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Apr 14, 2023

US Supreme Court won’t block $6B student debt relief settlement

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a roughly $6 billion legal settlement to go forward that will cancel student loans for hundreds of thousands of borrowers who say they were misled by their schools.

Apr 14, 2023

US Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules

The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Friday to preserve access to an abortion drug free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues.

Apr 13, 2023

Man who killed 6 in Christmas parade to pay more restitution

A Wisconsin judge ordered a man convicted of killing six people when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee to pay tens of thousands of dollars more in restitution Thursday, saying she wants to make sure he doesn't profit from any potential movie or book deal.

Apr 13, 2023

Regulating AI: 3 experts explain why it’s difficult to do and important to get right

From fake photos of Donald Trump being arrested by New York City police officers to a chatbot describing a very-much-alive computer scientist as having died tragically, the ability of the new generation of generative artificial intelligence systems to create convincing but fictional text and images is setting off alarms about fraud and misinformation on steroids.

Apr 13, 2023

DOJ to ask US Supreme Court to put abortion pill limits on hold

A federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but restored restrictions on the drug in a decision that the Justice Department said Thursday it would swiftly challenge at the Supreme Court.

Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury
Apr 13, 2023

Man pleads not guilty in anti-abortion office firebombing

The man accused of firebombing a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion group's office has pleaded not guilty.

Apr 12, 2023

Juul Labs agrees to pay $462 million settlement to 6 states

Embattled electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the company has reached so far for its role in the youth vaping surge, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday.

Apr 12, 2023

Dem, GOP convention picks show Midwest’s political influence

Donald Trump won the White House in 2016 by breaking up the famed electoral "blue wall," snatching the Midwestern battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin, along with Pennsylvania, from Democrats. He lost the White House four years later when those same states flipped to Joe Biden.

ADA
Apr 11, 2023

Kaul joins multistate coalition pushing back on decision to block access to abortion drug

General Attorney Josh Kaul joined 24 other attorneys general to file an amicus brief after a Texas judge's decision threatened to block access to medical abortions.

Apr 11, 2023

Lawyer granted release in $460M ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme

A Las Vegas lawyer accused of orchestrating a $460 million "slip-and-fall" Ponzi scheme across the U.S. West was granted release Friday after spending more than a year in federal custody.

Apr 11, 2023

Abortion questions intensify in US courts, legislatures

Dueling judicial opinions on the future availability of abortion pills could shake up the U.S. landscape.

Apr 11, 2023

Milwaukee landlord ordered to pay $1.35M for fatal fire

A landlord has been ordered to pay $1.35 million for a fire that killed two people in Milwaukee in 2019, a newspaper reported.

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