Lawyers

• Trump’s Revised Travel Ban, Federal Judge In Hawaii Issues Temporary Restraining Order

  A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday halted the Trump administration’s revised travel ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees around the world, just a day before the executive order was to be implemented.

• Judge Declines the Request to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline Construction

  Federal judge refused to fulfill the request from Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes to halt the construction of Dakota Access pipeline on Tuesday.

• Supreme Court Returns Virginia Voting District Case to Lower Court

  The cases is Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, 15-680. The Supreme Court decided on Wednesday that a lower court must rethink whether Republican political leaders stuffed black voters into legislative districts to decrease their voting power when redrawing Virginia's electoral map in 2011.

• Google-backed UK Tech Company Sued for Patent Infringement

  US company Bounce Exchange filed a second lawsuit against its London-based rival. Bounce sued Yieldify in New York and Texas district court for the allegation of copying its code.

• Kansas State University Faces Lawsuits for Not Investigating Off-Campus Rape Cases

  Two cases of rape stumbled on the lap of Kansas State University. It was said that the same incidents happened in the past but the company refused to investigate the tragedies.

• Judge Dismissed Class Action Lawsuit over Contaminated Water in Flint

  A class action lawsuit on Flint water crisis was dismissed by the U.S. District Court. The judge said on Tuesday that constitutional claims over contaminated water are already covered by Safe Drinking Water Act.

• VirnetX tells jury Apple should pay $532M over patent infringement

  In a jury trial, patent holding firm VirnetX said Apple should pay $532 million for using VirnetX's patented technology in Apple's FaceTime and VPN.

• Class lawsuit says Honda’s soy-based coatings attract rodents, charges company with breach of warranty

  Three Honda car owners are suing the carmaker, claiming that the soy-based electrical coatings in their Hondas attract rodents that chew through it, and Honda refuses to cover the repairs.

• Chipotle manager sued by former employees for sexual discrimination

  Two managers at Chipotle Mexican Grill in Cincinnati were sued by the chain's former employees for sexual discrimination charge. Three female former managers claim they were wrongly terminated and were replaced by male managers.

• Apple presses Supreme Court to review ebooks price fixing case

  Apple filed a new brief to the Supreme Court, pressing their arguments for the high court to review the ebook price fixing case. Apple lost the case in 2013 for allegedly organized ebook prices with publishers to hit other ebook retailers like Amazon.

• Citizens United sues to get Chelsea Clinton emails

  A conservative group Citizens United filed a new Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking access to Chelsea Clinton correspondence with top aides to her mother, Hillary Clinton, while she served as secretary of the state.

• Former TierOne Bank CEO seeks new trial and acquittal over fraud counts case

  Former TierOne CEO Gilbert Lundstrom, who was pleaded guilty for hiding bank's losses from investors and regulators by managing fraud counts, filed two motions to US District Court in Lincoln. One motion is seeking acquittal, and the other is seeking a new trial.

• Chipotle sued for allegedly misleading investors over food safety

  Chipotle sued for allegedly misleading investors about its food safety controls, after E. Coli and norovirus outbreaks linked to its restaurants across the U.S., had dropped 30 percent of its sales and 35 percent of the company's shares.

• U.S. court authorizes Citigroup to process Argentine bond payments

  Citigroup Inc said it has been authorized by a U.S. judge to process two Argentine debt payments, the bank said, which could ease tensions between the bank and the default-hit nation.

• Johnson & Johnson sues Glaxo over allergy ads as spring nears

  Johnson & Johnson sued rival drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC on Thursday, alleging that Glaxo is trying to unlawfully grab market share with false advertising at the start of spring allergy season in the United States.

• U.S. jury finds Apache did not breach contract with W&T Offshore

  Apache Corp was not in breach of contract in a lawsuit brought by Houston-based oil and gas producer W&T Offshore Inc in 2011, a federal jury found on Monday, according to a court filing.

• Executive in Chinese reverse merger case avoids U.S. prison

  A former executive at a Chinese oil and gas company has avoided prison in the only U.S. criminal case to emerge from a broad accounting probe of China-based companies listed on American stock exchanges.