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REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has blocked the state of Georgia from enforcing a new Republican-backed law that bars doctors from providing hormone replacement therapy to treat gender dysphoria in transgender children under age 18. The ruling marked the latest instance of a federal judge blocking a law banning medical procedures for transgender youth. The judge said that amounts to a form of unconstitutional sex discrimination because a minor's sex at birth determines whether that child can receive a given form of medical treatment. The state argued that banning hormone therapy was justified by the risk that an individual may later in life regret the physical changes brought on by hormone replacement therapy. By contrast, research showed mental health benefits from allowing the treatment of gender dysphoria, the judge said.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Sarah Geraghty, Christopher Carr, Kara Richardson, Brian Kemp, Geraghty, Joe Biden, Georgia, Nate Raymond, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: Trump, City Hall, REUTERS, Republican, U.S, U.S . Constitution, Circuit, Appeals, Democratic, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Georgia, Atlanta, U.S ., Boston

Aug 21 (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco filed for bankruptcy on Monday, saying a Chapter 11 filing will facilitate a settlement of about 500 lawsuits accusing the church of enabling childhood sexual abuse by priests. The filing in U.S. bankruptcy court in San Francisco will put the lawsuits on hold and buy time for settlement talks, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said in a statement. The "overwhelming majority" of the alleged abuse occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, involving priests who are deceased or no longer in ministry, Cordileone said. The dioceses of Oakland and Santa Barbara this year also filed for bankruptcy, each citing the impact of hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits. Reporting by Dietrich Knauth Editing by Will Dunham and Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Cordileone, Santa Barbara, Dietrich Knauth, Will Dunham, Chris Reese Organizations: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San, Thomson Locations: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Oakland, Santa

REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday rejected as "entirely inadequate" the U.S. government's plan for letting the jailed founder of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange prepare for his October fraud trial. Bankman-Fried's lawyers asked that he be allowed to meet with them five days a week at the Manhattan federal courthouse in preparation for the Oct. 2 trial. The Brooklyn jail, with about 1,549 inmates, has been plagued by conditions that public defenders have called "inhumane." A federal judge suggested in 2021 that the jail and a now-closed federal jail in Manhattan were "run by morons." Bankman-Fried's lawyers previously represented Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who complained for months that she could not prepare effectively in the Brooklyn jail for her sex trafficking trial.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Mike Segar, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Fried, Damian Williams, Prosecutors, Kaplan, Bankman, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, Jonathan Stempel, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Court, REUTERS, District, Google, Metropolitan Detention, morons, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, Manhattan, Brooklyn , New York, Brooklyn, Palo Alto , California, New York

A man walks past a No Entry traffic sign near the headquarters of China Evergrande Group in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China September 26, 2021. Evergrande's offshore debt restructuring involves a total of $31.7 billion, which include bonds, collaterals and repurchase obligations. Evergrande announced an offshore debt restructuring plan in March, expecting it to facilitate a gradual resumption of operations and generation of cash flow. Trading in China Evergrande shares has been suspended since March 2022. Shares of Evergrande Services (6666.HK) plunged as much as 20% on Friday, while China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group (0708.HK) lost as much as 17%.

Persons: Aly, Evergrande, Morgan Stanley, HSI, Clare Jim, Jonathan Stempel, Dietrich Knauth, Manya, Sumeet Chatterjee, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: China Evergrande Group, REUTERS, HONG KONG, China Evergrande, HK, Longfor, Tianji Holdings, British Virgin Islands, Co ., Evergrande Services, Energy Vehicle Group, Manya Saini, Thomson Locations: China, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Asia, HONG, U.S, United States, Beijing, Manhattan, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, British Virgin, Land, New York, Trading, Bengaluru

A man walks past a No Entry traffic sign near the headquarters of China Evergrande Group in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China September 26, 2021. The developer's offshore debt restructuring involves a total of $31.7 billion, which include bonds, collaterals and repurchase obligationsThe sources declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter. DEBT RESTRUCTURINGEvergrande announced an offshore debt restructuring plan in March, expecting it to facilitate a gradual resumption of operations and generation of cash flow. Trading in China Evergrande shares has been suspended since March 2022. Shares of Evergrande Services (6666.HK) plunged more than 12%, while China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group (0708.HK) dropped 8% on Friday.

