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Congressman Stephen Buyer arrives for his insider trading trial at the United States Courthouse in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., March 8, 2023. Congressman Stephen Buyer was sentenced to 22 months in prison on Tuesday for trading on inside information he learned in 2018 as a consultant to T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) ahead of its $23 billion merger with Sprint. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in New York sentenced Buyer, who was found guilty on four counts of securities fraud at a trial in March. Buyer took the stand at trial and denied trading on inside information. Buyer asked to be sentenced to home confinement, citing his service in Congress and the U.S. military.

Persons: Stephen Buyer, Brendan McDermid, Richard Berman, Buyer, Prosecutors, Jody Godoy, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S, United, Courthouse, REUTERS, Mobile, Former U.S, Mobile US Inc, Sprint, District, New York, Republican, U.S . House, Navigant Consulting, Guidehouse, U.S ., Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, Former, New, Indiana, Congress, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

[1/4] Joseph Bankman, father of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, leaves the courthouse, after U.S judge revoked Bankman-Fried's bail, in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023. FTX, now being led by turnaround specialist John Ray, said that company founder Sam Bankman-Fried ran FTX as a "family business" and misappropriated billions in customer funds for the benefit of a small circle of insiders, including his parents. Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to charges that he defrauded FTX customers by using their funds to prop up his own risky investments. Bankman and Fried also pushed FTX to make tens of millions of dollars in charitable contributions, including to Stanford University, FTX said. FTX has recovered more than $7 billion in assets to repay customers, and it is pursuing additional recoveries through lawsuits against FTX insiders and other defendants that received money from FTX before it went bankrupt.

Persons: Joseph Bankman, Sam Bankman, Eduardo Munoz, Stanford, Barbara Fried, John Ray, Fried, Sean Hecker, Michael Tremonte, Joe, Barbara, " Hecker, Tremonte, Bankman, FTX, Dietrich Knauth, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, Monday, Stanford University, Stanford Law School, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Bahamas, FTX

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)on Tuesday accused Walmart Inc of failing to put an end to severe sexual harassment of female workers by the manager of a West Virginia store and of firing a woman after she complained to the commission. Debra Lawrence, the EEOC's regional attorney in Philadelphia, said preventing sexual harassment requires employers to act "promptly and forcefully." The EEOC filed Tuesday's lawsuit on behalf of a class of female workers who were allegedly harassed by the manager. The commission is seeking an order requiring Walmart to revise its policies on preventing sexual harassment and retaliation, along with backpay and other money damages for the class of women. The case is EEOC v. Walmart Stores East LP, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, No.

Persons: groped, Debra Lawrence, Lawrence, Delaney Anderson, Jason Bailey, Daniel Wiessner Organizations: Walmart, Opportunity Commission, Walmart Inc, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: West Virginia, Lewisburg, Bentonville , Arkansas, Philadelphia, Southern District of West Virginia

U.S. flag and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken, June 2, 2023. The states say TikTok, which is used by more than 150 million Americans, has faced growing calls from U.S. lawmakers for a nationwide ban over concerns about possible Chinese government influence. Efforts to pass legislation to give the Biden administration more power to ban or crack down on TikTok have stalled. TikTok estimates 380,000 people in Montana use the video service, or more than a third of the state's 1.1 million people. Former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020 sought to bar new downloads of TikTok but a series of court decisions blocked the ban from taking effect.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, TikTok, China's ByteDance, Austin Knudsen, Donald Trump, David Shepardson, Chris Reese Organizations: REUTERS, Chinese Communist Party, Biden, Republican, Former U.S, Thomson Locations: Virginia, Georgia, Alaska , Utah , Indiana , Nebraska , Indiana , Iowa, Kentucky, South Dakota, Montana, Former

The logo for Morgan Stanley is seen on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 3, 2021. The plaintiffs said Morgan Stanley convinced them to invest about $281 million, but hid details of a Brightline preferred share transaction that should have required the loan be prepaid at a "make-whole" amount they estimated at $750 million. Morgan Stanley was also accused of having swapped out one document with the signature of a Certares affiliate, to make it seem like the affiliate had read and agreed to the preferred share transaction. In a statement, Morgan Stanley said "the firm does not believe the claims have merit and will defend itself vigorously." The case is CK Opportunities Fund I LP et al v Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Andrew Kelly, Morgan, Brightline, Tatiana Bautzer, Jonathan Stempel, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Certares Management, Knighthead Capital Management, Brightline Holdings, Fortress Investment Group, Las, New York, Court, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, New York, Manhattan, Florida, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Brightline, New, Court , New York County

REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Starbucks Corp FollowNEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Starbucks (SBUX.O) was ordered by a federal judge on Monday to face a lawsuit claiming that several of its Refresher fruit beverages lacked a key ingredient: fruit. Consumers complained that Starbucks' Mango Dragonfruit, Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade, Pineapple Passionfruit, Pineapple Passionfruit Lemonade, Strawberry Açai and Strawberry Açai Lemonade Refreshers contained none of the advertised mango, passion fruit or açai. The judge dismissed a fraud claim, finding no proof Starbucks intended to defraud consumers, and an unjust enrichment claim. Starbucks in a statement called the allegations in the lawsuit "inaccurate and without merit," and said it looked forward to defending itself. The case is Kominis et al v Starbucks Corp, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Lucas Jackson, John Cronan, Joan Kominis, Jason McAllister, Cronan, Robert Abiri, Jonathan Stempel, Aurora Ellis, Richard Chang, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Companies Starbucks Corp, District, Starbucks, Consumers, Honey Citrus, Starbucks Corp, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Brooklyn, New York, U.S, Manhattan, Astoria , New York, Fairfield , California, Seattle, Southern District, Southern District of New York

Mexican Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreCHICAGO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Ovidio Guzman, one of the sons of incarcerated Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, pleaded not guilty to U.S. fentanyl trafficking charges on Monday in federal court in Chicago, prosecutors said, three days after his extradition from Mexico. Guzman, 33, is one of El Chapo's four sons, known as "Los Chapitos," who inherited their father's trafficking empire after his conviction on U.S. murder and drug charges in 2019. "El Chapo" Guzman is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in Colorado. Guzman was briefly arrested in Culiacan in the northern state of Sinaloa in 2019. "El Chapo" Guzman rose to prominence at the helm of the Sinaloa Cartel and added to his infamy by escaping Mexican prisons not once but twice.

Persons: Ovidio Guzman, Joaquin, El, Guzman, El Chapo's, Ovidio, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Biden, Eric Cox, Joseph Ax, Kanishka Singh, Grant McCool Organizations: Biden, Chicago Tribune, U.S, Tribune, State Department, Thomson Locations: Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, CHICAGO, Chicago, Colorado . U.S, The U.S, U.S, Brooklyn

In granting a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman in San Jose, California, said she was "keenly aware of the myriad harms that may befall children on the internet," but California's law swept too broadly. The law, known as California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, was passed unanimously last September by the state legislature and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The law, modeled after a similar law in the United Kingdom, is scheduled to take effect next July 1. "We look forward to seeing the law permanently struck down and online speech and privacy fully protected," it said. The California case is NetChoice LLC v Bonta, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Beth Labson Freeman, Gavin Newsom, ByteDance's TikTok, NetChoice, Freeman, Rob Bonta, David Ezra, Jonathan Stempel, Peter Henderson, Leslie Adler Organizations: USA, REUTERS, Google, Facebook, District, Free Speech Coalition, Court, Northern District of, Thomson Locations: California, San Jose , California, United Kingdom, U.S, Austin , Texas, Texas, Northern District, Northern District of California, New York, San Francisco

A Google logo is seen at the Google offices in the Chelsea section of New York City, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Alphabet Inc FollowARLINGTON, Virginia Sept 15 (Reuters) - U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday declined to order a Justice Department official to stay out of the government's advertising antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google but said the department "should think about it." In November 2021, Google asked the Justice Department to consider requiring Jonathan Kanter, assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust, to recuse himself because of his work for a long list of Google critics. The Justice Department filed the advertising lawsuit in January in Arlington, Virginia, along with eight states, and nine other states joined in April. While Brinkema declined to order Kanter recused, she seemed skeptical during a court hearing that he should be involved and added that the Justice Department should "use some wisdom" in deciding what to do.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Leonie Brinkema, Jonathan Kanter, Brinkema, Kanter, David Shepardson, Diane Bartz, Timothy Gardner Organizations: REUTERS, Justice Department, Alphabet's, Google, D.C, Thomson Locations: Chelsea, New York City, U.S, ARLINGTON , Virginia, Arlington , Virginia, Washington, United States

