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Columbus, OH

Fox News

California attorney Lisa Bloom, her husband, and their firm agreed to a settlement following allegations of misuse of COVID-19 relief funds.

California attorney Lisa Bloom, husband, settle over misuse of COVID relief fund allegations

Independent Drivers Face Uncertain Future as OOIDA Continues Appeal. [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.]. The California Trucking Association is ending its yearslong legal battle against the state’s controversial AB 5 worker reclassification law, which the group has long maintained forces independent truck drivers to become motor carrier employees.

California Trucking Association Ends AB 5 Legal Fight

Dallas, TX

A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday barred a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule from taking effect that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers' rivals or launch competing businesses. U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in Dallas said the FTC, which enforces federal antitrust laws,...

Judge strikes down Biden administration ban on worker 'noncompete' agreements

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – A new ruling from the the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals now will prevent California’s law limiting gun purchases to one every 30 days from taking effect.
                While a federal district court had issued an injunction against the law, California sought a stay against the injunction via the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit issued a stay, reversing its stay after hearing oral arguments on the case.
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Ninth Circuit tosses California law limiting gun purchases to one every 30 days

Pennsylvania State

On August 20, 2024, the Northern District of Texas in the case of Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission granted summary judgment to the Plaintiff Ryan, LLC, enjoining the FTC from implementing its rule banning non-compete agreements nationwide. On April 23, 2024, the FTC passed a final rule banning most...

Court Rules that the FTC Rule Banning Non-Competition Clauses in Employment Agreements is Unlawful and Order Has “Nationwide Effect”: Impact on Franchisors

Texas State

CBS News

A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens, granting a request from 16 Republican-led states who challenged the new policy.The order by District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker effectively brings to a halt a large immigration program that opened just last week to an estimated half a million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status. While preliminary and temporary, the ruling is also an early blow to one of the two major moves taken by President Biden in June on immigration, a top campaign...

Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens

In a tentative win for the CFPB, a federal judge in Texas ruled on August 26, 2024, that the agency did not exceed its authority when it issued its final Section 1071 small business lending rule. The court also rejected other Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenges to the rule. However, the court did not issue a final judgment, as it still has to rule on the motion of certain intervenors to amend their complaint to add a claim focused on the legality of the CFPB being funded by the Federal Reserve Board, when since September, 2022, the combined earnings of the Federal Reserve System has been negative. That is contrary to the language of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Texas Judge Rules CFPB Did Not Exceed Authority in Issuing Small Business Reporting Rule

Los Angeles County, CA

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Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

Florida State

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that essentially banned noncompetes nationwide to protect the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, foster new business formation and increase innovation and competition. This ruling is also expected to increase wages for workers and lower healthcare costs...

Noncompete contracts no longer enforceable

The Marijuana Herald

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California’s Senate has now passed legislation to legalize marijuana cafés through its third and final reading, just a day after it was approved through its second reading. Assembly Bill 1775 successfully completed its third reading in the Senate yesterday by a vote of 30 to 7. The bill had previously cleared the full Assembly in … 
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California Senate Greenlights Bill to Legalize Marijuana Cafés, Moves to Final Assembly Vote

On Aug. 19, 2024, the Biden Administration began receiving applications for the new, expanded parole in place program (“PIP”), hoping to allow families to remain together. This new program opens the possibility of legal status for many people in the United States who, although undocumented, are related to a U.S. citizen.

Parole in Place Program Expands Eligibility to Keep Families United

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

Morristown Minute

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Two members of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in multiple shootings and other gang-related crimes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

Gang Members Sentenced: 31 Years for Violent Crimes

In an unpublished opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision finding that a pro se Californian artist failed to establish that an Italian artist had reasonable opportunity to access the copyrighted work simply because it was available to view on the internet. Morford v. Cattelan, Case No. 23-12263 (11th Cir. Aug. 16, 2024) (Jordan, Pryor, Branch, JJ.) (per curiam).

Arguing Internet Availability to Establish Copyright Infringement Is Bananas

A few short weeks before the U.S. government’s ban on noncompete clauses in workplace contracts was set to take effect, a federal judge in a Texas court blocked it. The judge quickly reversed the initial mix of excitement and controversy that rippled across many industries in April when the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to make noncompetes unenforceable in most cases. Now, employees, HR departments and business leaders are having a bit of whiplash trying to determine what just happened and where the FTC noncompete ban is headed next.

Nationwide Noncompete Ban Falters Amid FTC Court Battles

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

The Aurora City Council at its study session Monday advanced a proposal by council member Stephanie Hancock to impound vehicles that are not registered and insured and driven by someone with a license.

Update: Aurora advances impound of unregistered, uninsured vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers

Addressing invalidity due to obvious-type double patenting (ODP) based on later-filed-related patents, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s application of In re Cellect (Fed. Cir. 2023) and held that the later-filed, earlier-expiring continuation patents were not available as ODP references against the earlier-filed, later-expiring patent. Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Labs Private Ltd., Case No. 24-1061 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 13, 2024) (Lourie, Dyk, Reyna JJ.)

Later-Filed, Earlier-Expiring Patent Not an ODP Reference

North Carolina State

Greg Lindberg, the North Carolina insurance and business executive now awaiting sentencing on a bribery conviction, can’t escape a $524 million arbitration and civil judgment against him, a federal appeals court decided this week. Also this week, the state Supreme Court dismissed Lindberg’s challenge in a separate case, finally allowing liquidation of two of his life insurance companies.

NC High Court Allows Liquidation of Lindberg Insurers; He Owes $524M in Fed Case

Coffee County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, two individuals from Coffee County were charged with trafficking methamphetamine following a search at a residence on Willacoochee Highway. On August 13, detectives with the Coffee County Drug Unit conducted an operation involving Charles Black, which led to a search of his residence on Willacoochee Highway. According to the report, Black left his residence before the warrant was served and was subsequently detained.

Two Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine After Search in Coffee County

South Carolina State

(The Center Square) — Attorneys general from 17 states are suing to stop the federal government from implementing a program they say gives migrant agricultural workers rights that American citizens working farm jobs do not have.
                The coalition of states, led by South Carolina, contends that the U.S. Department of Labor's "Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States" rule effectively grants collective bargaining rights to agricultural migrant workers in the country under the H-2A visa program.
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Judge stops federal program for migrant agricultural workers

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California Court of Appeal Rules That Partial Sale of Business Can Bind Seller-Owner to a Noncompetition Agreement

In Samuelian v. Life Generations Healthcare, LLC, — Cal. App. 5th —, 2024 WL 3878448 (Cal. App. Aug. 20, 2024), the California Court of Appeal answered...

California Court of Appeal Rules That Partial Sale of Business Can Bind Seller-Owner to a Noncompetition Agreement

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