Persons: Aly, Evergrande, Morgan Stanley, Hong, Clare Jim, Jonathan Stempel, Dietrich Knauth, Manya, Sumeet Chatterjee, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: China Evergrande Group, REUTERS, HONG KONG, China Evergrande, HK, British Virgin, Tianji Holdings, British Virgin Islands, Co ., Evergrande Services, Energy Vehicle Group, Manya Saini, Thomson Locations: China, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, HONG, U.S, United States, Hong Kong, British, Manhattan, Cayman Islands, British Virgin, Land, New York, Trading, Bengaluru

"Mr. Trump has not provided a single reason for the court to find that there is any likelihood that he will succeed on appeal," Kaplan wrote. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan could order Trump to pay damages and costs to Carroll if it found his appeal frivolous. "The only purported harm Mr. Trump reasonably may claim he would suffer in this case would be having to stand trial," the judge wrote. The case is Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Alistair Bell and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Elle, Jean Carroll, Joe Tacopina, Donald Trump, Carroll, Trump, E, Jean Carroll's, Kaplan, Alina Habba, Roberta Kaplan, Goodman, Jonathan Stempel, Alistair Bell, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: District, U.S, Circuit, Trump, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan, Southern District, Southern District of New York

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. July 15, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had canceled a press conference scheduled for next week to release a report into the 2020 election in Georgia, saying his attorneys would put his arguments in court filings instead. Trump said earlier this week that he would hold the press conference on Monday to release a detailed, 100-page report into what he described as "election fraud" in the state of Georgia during the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. "Rather than releasing the Report on the Rigged & Stolen Georgia 2020 Presidential Election on Monday, my lawyers would prefer putting this, I believe, Irrefutable & Overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud & Irregularities in formal Legal Filings," Trump said on Truth Social. Since his defeat in 2020, Trump has repeatedly claimed that the election was marred by widespread fraud.

Persons: Donald Trump, Marco Bello, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Eric Beech, Dan Whitcomb Organizations: U.S, Republican, Conference, REUTERS, Former U.S, Democrat, Truth, Thomson Locations: West Palm Beach , Florida, U.S, Former, Georgia

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. That requested date would place the trial after the November 2024 U.S. election, in which Trump is the front-runner for the Republican nomination. "The public interest lies in justice and fair trial, not a rush to judgment," Trump's attorneys wrote on Thursday. U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, whose office is prosecuting the federal 2020 election case against Trump, last Thursday asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to schedule a trial to start on Jan. 2, 2024. That date is two weeks before the first votes are cast in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.

Persons: Donald Trump, Lindsay DeDario, Democrat Joe Biden, Trump, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Smith, Jasper Ward, Dan Whitcomb, Jacqueline Thomsen, Don Durfee, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Democrat, Thomson Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, U.S, Washington

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Alphabet Inc FollowAug 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing YouTube of restricting or removing videos from Black and Hispanic content creators because of their race. The proposed class action on behalf of non-white YouTube users was originally filed in June 2020, less than one month after a Minneapolis police officer's murder of George Floyd sparked a nationwide focus on racial injustice. Nine plaintiffs said YouTube, owned by Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, subjected their videos to more restrictions than similar videos from white contributors, violating a contractual obligation under its terms of service to provide race-neutral content moderation. But the judge said YouTube promised only that its algorithm would not treat people differently based on their identities, not that the algorithm was infallible. The case is Newman et al v Google LLC et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No.

Persons: Dado, Vince Chhabria, George Floyd, Donald Trump's, Chhabria, Newman, Jonathan Stempel, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, YouTube, Alphabet's, Google, Klux Klan, Court, Northern District of, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Minneapolis, U.S, Northern District, Northern District of California, New York

☆ Japanese rider Noguchi dies at 22 after Mandalika crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Japanese superbike rider Haruki Noguchi has died aged 22, following critical injuries suffered in a crash last weekend during the fourth round of the Asia Road Championship in Indonesia, organisers said on Thursday. The SDG Honda Racing rider, who finished third at the Suzuka-8 Hours this month, was treated for his injuries at Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit's medical centre. Noguchi had been in intensive treatment for three days at a hospital in Indonesia's eastern region of Nusa Tenggara. The Asia Superbike 1000cc race was cancelled after the incident at Turn 10. Noguchi broke into the motorcycling scene with his 2021 win in the Superstock 600 category at the All Japan Road Racing Championships.

