentenced in federal court last month for a violent 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. On Thursday, Judge Harry M. Dorfman granted the defense motion to dismiss three of eight counts […]