“A bill that cleared California’s Senate Judiciary Committee last month would discourage secrecy about safety hazards discovered in litigation. The Public Right to Know Act of 2022 would create a presumption that court orders may not conceal information about defective products or environmental hazards that pose a danger to the public, according Read more…
“A California judge has struck down a law requiring public corporations headquartered in the state to include a minimum number of women on their boards of directors. Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis of the Los Angeles Superior Court ruled Friday, report Law360, Courthouse News Service and the Washington Post. Duffy-Lewis ruled that the law violates equal protection Read more…
“A federal appeals court removed a legal hurdle to a new Texas law that social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook say will block them from moderating content to root out hate speech and extremism. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday put on hold a temporary injunction Read more…
“In 1852, just days before the U.S. Supreme Court announced its opinion in a case about the removal of a bridge over the Ohio River between Pennsylvania and Virginia, the New York Tribune published a scoop. The newspaper said Justice John McLean would write for the majority in Pennsylvania v. Wheeling Read more…