Persons: Haruki Noguchi, Haruki, Noguchi, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Asia, Honda, Pertamina, Japan, Racing, Thomson Locations: Indonesia, Indonesia's, Nusa Tenggara, Bengaluru

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to allow Idaho to enforce a first-in-the-nation ban on transgender women and girls from participating in female sports leagues, saying the measure likely was unconstitutional. That argument was pursued by the ACLU's client, Lindsay Hecox, a transgender athlete who sought to join the women’s track team at Boise State University. Wardlaw said the law also discriminates against all Idaho female student athletes on the basis of sex by subjecting only them and not male athletes to the "invasive" sex dispute verification process. The Biden administration's Department of Education in April proposed a rule change that would prohibit schools from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes from teams that are consistent with their gender identities while offering flexibility on exceptions for the highest levels of competition. Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Chase Strangio, Brad Little, Christiana Kiefer, Circuit Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw, Bill Clinton, Lindsay Hecox, Wardlaw, Nate Raymond, Alexia Garamfalvi, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Trump, City Hall, REUTERS, Circuit, Republican, American Civil Liberties Union, Christian, Alliance Defending, Democratic, U.S, Boise State University, Idaho, Biden administration's Department of Education, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Idaho, North Carolina, Constitution's, Boston

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Florida on Thursday declined to block the state's law barring citizens of China and other "countries of concern" from owning homes or land in the state. Winsor, an appointee of Republican then-President Donald Trump, denied a bid by four Chinese nationals to block the law pending the outcome of their lawsuit filed in May. Florida's law prohibits individuals who are "domiciled" in China and are not U.S. citizens or green card holders from purchasing buildings or land in the state. The ACLU claims the law violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process and the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA), which prohibits housing discrimination based on race and national origin. The Biden administration filed a brief last month agreeing that the Florida law violates the FHA.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, District Judge Allen Winsor, Winsor, Donald Trump, Ashley Gorski, general's, Ron DeSantis, Biden, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: REUTERS, District, Republican, American Civil Liberties Union, U.S, Chinese Communist Party, ACLU, Housing, Thomson Locations: U.S, Florida, China, Tallahassee , Florida, Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Albany , New York

Trump's attorneys have argued in other criminal cases that any trial be scheduled until after the November 2024 U.S. presidential election. He is set to go on trial in Florida in May on charges of retaining sensitive government documents after leaving office. U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's office has also asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to schedule a Jan. 2 trial start date on charges that Trump plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. Trump's attorneys face a Thursday deadline to propose their own trial date in that case. Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Jacqueline Thomsen in Washington; Editing by Caitlin Webber and Grant McCoolOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Elijah, Donald Trump's, Willis, Trump, Jack Smith's, Kanishka Singh, Jacqueline Thomsen, Caitlin Webber, Grant McCool Organizations: Fulton, REUTERS, Trump, D.C, Thomson Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, WASHINGTON, Georgia, New York, Florida, Washington

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023. Here are key dates in Trump's legal and political schedule:AUG. 23, 2023First Republican presidential debate. SEPT. 27, 2023Second Republican presidential debate. James is also seeking to stop the Trumps from running businesses in New York. FEB. 24, 2024South Carolina Republican presidential primaryMARCH 5, 2024"Super Tuesday," in which 14 state presidential primaries take place.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Trump, Letitia James, James, Jack Smith's, E, Jean Carroll, Carroll, JAN, Fani Willis, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Deepa Babington Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Former U.S, Republican, Trump, New York, Nevada Republican, South Carolina Republican, New, National Convention, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Former, Fulton County, Georgia, Manhattan, New York, Iowa . New Hampshire, Nevada, Fulton, Miami

All are accused of running afoul of the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, law. “You can tell a great story in your indictment, and you might be able to prove it. “The problem with RICO is that it takes a lot longer because there are so many more elements to it,” said Jerry Froelich, a Georgia criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. In RICO cases, defendants are often loosely associated, making it easier for prosecutors to get them to "flip," or turn on one another. Georgia courts have upheld the law’s use in novel contexts that include Willis' successful prosecution of teachers who falsified scores on standardized tests.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Elijah, Democrat Joe Biden, ”, Harry Sandick, Trump, Willis, Jack Smith, Smith, Jerry Froelich, “, ’, Froelich, “ There’s, Willis ’, “ It’s, Jeffrey Cohen, Jack Queen, Noeleen Walder, Howard Goller Organizations: Fulton, REUTERS, Republican, Democrat, Trump, ”, Boston College, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Georgia, New York

