#legal-challenge

#legal-challenge

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a Trump administration plan to reduce disaster relief and anti-terrorism funding for states with so-called "sanctuary" policies for undocumented immigrants. District Judge Mary S. McElroy granted the temporary restraining order curtailing the cuts at the request of California, 10 other states and the District of Columbia, which argued in a lawsuit Monday that the policy appeared to have illegally cost them hundreds of millions of dollars.

A local paper whose journalists have been ostracised by a Reform UK council is taking legal action, arguing the move is a breach of its right to free expression. The Nottingham Post, and its online site Nottinghamshire Live, has been barred from speaking to the council's leader and removed from media mailing lists by the Reform-led Nottinghamshire county council. The council's leader, Mick Barton, took exception to a story about splits in his group over local government reorganisation plans.

Case in point, digital advertising costs are about to jump roughly 10% for Washington businesses thanks to a record tax package rammed through the legislature last spring. In total, the new tax package is expected to generate more than $9 billion to prop up state spending in the current budget. Just over one billion will come from extending the retail sales tax to "advertising services" and several high-tech categories (IT support, custom software and website development, security, temporary staffing, and more).

Other councils, including Southwark and Hackney, have accepted responsibility and refunded motorists when their fines were ruled unlawful. Lambeth's failure to do the same is unacceptable. At the very least, those motorists whose details are still on record should have already been repaid. Had Lambeth acted promptly when the judgment was issued, far more people would have had their money back by now.

This welfare law was in place for the protection of chickens and if the government was able to so clearly ignore it, or even worse, dilute it, it sets an unsettling precedent. The government quietly weakened the few rules that exist to protect chickens rather than tackle the enforcement problem. When the UK left the European Union, the public was promised higher animal welfare standards as a benefit now the opposite is happening.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Saturday that would prevent federal immigration agents from wearing masks in the state, a direct response to President Trump's deportation crackdown in the Los Angeles region. The new law is believed to be the first such ban in the nation, though it is likely to be challenged in court before it can go into effect in January because it is unclear whether California can enforce such restrictions on federal law enforcement.

A challenge to the legal basis of EU trade with Israel is to be launched at the European Parliament by Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, co-signed by 26 senior Irish lawyers.

With some federal agents already at a nearby naval station and fencing erected around the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse overnight, Chicagoans and Illinois' elected officials on Friday continued to prepare for US President Donald Trump's militarized " invasion " of the country's third-largest city. Trump has threatened to not only send immigration enforcement agents but also deploy the National Guard and even potentially active-duty military, mirroring what he has done in Los Angeles and the District of Columbia.

Cultivated meat-meat grown from cells, not from whole animals-isn't yet a widespread option in grocery stores or restaurants. The innovation, which involves growing meat from real animal cells without raising or slaughtering any animals, is still relatively rare. But already, Texas lawmakers have decided to ban it. Now, two cultivated meat companies are fighting back with a federal lawsuit that challenges that ban.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has triggered a seismic shift in U.S. labor policy, issuing a final rule that effectively bans new non-compete agreements. Long used to restrict worker mobility, these contracts are now in limbo after immediate legal challenges halted the rule. This guide breaks down what you need to know to protect your business and turn disruption into advantage.

Sex Matters has filed its claim in response to the Corporation, which owns and manages the Heath, erecting signs at Kenwood Ladies' Pond stating it is open to biological women and trans women with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment under the Equality Act 2010. Sex Matters had already threatened the Corporation with legal action if it did not drop its self-ID policy for Kenwood Ladies' Pond in June, before the signs were installed.

On Monday night, Cook said she wouldn't resign, and on Tuesday, her lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said she will file a lawsuit challenging Trump's authority to force her out, adding that the attempted ouster "lacks any factual or legal basis." The standoff will go through the lower courts and may well end up before the Supreme Court, which previously has issued mixed signals about the limits of the President's power.

Ray Heffernan, who met the former Take That star on a night out in 1996, is seeking 33pc of future royalties under new EU copyright law The Dubliner who co-wrote the smash-hit song Angels with Robbie Williams is preparing to launch a landmark legal challenge against the global pop icon.

A judge next Wednesday could decide the fate of the county's proposed five-eighths cent sales tax increase, known as Measure A, after local libertarians filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of placing it on the Nov. 4 special election ballot. The lawsuit argues federal spending cuts - which county leaders warn could devastate California's second largest public hospital system - don't constitute an emergency allowing for a sales tax vote on a non-general election year.

Thanet District Council's new Public Space Protection Order aims to ban foul or abusive language in public spaces, enforceable by a £100 fine.

The Trump administration warns of complete disaster for the U.S. economy if its reciprocal tariffs are struck down, showing great concern over an upcoming court ruling.

Justice Collins Rice emphasized that the accounts of the domestic abuse faced by the women were chilling and highlighted their vulnerability as young mothers caught in controlling relationships.

The Online Safety Act's Category 1 duties impose stringent obligations that threaten the privacy and safety of Wikipedia's volunteer contributors, potentially leading to manipulation and diversion of essential resources.

The order by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit temporarily extended temporary protected status (TPS) for nearly 12,000 Afghans in the United States before its expiration.

The council intends to use these homes to house homeless families in urgent need, saving money on their £100 million annual temporary accommodation bill.