☆ A conservative appeals court just ruled against the federal gun law used to charge Hunter Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The federal gun law used to indict Hunter Biden has a surprising critic: a conservative-led federal appeals courtThe panel ruled the law was unconstitutional in another case, but legal experts say it could come up in Biden's case. The president's son was indicted on three gun-related charges on Thursday after his original plea deal fell apart in court. But the appeals court panel ruled that it was too broad when it was used in Daniels' case and tossed out his conviction. Hunter Biden — the son of President Joe Biden — was indicted Thursday on three gun-related charges. Daniels' case is "readily distinguishable" from Biden's, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy told Fox News, so it may not apply directly.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Biden, Patrick Daniels, Daniels, Wednesday's, Smith, Joe Biden —, Joe Biden's, —, Andrew McCarthy Organizations: Service, Biden —, Fox News, Justice Department Locations: Wall, Silicon, Mississippi, Mississippi , Texas, Louisiana, New York, Biden's

REUTERS/Kevin Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreWASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday opposed Donald Trump’s request to remove the federal judge overseeing the criminal case accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 election. The case, which accuses Trump of three schemes to try to overturn his defeat by Democratic President Joe Biden, is one of four criminal cases facing Trump as he runs to retake the White House. U.S. prosecutors said Chutkan’s remarks do not clear the high legal bar that requires federal judges to remove themselves from a case. Judges typically recuse if they have a financial interest in the outcome or a personal connection to someone involved. Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; additional reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Scott Malone and Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Kevin, Donald Trump’s, Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, ” Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Chutkan’s, Andrew Goudsward, Dan Whitcomb, Scott Malone, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Trump, U.S, U.S . Capitol, Republican, Democratic, Capitol, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, WASHINGTON

Wells Fargo Bank branch is seen in New York City, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Wells Fargo & Co FollowSept 15 (Reuters) - The former head of Wells Fargo's (WFC.N) retail bank on Friday avoided prison time after pleading guilty to an obstruction charge related to the bank's sweeping fake-accounts scandal. Prosecutors had sought a one-year prison term for Tolstedt, but the judge said it would unfairly make Tolstedt appear solely responsible for Wells Fargo's misconduct. That cap remains in place, though Wells Fargo remains the fourth-largest U.S. bank. Wells Fargo has also clawed back tens of millions of dollars of her pay.

Persons: Wells Fargo's, Carrie Tolstedt, Josephine Staton, Wells, Tolstedt, Martin Estrada, Wells Fargo, John Stumpf, Stumpf, Chris Prentice, Jonathan Stempel, Jaiveer Singh, Shounak Dasgupta, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Companies Wells, U.S, San, Wells, Prosecutors, Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission, Thomson Locations: Wells Fargo Bank, New York City, U.S, Los Angeles, San Francisco, America, Wells, New York, Bengaluru

A view of the main lobby of building BV200, during a tour of Google's new Bay View Campus in Mountain View, California, U.S. May 16, 2022. The California settlement requires Google to pay $93 million, and disclose more about how it tracks people's whereabouts and uses data it collects. Money from Google's $62 million settlement with private plaintiffs would, after deducting legal fees, go to court-approved nonprofit groups that track internet privacy concerns. Last November, Google agreed to pay $391.5 million to resolve similar allegations by 40 U.S. states. Lawyers for the private plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Persons: Peter DaSilva, Rob Bonta, cy, Jonathan Stempel, Leslie Adler, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Google, Alphabet Inc, Thomson Locations: Mountain View , California, U.S, California, View , California, Arizona, Washington, New York

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee cited logistical concerns and the array of unsettled legal issues in separating the trial of attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell from Trump and the other 16 co-defendants. Trump was charged in August in an indictment alleging he and his co-defendants conspired to pressure Georgia election officials to reverse his loss to Democratic President Joe Biden. Powell and Chesebro, two attorneys accused of aiding Trump's efforts to reverse his election defeat, previously asked for a speedy trial, which is scheduled to begin October 23. Trump and several other defendants said that timeline would not give them enough time to prepare a defense.