A trial date for Trump and the other defendants in this case has not yet been set. FEB. 8, 2024Nevada Republican presidential caucuses. FEB. 24, 2024South Carolina Republican presidential primary. MARCH 4, 2024Trial starts in the federal criminal case in Washington that charges Trump with illegally trying to reverse his 2020 election loss. MARCH 5, 2024"Super Tuesday," in which 14 state presidential primaries take place.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Letitia James, James, Trump's, Kenneth Chesebro, E, Jean Carroll, Carroll, JAN, Fani Willis, Andy Sullivan, Deepa Babington, Jonathan Oatis, Grant McCool Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Former U.S, Republican, Democrat, New York, Trump, Nevada Republican, South Carolina Republican, New, National Convention, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Former, Georgia, Manhattan, New York, Iowa . New Hampshire, Nevada, Washington, Fulton County, Miami

Aug 16 (Reuters) - Taiwan-based Silicon Motion on Wednesday blamed MaxLinear (MXL.O) for breaching their merger agreement and said it would seek damages in excess of the termination fee from the U.S. company. MaxLinear scrapped a nearly $4 billion cash-and-stock deal in July to acquire memory-controller maker Silicon Motion. MaxLinear may be required to pay Silicon Motion a termination fee of $160 million, according to the agreement in May last year. However, Silicon Motion would be liable to pay $132 million if the deal was terminated under some circumstances. Silicon Motion also said the company intends to resume declaring and paying dividends on an annual basis.

Persons: MaxLinear, MaxLinear's, Akash Sriram, Saumyadeb Organizations: U.S ., Singapore International, Thomson Locations: Taiwan, U.S, Delaware, Singapore, Bengaluru

Aug 16 (Reuters) - A campaign aide to embattled Republican U.S. Representative George Santos was charged with identity theft and wire fraud in federal court for impersonating a top congressional staffer in fundraising appeals, court documents unsealed on Wednesday showed. Miele reached out to over a dozen contributors through the email account and phone calls, the indictment said, receiving a commission of 15% of the contributions he solicited to Santos' campaign. Miele could not be immediately reached for comment. According to the indictment, Miele admitted to Santos in August 2021 that he faked his identity "to a big donor," adding "that he was 'high risk, high reward in everything I do.'" He was indicted in May on federal charges including fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds.

Persons: Representative George Santos, Samuel Miele, Kevin McCarthy, Miele, Santos, Moira Warburton, Andy Sullivan Organizations: Republican U.S, Representative, Thomson Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Washington

Members of law enforcement work at the scene of a weekend shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 19, 2022. Also sued were three retailers--Mean Arms, Vintage Firearms and RMA Armament--that allegedly sold firearm equipment and body armor that Gendron used. Alphabet (GOOGL.O) and Google, which own YouTube, are also defendants, as are Gendron's parents. Through the defendants' alleged negligence, Gendron "gained the racist motivation, tools and knowledge necessary for him to commit the mass shooting," the complaint said. Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York and Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Payton Gendron, Harris Stanfield, DennisJanee Brown, Rose Marie Wysocki, Gendron, Jonathan Stempel, Nate Raymond, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Blacks, YouTube, Firearms, Google, Gun Safety, Tops, Thomson Locations: Buffalo , New York, U.S, Buffalo, . New York, New York, Boston

☆ JPMorgan, US Virgin Islands trade accusations over Epstein
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Us Appeals Judge Faults Probe Of Federal Circuit'S Pauline Newman | Andrew Goudsward | Law Firm Clifford Chance Posts Increased Revenue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Mike Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreCompanies JPMorgan Chase & Co FollowNEW YORK, Aug 15 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) and the U.S. Virgin Islands traded new accusations this week in legal filings over their relationships with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The largest U.S. bank detailed how Epstein allegedly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments and loans to a former U.S. Virgin Islands governor and his wife. The territory in a separate filing cited a 2011 email from a senior JPMorgan executive about suspicious cash withdrawals by Epstein. The filing containing the U.S. Virgin Islands accusations was more than 680 pages. The U.S. Virgin Islands also failed to show that the bank committed obstruction, JPMorgan said.

