Professor Philip Nolan is appealing a judge’s refusal to extend an injunction preventing his dismissal from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and is proceeding with his wider High Court claim. Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy on Thursday discharged his earlier order that for five weeks secured Prof Nolan’s director general position with the State-funded research agency. He […]
A Shelby County chancellor has denied a request for a temporary injunction filed in an attempt to halt construction of the new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art along Front Street in Downtown Memphis. The ruling from Chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson comes months after a group of Memphians who trace their ancestry to Memphis’ founders and […]
Attorneys for the state squared off this week with lawyers for immigrants and an advocacy group after an unusual twist in a challenge to a Florida law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration. The lawsuit, filed in July by The Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc. and individual plaintiffs, centers on part of a 2023 […]
May 30—LOS RANCHOS — Los Ranchos de Albuquerque’s board of trustees has voted to seek a court injunction to stop a controversial building project in the village. But Wednesday night’s meeting, the first convened since Mayor Joe Craig died on May 21, signaled a political divide that threatens to shut down action on all but […]
May 16—Though a state district judge has temporarily blocked the New Mexico Public Education Department’s new requirement that schools hold 180 days of learning each year, the controversial rule remains top of mind for lawmakers. As Public Education Secretary Arsenio Romero gave a presentation Thursday updating the Legislative Education Study Committee on his department’s recent […]
May 14—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham‘s office is considering legal recourse after a state district judge halted a controversial Public Education Department rule mandating 180 instructional days at schools across the state. “We are exploring our legal options as we continue to fight this lawsuit and do everything we can to improve the public education system […]
A judge Friday put a permanent injunction on suspended Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill, preventing her from interacting with the elderly constituent she is accused of defrauding. Judge Heather Higbee’s ruling came after more than six hours of testimony on the matter Friday, which revealed “troubling” new details of Hill’s spending of the 96-year-old woman’s […]
The owners of land in Co Meath earmarked for a proposed data centre have secured a temporary High Court injunction restraining a neighbour from accessing or placing horses on the property. The order was secured by siblings Bernard, Lorcan, Nicola and Patrica Ward, who are the owners of a 2.5-acre site known as the Bracetown, […]
Controversial eyeball scanning startup Worldcoin has failed to get an injunction against a temporary suspension ordered Wednesday by Spain’s data protection authority, the AEPD. The authority used emergency powers contained in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to make the local order, which can apply for up to three months. It said it […]
PARK TWP. — In the midst of a complex legal battle, the Park Township Planning Commission is proposing a more specific moratorium on short-term rentals. In a report to the commission Thursday, Feb. 22, Community Development Director Meika Weiss said there’s been widespread confusion after a judge granted a preliminary injunction in December barring Park […]
RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — One local activist from Hampton Roads has filed an injunction on Dec. 18 to remove former President Donald Trump from the Virginia’s 2024 Presidential Primary Election. Roy L. Perry-Bey of Hampton alleges that Trump was an “insurrectionist” and cites that he isn’t legally eligible to hold office under state and federal […]