Persons: Donald Trump, Lindsay DeDario, Donald Trump's, Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, McAfee, Trump, Joe Biden, Powell, Chesebro, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Trump, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, U.S, Donald Trump's Georgia, Fulton County, Trump, Georgia

People visit the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put on hold an order restricting the government's ability to encourage social media companies to remove content it considers misleading, including about the COVID-19 pandemic. The Justice Department asked the justices to stay a lower court's decision finding that federal officials had likely violated the free speech protections of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment by coercing social media platforms into censoring certain posts. Reporting by John Kruzel; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kevin Wurm, Joe Biden's, John Kruzel, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, REUTERS, Rights, Justice Department, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S

A view of the main lobby of building BV200, during a tour of Google's new Bay View Campus in Mountain View, California, U.S. May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Alphabet Inc FollowSept 14 (Reuters) - Google will pay California $93 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices. The Mountain View, California-based company did not admit liability in agreeing to settle. Last November, Google agreed to pay $391.5 million to resolve similar allegations by 40 U.S. states. Some states including California chose to sue Google on their own.

Persons: Peter DaSilva, Rob Bonta, Google, Bonta, Jonathan Stempel, Leslie Adler Organizations: REUTERS, Google, California, Alphabet Inc, Thomson Locations: Mountain View , California, U.S, California, View , California, Arizona, Washington, New York

Two other defendants, American Airlines (AAL.O) and Southwest Airlines (LUV.N), previously settled for a respective $45 million and $15 million. Delta and United called their seating capacity reductions a legitimate response to reduced demand, rising fuel prices and the 2008 global financial crisis. Both carriers went through bankruptcy not long before the purported conspiracy began, with United emerging in 2006 and Delta emerging in 2007. United said it was disappointed with the judge's decision, and will seek to have it reconsidered or file an appeal. Payouts will not begin until claims against Delta and United are resolved.

Persons: Doug Parker, Gary Kelly, Scott Kirby, John Laughter, Sara Nelson, Colleen Kollar, Defendants, Kotelly, United, Jonathan Stempel, Grant McCool Organizations: American Airlines Group Inc, Southwest Airlines Co, United Airlines Holdings Inc, Delta Air Lines Inc, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Washington , D.C, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, U.S . Department of Justice, Passengers, United, Delta, Antitrust Litigation, District of Columbia, Thomson Locations: U.S, Washington ,, New York

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., Aug. 8, 2023. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 13 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump and his lawyers may only review classified evidence in a secure place as he prepares for a criminal trial over his handling of secret documents after he left office in 2021, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Wednesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida is a win for prosecutors, who said it would be inappropriate for Trump to be able to review classified documents at the very location where he is accused of illegally and haphazardly storing them. The order requires Trump and his lawyers to review and discuss all classified evidence in what is known as a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF. Trump has pleaded not guilty and denied the charges, along with his co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira.

Persons: Donald Trump, Reba Saldanha, Aileen Cannon, Trump, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Joe Biden, Jack Queen, Rami Ayyub, Paul Grant, Susan Heavey, Grant McCool, Howard Goller Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Former U.S, Trump, Washington , D.C, Democratic, White, Thomson Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, U.S, Former, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, Florida, Washington ,, Georgia, New York

[1/2] The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. Picture taken May 12, 2021. A lawyer for Stoner Cats did not respond immediately to requests for comment. Stoner Cats is an adult animated series about house cats that become sentient after being exposed to their owner's medical marijuana, which is used to alleviate early Alzheimer's symptoms. The NFTs provided holders with exclusive access to watch "Stoner Cats" online.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, NFTs, Jane Fonda, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Seth MacFarlane, Chris Rock, Stoner, Carolyn Welshans, Jonathan Stempel, Chris Prentice, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Stoner, U.S, Securities, SEC, Investors, Stoner Cats, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, New York

Chris Barton, who was at Google from 2004 to 2011, said that the company was quick to see the advantage of people using Google search on Palm devices and early versions of smartphones. "As we recognized the opportunity for search on mobile phones we began to build a product team," he said. Dintzer also said that Google manipulated auctions for internet ads in order to raise prices for advertisers. Since search is free, Google makes its money via advertising. He may decide simply to order Google to stop practices he has found to be illegal or he may order Google to sell assets.

