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US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had instructed his administration to file a lawsuit to block the certification of the US Senate race in Alaska if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses, arguing that voters would be confused because two Republicans on the ballot have similar names. The legal battle is ramping up questions over whether Trump will accept a potential midterms defeat.
The Justice Department has sued to block certification of Alaska’s Senate result if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, citing a same-name candidate. No court has ruled. The post US Justice Dept Sues Over Alaska Ballot appeared first on The Rio Times.
US government seeks to delay Alaska Senate result over concerns about two candidates with the same name.
The lawsuit raises concerns the US administration may be looking to meddle in some of this midterm cycle’s races.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered US President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his US$10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11. The order from US Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett came as lawyers for the British broadcaster complained that Trump had delayed his appearance. Charles Tobin, the lawyer for the BBC, said that with two months left in the discovery period, “we still haven’t been able to depose the plaintiff”. He noted there was an agreed-upon date of October...
Class action could be first in Australia to blame social media for harming its users.
Both men have denied having any knowledge of Epstein's crimes and their attorney rejected the lawsuit as "categorically false".
Ex-Brevan Howard Asset Management portfolio manager Robert Sicari was accused of withholding millions of dollars in promised trading profits from a former colleague who joined his new fund.
Saitama, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--The family of a 74-year-old driver who died after his truck fell into a sinkhole in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, last year has filed a lawsuit seeking about 125 million yen in damages from the prefectural government, it was learned Wednesday. The suit was filed with Saitama District Court in the prefecture, which is located north of Tokyo, on July 2...
The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.
French luxury giant LVMH Group kicked off a global open-house event showcasing its craftsmanship in Shanghai on Thursday, as the event’s founder Antoine Arnault hailed a “special bond” with Chinese customers at a launch event in Paris. It came as the group faced pressure from sluggish demand in China and a backlash over a lawsuit against a local tea company. At the launch event at the Samaritaine department store in central Paris for this year’s Les Journées Particulières, first initiated by...
Lawsuit comes weeks before midterm elections and follows debunked claims of noncitizens voting in various states.
Kyoto, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)--The mother of a man who died in Japan last year filed a damages lawsuit against a YouTuber on Thursday, claiming that the defendant's video led to her son's suicide. Saeko Nakano, 73, filed the lawsuit with Kyoto District Court, demanding a total of about 230 million yen in damages from the 28-year-old YouTuber, Shinjuku 109 KENZO, whose real name is Miki Ikeda,...
Yokohama, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)--Yokohama District Court on Thursday dismissed a damages lawsuit against U.S. social media giant Meta Platforms Inc. and its Japanese unit over fake ads using the names and images of celebrities without permission. The court in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, was the first to rule on a series of similar lawsuits filed with six district courts across Japan. The Yo...
One message told him to “go to hell”. Others said he deserved to be imprisoned. Death threats poured in. Asians who share a name with one of the men accused of raping a US university student have faced a torrent of online abuse. The alleged 2024 gang rape of a Cornell University student, detailed in a recent lawsuit, has sparked an outpouring of outrage against the seven accused perpetrators. The case has sent internet sleuths scouring digital footprints for clues to track them down. All seven...
In their appeals, Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena and Mohamed Riyas claimed that they were not heard by the single judge before issuing October 9 direction to register FIR
Cornell University on Tuesday suspended fraternities’ parties and social events for the remaining academic year following outcry over an alleged gang rape at one of the elite college’s all-male clubs. The 2024 incident, as alleged in a graphic lawsuit filed last month, has drawn accusations that the Ivy League institution in New York state failed to properly punish the men involved. The accuser claimed that she was pressured to take ketamine, assaulted and raped by seven members of the Chi Phi...
A group of Altice International creditors filed a lawsuit against the company and related entities, alleging they unlawfully transferred billions of dollars of value out of their reach.
A Gramercy Funds Management-backed law firm was unlawfully fired from a $36 billion lawsuit that has seen two private credit investors clash over who will represent hundreds of thousands of victims of a dam collapse in Brazil.
Brazil's federal prosecutors are suing Shell Brasil for about US$108 million over the 2024 floods, citing 2% of historical global emissions. The post Brazil Prosecutors Sue Shell for US$108M Over Floods appeared first on The Rio Times.
Lender CoBank ACB filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block Cable One Inc. from acquiring a 55% equity stake in Mega Broadband Investments from private equity firm GTCR.
Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a damages order against a website operator who made imitation band scores available for free. The top court's Second Petty Bench thus finalized the Tokyo High Court order that the website operator pay about 169 million yen in damages to the plaintiff, Fairy Inc., the Tokyo-based publisher of the original band scores. The ...
The German sportswear brand wants the Sydney-based label to stop selling the clothes and pay damages.
Trump has faced a bipartisan backlash over ads that critics say violate prohibitions on taxpayer-funded propaganda.