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By Dorothy Atkins ( November 27, 2024, 6:27 PM EST) -- A lawyer representing disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein said Wednesday that his client is suing New York City and its agencies for allegedly failing to provide adequate medical care at its Rikers Island jail complex and subjecting him to "cruel and unusual punishment" while he awaits a new trial on sexual assault charges. . . .

By Crystal Owens ( November 27, 2024, 6:35 PM EST) -- A federal district court judge on Wednesday granted a Washington tribe's bid to block the city of Toppenish from preventing it from operating a 24-hour emergency cold weather shelter, saying upcoming freezing temperatures would cause irreparable harm and warrants the service. . . .

By Aislinn Keely ( November 27, 2024, 6:40 PM EST) -- An Arkansas federal judge has temporarily barred state officials from taking action against a Chinese-born U.

By Yeji Jesse Lee ( November 27, 2024, 6:39 PM EST) -- Federal health officials are no longer enforcing a rule in Texas that tied funding to contraceptive access for minors, Texas officials told a court Tuesday as it asked to dismiss a suit it had filed against the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. . . .

By Carla Baranauckas ( November 27, 2024, 6:45 PM EST) -- The U. S. Department of Labor has been hit with a lawsuit by a labor advocate seeking

By Jeff Montgomery ( November 27, 2024, 6:42 PM EST) -- Fourteen law professors have urged Delaware's Supreme Court to reject what they branded as a corporate bar effort to use an appeal from a Chancery Court ruling — potentially mooted for future claims by a new law — in order to "enact a sweeping transformation of the way that Delaware's corporate law gets made. ". . .

By Ali Sullivan ( November 27, 2024, 6:45 PM EST) -- Fox News on Wednesday escaped a Delaware federal court defamation lawsuit from a man who claimed the network made him the "scapegoat" for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U. S. Capitol. . . .

By Rachel Riley ( November 27, 2024, 6:46 PM EST) -- Automaker Lucid can't sell its electric vehicles directly to Washington consumers, a state appellate court has ruled, agreeing with regulators that granting the company the necessary license would violate a state law designed to protect car dealers from unfair competition from manufacturers. . . .

By Christopher Cole ( November 27, 2024, 6:51 PM EST) -- The cable lobby says the Federal Communications Commission should drop plans for new customer service rules on the industry because it lacks legal authority to impose the requirements. . . .

By Craig Clough ( November 27, 2024, 7:01 PM EST) -- A California federal judge on Tuesday granted Citibank NA's request for a temporary restraining order against one of its former bankers who it alleges jumped to a rival with confidential information on law firm and attorney clients, but denied the request regarding a second banker as "too speculative. ". . .