Persons: JP Morgan Chase, Mike, JPMorgan Chase, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, John de Jongh, Cecile, John Duffy, JE, Duffy, Mary Erdoes, “, Erdoes, Jonghs, USVI, JPMorgan, Nupur Anand, Tatiana Bautzer, Lananh Nguyen, David Gregorio Our Organizations: JP, Co, JPMorgan Chase, REUTERS, JPMorgan, U.S . Virgin Islands, U.S . Virgin, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan

☆ Meadows seeks to move Fulton County election case to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Us Appeals Judge Faults Probe Of Federal Circuit'S Pauline Newman | Andrew Goudsward | Law Firm Clifford Chance Posts Increased Revenue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Picture Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows filed notice on Tuesday seeking to move a case brought against him by the district attorney in Georgia's Fulton County to federal court, according to a court document. Meadows, who served in the Trump administration, was among those charged with former U.S. President Donald Trump for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Caitlin WebberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Al Drago, Meadows, Trump, Donald Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Jasper Ward, Caitlin Webber Organizations: White, REUTERS, Rights, White House, U.S, Democrat, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Georgia's Fulton County

[1/2] The "1200 building" at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the crime scene where the 2018 shootings took place, is seen in Parkland, Florida, U.S. August 4, 2022. The re-staging of the school shooting, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, was part of a civil lawsuit against Scot Peterson, a police officer who was stationed outside the Parkland, Florida, high school when the gunfire began on Feb. 14, 2018. In June, Peterson was acquitted by a Florida jury of criminal charges of child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury connected the shooting. The nonprofit group defines a mass shooting as four or more people shot or killed, not including the shooter. Ahead of the re-enactment, nine members of Congress and family members of victims toured the school building.

Persons: Marjory Stoneman, Amy Beth Bennett, Scot Peterson, Peterson, Tony Montalto, Gina, Michael Piper, Carol, Lisa Phillips, Nikolas Cruz, Julia Harte, Cynthia Osterman, Leslie Adler Organizations: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Broward, Sun Sentinel, U.S . Congress, Thomson Locations: Parkland , Florida, U.S, Florida, Broward County, Parkland

July 27 (Reuters) - Epic Games on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple Inc (AAPL.O) that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Circuit Court of Appeals to pause its ruling that upheld an injunction against Apple. The decision gave Apple 90 days to pursue an appeal at the Supreme Court. In the closely-watched case, Epic filed its antitrust lawsuit in 2020 challenging Apple's App Store practices. Epic told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the 9th Circuit's standard for putting cases on hold is "far too lenient."

Persons: Apple, Andrew Chung, John Kruzel, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Apple Inc, San, Circuit, Appeals, Apple, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, United States, New York, Washington

☆ FTC loses appeals court bid to temporarily block Microsoft-Activision deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft is still working to resolve concerns about the transaction from the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority. "We appreciate the Ninth Circuit's swift response denying the FTC's motion to further delay the deal. The FTC first sued to block the acquisition last December, then filed for an emergency injunction to block the completion of the deal before it could have an agency administrative law judge take it up. The agency requested a temporary injunction while the court considered an appeal of the district court's conclusion. FTC representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the ruling.

Persons: Brad Smith, Lina Khan Organizations: Microsoft, Appeals, Circuit, Federal, Activision Blizzard, United Kingdom's, Markets Authority, FTC, Activision Locations: U.S, San Francisco

☆ US Supreme Court to weigh legality of domestic-violence gun curbs
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( John Kruzel | Industry Insight | Corporate Attorneys Don T Want To Pay Law Firms For Chatgpt When They Could Use It Themselves | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The case involves a Texas man charged with illegal gun possession while subject to a domestic violence restraining order after assaulting his girlfriend. The 1994 law at issue in the current case prohibited a person subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm. Circuit Court of Appeals in February declaring the law unconstitutional in a ruling that applied to Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the Supreme Court on behalf of Biden's administration that the 5th Circuit's ruling was "profoundly mistaken." Twenty-three states, mostly Democratic-led, urged the Supreme Court to hear the dispute, as did groups advocating for the prevention of gun violence and domestic abuse.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Zackey, Rahimi, Elizabeth Prelogar, Prelogar, John Kruzel, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, New York, New, Circuit, Appeals, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Texas, United States, New York, Kennedale, Arlington , Texas, New Orleans, Texas , Louisiana, Mississippi

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