• The SEC can sue Coinbase for offering unregistered securities, judge rules

    The question of who gets to regulate crypto has some answers, as a judge has ruled the Securities and Exchange Commission’s securities lawsuit against Coinbase can continue. US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled that under federal securities laws, “the SEC has sufficiently pleaded that Coinbase operates as an exchange, as a broker, and as a clearing agency under the federal securities laws, and, through its Staking Program, engages in the unregistered offer and sale of securities.” ...

  • Judges rule 30% ruling cuts for some expats are proportional

    Hundreds of internationals in the Netherlands who were hit financially when the government slashed the provisions of the 30% ruling in 2021 have lost their case in a long-running legal battle. That year, the duration of the tax break was cut from eight to five years, a move which also affected people who had arrived in the country after January 2016, and had expected to benefit for the longer period. Law firm Taxperience, which brought the case on behalf of

  • Undocumented Immigrants Have Right to Own Guns, Judge Rules

    A judge this month dropped gun charges against an illegal migrant in Illinois, sparking further debate about the rights associated with the Second Amendment.U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois referenced lower court rulings in dismissing firearm possession charges against Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, who was illegally or unlawfully in the United States when he possessed a handgun in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on June 1, 2020."The Court...

  • Illegal immigrants have 2nd Amendment rights, judge rules

    'Outnumbered' panel discusses whether illegal immigrants should be allowed

  • John Eastman, Trump's former lawyer, should be disbarred, judge rules

    John Eastman, the former Orange County law school dean who helped forge Donald Trump’s legal strategy for retaining power after the 2020 election, should be disbarred, a State Bar Court judge ruled Wednesday. "It is true that an attorney has a duty to engage in zealous advocacy on behalf of a client," wrote the judge, Yvette Roland. "However, Eastman's inaccurate assertions were lies that cannot be justified as zealous advocacy." Roland's recommendation to yank the 63-year-old Eastman’s license...

  • Judge rules against landlord group in Windsor rental licensing dispute

    A Windsor landlord group’s months-long court battle against a city bylaw to license small-scale rentals has failed. In a decision released earlier this week, Ontario Superior Court Justice Kelly Gorman concluded the city’s residential rental licensing bylaw was passed in good faith. She dismissed the challenge. Steven Pickaed, lawyer for Windsor Housing Providers Inc., was […]

  • Federal Judge Rules SEC Lawsuit Against Coinbase Will Proceed

    The Securities and Exchange Commission has the upper hand in Coinbase's ongoing lawsuit. The crypto exchange's shares were down 2.5% at the time of the ruling.

  • SEC Suit Against Coinbase Can Go Forward, Judge Rules

    A judge ruled that Coinbase Inc. engages in the “unregistered sale and offer of securities” under US law, allowing a lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission to go forward against the company.

  • Minn. Court Rules Pharmacist Who Denied Contraception Discriminated Against Woman

    The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist engaged in sex-based discrimination by refusing to provide emergency contraception to a woman in 2019.

  • Judge rules John Eastman should be disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election

    A California judge on Wednesday recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. State Bar Judge Yvette Roland found John Eastman culpable on 10 of the 11 counts filed by the California State Bar last year. The state bar sought to strip Eastman’s

  • Arcola councilwoman can’t be removed while lawsuit pending, judge rules

    Ebony Sanco and two councilwomen are suing the mayor over his attempts to vacate her position.

  • Sir Bernard Jenkin MP cleared of flouting Covid-19 rules

    Allegations made against four Conservative MPs are not upheld, a report concludes.