Persons: Chris Barton, Barton, Department's Kenneth Dintzer, Dintzer, John Schmidtlein, Hal Varian, Amit Mehta, Diane Bartz, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Justice Department, Google, Verizon, AT, DOJ, Justice, Apple, Mozilla, Big Tech, Microsoft, Thomson

The lawsuits come after thousands of Hyundai and Kia thefts that use a method popularized on TikTok and other social media channels. The cities suing Kia and Hyundai include New York, Cleveland, San Diego, Milwaukee, Columbus and Seattle. Kia and Hyundai vehicles represent a large share of stolen cars in many U.S. cities, according to data from police and state officials. Many Hyundai and Kia vehicles have no electronic immobilizers, which prevent break-ins and bypassing the ignition. In May, the automakers agreed to a consumer class-action lawsuit settlement worth $200 million over rampant car thefts of the Korean automakers' vehicles.

Persons: Edgar Su, Immobilizers, David Shepardson, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Singapore, REUTERS, Rights, Korean, Hyundai Motor, Kia Corp, Hyundai, Kia, Traffic Safety Administration, Insurance Institute, Highway, Data, Thomson Locations: Singapore, New York, Cleveland, San Diego, Milwaukee, Columbus, Seattle, U.S

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. YieldStreet, a New York investment firm that offers alternative assets to investors, failed to disclose a heightened risk related to the collateral behind one of its securities offerings, the SEC said in a statement. In September 2019, YieldStreet offered securities to finance a loan it made to companies to transport and deconstruct a retired ship. It did not tell investors of a heightened risk that they would not be able to seize the ship if the borrowers stole the funds and defaulted, as they ultimately did. Reporting by Chris Prentice; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Paul SimaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, YieldStreet, Osman Nawaz, Chris Prentice, Jonathan Oatis, Paul Simao Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Yieldstreet Inc, U.S, Securities, YieldStreet, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, New York

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The co-founder of OneCoin, a fake cryptocurrency scheme, who had pleaded guilty late last year to U.S. fraud and money laundering charges, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. Karl Sebastian Greenwood was arrested in Thailand and extradited to the United States in 2018 for his role in selling the purported cryptocurrency OneCoin, which federal prosecutors in Manhattan called a pyramid scheme that defrauded investors out of $4 billion. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Karl Sebastian Greenwood, Kanishka Singh, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S . Justice Department, Thomson Locations: Thailand, United States, Manhattan, Washington

Regarding Google communications about revenue sharing deals with companies like Apple: "They knew these agreements crossed antitrust lines." JOHN SCHMIDTLEIN, lead lawyer for Google:Defending Google's 90% market share in search: "The large majority of Windows PC users search on Google, not (Microsoft's) Bing." Regarding the market place for search engines: "Users today have more search options and more ways to access information online than ever before." Discussing Apple's and Mozilla's competitions to pick best search engines: "Google won these competitions on the merits." Describing how easy it is to replace Google with a different search engine: "A few easy clicks."

Persons: Gonzalo Fuentes, KENNETH DINTZER, JOHN, Bing, Diane Bartz, Richard Chang Organizations: Google, Viva Technology, Porte de, REUTERS, Microsoft, WASHINGTON, U.S . Justice, Apple, Windows, Thomson Locations: Porte, Paris, France, States, Washington

☆ Former Trump aide Meadows files appeal to move Georgia election case to federal court -filing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Us Appeals Judge Faults Probe Of Federal Circuit'S Pauline Newman | Andrew Goudsward | August | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 11 (Reuters) - Mark Meadows, a former aide to Donald Trump who was charged in Georgia with trying to overturn the former U.S. president's 2020 election loss, has appealed a judge's ruling denying his bid to move the case to federal court, a court filing showed on Monday. He also asked the U.S. district court for northern Georgia to stay the effect of its order remanding his case to state court pending his appeal to the 11th Circuit. In that filing, Meadows' lawyers argued that several aspects of the district court's order departed from precedent, including failing to credit Meadows' account of his conduct and duties and raising the burden on Meadows to justify the removal of his case from state court. "There is a substantial possibility that the Eleventh Circuit will disagree with this Court on at least one of these issues, or on other issues Mr. Meadows will raise on appeal," the court filing said. Meadows also argued that not granting a stay would cause irreparable injury to Meadows.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Al Drago, Donald Trump, Steve Jones, Meadows, Trump, Joe Biden, Katharine Jackson, Rami Ayyub, Doina, Chizu Organizations: White, REUTERS, . U.S, District, Fulton, Democratic, Circuit, Appeals, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Georgia, U.S, ., Fulton County

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