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filed suit against the state in 2019, accusing the North Carolina State Health Plan of discriminating against them or their children.Attorneys for the state had argued that the state could not be sued under a legal doctrine known as “sovereign immunity,” but last year, a federal judge ruled that the state could be sued for violating nondiscrimination provisions contained in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, on the grounds that it had waived its sovereign immunity and agreed to abide by

Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case.Avery, 59, filed the request Wednesday, his attorney Kathleen Zellner said Thursday.Avery is serving a life sentence for the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach, a case that became the focus of a popular Netflix series whose creators raised questions about the convictions of Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey.A unanimous Wisconsin appeals court in July rejected Avery's request to hold a hearing on new evidence that he wanted to present for a new

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Naman Ramachandran After a long day of debates, the lower house of the Polish parliament has voted in favor of a bill that proposes to prevent non-European ownership of Polish media companies.The bill was passed on Wednesday with 228 votes in favour, 216 against and 10 abstentions. It must now be passed in the upper house of parliament to become law.

Falkirk residents to donate dog and cat food as they continue to treat a rise in injured wild animals.

Life felt a lot like TV judicial non-fiction last week as an appeals court poured ice cold water on efforts to drag the big salary of Judge Judy into the profits dust-up between CBS and Rebel Entertainment Partners over the now shuttered syndicated show.

Judge Judy is entitled to her salary, a court has ruled.

FlaglerLive.com.A federal judge in Alabama dismissed the lawsuit in 2019, finding that the SPLC’s characterization of Coral Ridge was a form of First Amendment-protected speech, and that Amazon’s decision not to include Coral Ridge in its list of charities benefiting from the AmazonSmile program did not violate the country’s civil rights laws.Coral Ridge then appealed to the 11th Circuit, arguing, in a court filing last year that it is not a hate group, while acknowledging its religious-based

ruled against Smith, finding that her proposal to post a statement outlining her objection to promoting same-sex weddings “proposes an unlawful act because it proposes to do something — deny services to same-sex couples — that a different statute, the Accommodations Clause, prohibits.”Smith appealed that decision, but on Monday, a three-judge panel for the 10th U.S.

Angelina Jolie has scored a legal win in her and Brad Pitt's divorce case.ET has learned that a California appeals court ruled in Jolie's favor and disqualified private judge Judge John W. Ouderkirk in their case and all of his decisions vacated.

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Jake Quickenden has appealed to police for help after a vile troll sent a death threat to his baby son Leo.The X Factor star Jake, 32, was horrified to discover a fake account in his five month old son's name on Twitter. Jake was bombarded with disgusting tweets from the account, called 'Jake Quickenden baby is ugly'.

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“Tiger King” subject Joe Exotic’s sentence has been vacated — but he will remain behind bars as he awaits resentencing.

's Joe Exotic's sentence has been vacated — but he will remain behind bars as he awaits resentencing.A judge for Oklahoma's 10th District Court has ordered the eccentric zookeeper — real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage -- to remain in prison until he is re-sentenced following his 2019 conviction in the murder-for-hire plot of animal activist, Carole Baskin, ET confirms. Maldonado-Passage was previously sentenced in 2020 to serve 22 years in prison for the plot against Baskin as well as other

Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.Foodbank charity Start Up Stirling is appealing for help to support children and their families through the summer.For many families the summer holidays can be a particularly challenging time as they try to ensure they have enough food each week to live on, as well as finding enough money to buy school uniforms, schoolbags and shoes for the school year ahead.Start Up Stirling spokesperson Julie

found the organization had violated New Jersey’s consumer fraud law.In issuing that decision, the jury found that JONAH had violated the consumer fraud law by promising a service on which it could not deliver: the changing of clients’ orientation from gay to straight, on the premise that being gay is a treatable mental disorder, a position that was rejected by the American Psychiatric Association more than four decades ago.It also awarded the plaintiffs — three former clients and two of their

Chicago Tribune . Exceptionally qualified Black women face an additional challenge when it comes to confirmations to federal court, Vassar College Professor Taneisha N. Means for the Washington Post this week.

Dunkeld, and her sister Morven Sayer spent days planning their show of support for St Johnstone FC in the Scottish Cup final. Lindsey ordered a blow-up replica of the cup off Amazon, blue and white balloons and even had a special banner printed up for the big day.

The Ninth Circuit appeals court in the US has upheld a lower court ruling that declined to make a classic royalties lawsuit being pursed against Warner Music by singer Lenny Williams a class action.Williams, who fronted R&B group Tower Of Power, sued Warner in 2018 over a common royalty gripe among artists, which is what happens to streaming income as it passes through a major’s international subsidiaries.He claims that Warner allows its different divisions around the world to deduct fees from

Molly-Mae Hague has appealed to fans for help after she discovered a “rock hard” lump on her finger. Love Island star Molly-Mae, 21, shared a snap of her hand to show her 5.4million fans to lump, which she says “really sticks out”.

In a picture he posted we only see Elba's right hand, in closeup and reaching out to the sky.

An appellate court ruled in favor of music producer Dr. Luke on Thursday on an important legal question in his defamation suit against Kesha, saying the Grammy-nominated hitmaker isn't a public figure in the eyes of the law.

An appeals court in New York has upheld a summary judgement that favoured Dr Luke in his ongoing defamation legal battle with Kesha. In particular, judges confirmed that Luke – despite being a very successful and well known record producer and label owner – is not a “public figure”, which has a significant impact on cases of this kind.This defamation action is all that remains of a long-running, multi-layered and quite complicated legal battle between Luke and Kesha.

NEW YORK -- An appellate court ruled for music producer Dr. Luke on Thursday on an important legal question in his defamation suit against pop star Kesha, saying the Grammy-nominated hitmaker isn't a public figure in the eyes of the law.The decision isn't a final judgment in the long-running court clash between the multiplatinum-selling singer, who says Dr.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people who need help with daily living tasks or getting around outside the home as a result of a long-term illness, disability or mental health condition. Successful PIP claimants receive between £23.70 and £152.15 per week, and as the benefit is paid every four weeks, that could amount to between £94.80 and £608.60 each month.

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Naman Ramachandran The Indian federal government has passed an order that scraps the Information and Broadcasting ministry’s Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), the first avenue of appeal if a filmmaker disagrees with a certification decision. Instead, filmmakers will have to go to court.The FCAT was set up in 1952 under the Indian Cinematograph Act.

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who is serving a 23 years long jail term, on Monday lodged a fresh appeal against his sexual assault convictions.