Kansas City, MO

The Nikefication of the NFL has a handful of clear exceptions. One has been the Chiefs. But for a 2009 game against the Cowboys in which the Chiefs resurrected their Dallas Texans uniforms from the years the two AFL and NFL teams shared a market (which happened before Nike took over the apparel contract), the Chiefs have shunned the proliferation of helmets and jerseys and alternate whatnot.

Chiefs continue to resist alternate uniforms

Mike Florio explains the ins and outs of the NFL's Sunday Ticket lawsuit, arguing the league doesn't have much ground to stand on in disputing the jury's calculations and may need to change its ways if it loses big.

Florio: Sunday Ticket case may force NFL to change

The National Football League (NFL) has challenged a $4.7 billion verdict awarded to subscribers who accused the league of conspiring to inflate the cost of out-of-market game subscriptions. According to Bloomberg, the NFL is pushing for either an overturned verdict or a new trial, arguing that the jury’s damages calculation was based on a “made-up methodology.”

Subscribers Defend $4.7 Billion Antitrust Verdict Against NFL in Court Filings

Blanco, TX

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Brigid Pfeifer

There were a number of celebrities who passed away within the past week, including two notable actresses: Shelley Duvall and Shannen Doherty. Shelley Duvall passed away on Thursday July 11th at her home in Blanco, Texas. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and news of her death was confirmed by her partner Dan Gilroy.

Two Beloved Hollywood Actresses Have Passed Away This Week

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The Supreme Court handed down a stern rebuke to some of the most right-wing judges in the country on Wednesday, holding that no, judges do not get to micromanage how the Biden administration speaks to social media companies. The vote in Murthy v. Missouri was 6-3, with Chief Justice John...

The Supreme Court hands an embarrassing defeat to America’s Trumpiest court

Shine My Crown

In a significant ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has potentially opened the door to numerous legal challenges against longstanding regulations, according to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The court, in a 6-3 decision, allowed North Dakota truck stop Corner Post to sue the Federal Reserve over a 2011 rule on credit...

Worried Ketanji Brown Jackson Fears A ‘Tsunami of Lawsuits’ Following Supreme Court Ruling

According to billboard.com, Michael Jackson’s estate won a tentative court ruling that would allow it to proceed with a $600 million sale of the singer’s catalog to Sony Music, by overcoming objections from Jackson’s mother that aimed to block the deal. Katherine Jackson had argued that the deal allegedly violated the terms of her son’s will but a California appeals court tentatively ruled on July 17 that Katherine had allegedly “forfeited” that argument by allegedly failing to argue it before a lower probate court.

Court Tentatively Rules Michael Jackson’s Estate Allowed To Proceed With $600 Million Catalog Sale To Sony

Missouri State

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that the execution date for Marcellus Williams will remain even as he is set to appear in a St. Louis County courtroom to determine if his first-degree murder conviction should be vacated. Williams is scheduled to be...

Missouri Supreme Court overrules motion to withdraw Marcellus Williams’ execution date

The New Republic

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took her conservative colleagues to task Wednesday over a ruling weakening a federal statute that prevented public officials from receiving bribes in the form of gratuities. In her dissent, Jackson issued a brutal smackdown of the majority opinion, penned by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who read the statute as a ban on all “gratuities,” meaning gifts including lunches, plaques, and gift cards. Kavanaugh and the other conservative justices ruled 6–3 that the responsibility to regulate gratuities should rest with state and local governments. Jackson wrote that the ruling relied on an “absurd and atextual reading of the...

Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts “Absurd” Supreme Court Bribery Ruling

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CALIFORNIA – Plaintiffs, in a case against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank knowingly took part in a marketing scam, asked the court, July 8, not to grant a motion for summary judgment.

Class action lawsuit says Wells Fargo customers lost over $160 Million

(CN) — The California Supreme Court on Monday affirmed that employers can't seek attorneys' fees for forcing an employee to arbitrate their claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act against them. The state's top court largely upheld an appellate court decision that certain provisions of an arbitration...

California Supreme Court rejects attorneys’ fees for employers in compelled arbitration

Donald Trump’s lawyers on Friday used the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling—and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion—to argue that his entire classified documents case should be put on hold until the constitutionality of special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment is clarified.Trump’s legal team filed a notice of supplemental authority asking the Trump-appointed Cannon to review Smith’s qualifications to pursue the case, citing Thomas’s opinion that questioned whether Smith was legally appointed to his position.“Highlighting grave separation-of-powers concerns, Justice Thomas suggested that [U.S. penal code 28 subsections 515 and 533] do not establish ‘by Law’ Jack Smith’s position under the Appointments...

Trump Demands Judge Cannon Take Action After Supreme Court Ruling

Georgia State

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Public service commission, which establishes regulation and sets rates for utilities, accused of disenfranchising Black voters

Supreme court declines to take up case alleging voter discrimination in Georgia

Law & Crime

With the Supreme Court’s immunity decision in Trump v. United States. wreaking havoc on Donald Trump’s hush-money sentencing in New York, pushing the proceeding back at least until mid-September, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) followed through on a vow to sue the Empire State, begging the highest court in the land to hand the Show Me State “modest” relief until after the 2024 election.

Missouri AG begs Supreme Court to halt ‘any’ Trump hush-money sentence until after 2024 election, but there are already clues as to how the justices may respond

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Washington — Former President Donald Trump and his legal team asked the federal judge overseeing the case involving his handling of sensitive government documents to pause proceedings until she resolves his pending requests to toss out the charges based on presidential immunity and the constitutionality of special counsel Jack Smith's appointment.The motion from Trump and his lawyers was among filings they submitted to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday, which cite the Supreme Court's decision Monday that found former presidents are entitled to immunity from federal prosecution for official acts taken while they occupied the Oval Office.Trump and his...

Trump asks judge to halt documents case after Supreme Court ruling

Coral Gables, FL

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Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

South Florida Tycoon Dead After FBI Raids on Homes and Office

Impact from the Supreme Court's decision narrowing how an obstruction charge can be applied in Jan. 6 cases is rippling out as prosecutors have begun dropping charges against certain defendants and making plea deals to others.
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'Trumpy bear' rioter, Proud Boys among flurry of Jan. 6 defendants scoring victories after Supreme Court ruling

Broward County, FL

Margate, FL

MARGATE, FL. - A sophisticated lottery scam targeting vulnerable seniors across the United States has been uncovered, with a Margate man at its center. The elaborate scheme defrauded victims of approximately $9.5 million, leaving a trail of financial and emotional devastation in its wake.

Broward Man Arrested by Feds in $9.5 Million Lottery Scam: Targets Seniors Nationwide.

On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the Murthy v. Missouri case regarding official communications between the government and social media platforms. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the court stated that the plaintiffs did not have the legal standing to seek an injunction against the Biden administration.

SCOTUS’ Murthy v. Missouri ruling will live in infamy

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Plaintiffs defend $4.7 billion Sunday Ticket verdict as “just and reasonable”

The battle of the briefs continues, with $14.1 billion on the line. In response to the NFL’s 25-page memorandum of law outlining the umpteen reasons why...

Plaintiffs defend $4.7 billion Sunday Ticket verdict as “just and reasonable”

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