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Alexa Nikolas Wins Ruling In Defamation Case Against Bryan Freedman

Alexa Nikolas Wins Ruling In Defamation Case Against Bryan Freedman

Published by Daniella Wilson

Months after a resolution to the sprawling legal battle over the filming of It Ends With Us, Hollywood power lawyer Bryan Freedman is still dealing with fallout from the case. Zoey 101 alum Alexa Nikolas won a key ruling on Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit against Freedman, with a court finding that she’s established a probability of prevailing on defamation claims accusing him and those in his orbit of marshaling a smear campaign against her. Nikolas, founder of advocacy organization Eat Predators, has a long and contentious history with Freedman, who had represented her ex-husband Michael Milosh when she sued the musician for sexual abuse. She had organized protests outside of his offices in 2022 after discovering that he had also been accused of sexual assault in a case that resulted in a no-fault settlement in 1991. Around the time of these protests, a smear site that aimed to undermine her activism — including through assertions that her current husband was a predator — popped up about her. Nikolas didn’t connect Freedman to the site …

When Lost Worlds Get Found, Ruling Tenets Get Retired

When Lost Worlds Get Found, Ruling Tenets Get Retired

Published by Jenni Sidey

During my lifetime, Neanderthal man has gotten progressively smarter. Well, not personally smarter because he now survives only in our genomes. But before we knew very much about him — including the fact that he does survive in our genomes — it was easy to co-opt him for the role of the subhuman, which human evolution theory badly needs. Without a subhuman, the human mind has no history. That is a serious blow to any Darwinian materialist project. Now, as a recent piece in The Atlantic by Ross Andersen tells us, excavation of Neanderthal and other sites is leveling even further the fabled Ascent of Man (though Andersen never quite puts it that way): Some 50,000 years ago, modern humans wandered into Ice Age Europe. The continent was new to us Homo sapiens, but not for beings of our general kind. Neanderthals and their ancestors had been living among Eurasia’s glaciers for ages, and in ways that would have struck us as familiar. Evidence suggests that they may have strung eagle talons together into necklaces …

Scotts Valley challenges Interior decision over disputed Vallejo casino gaming eligibility ruling

Scotts Valley challenges Interior decision over disputed Vallejo casino gaming eligibility ruling

Published by skeptic

The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians has returned to federal court after the U.S. Department of the Interior reversed course on whether its trust land in Vallejo, California, can be used for gaming.  The lawsuit, filed August 7 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenges the department’s July 30 decision that the roughly 160-acre property does not qualify as the tribe’s “restored lands” under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, known as IGRA. Interior reverses Vallejo casino approval after review finds historical connection – https://t.co/WCFiQqV4PA @RWW — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) August 4, 2026 Interior continues to recognize Scotts Valley as a restored tribe and agrees it satisfies the timing and modern-connection requirements under federal regulations. The tribe is arguing that it has a significant historical connection to the Vallejo property. Latest reversal from Interior triggers another legal challenge from Scotts Valley According to the complaint, the department abandoned the approach it previously used when it approved the property earlier this year. The tribe argues the latest decision is “arbitrary, capricious, contrary …

Novig sues three more states, CFTC appeals Wisconsin ruling, today in Prediction Market News LIVE

Novig sues three more states, CFTC appeals Wisconsin ruling, today in Prediction Market News LIVE

Published by skeptic

Today in prediction market news, we’re following a wave of legal and regulatory developments across the industry, including Novig filing lawsuits against Washington, Massachusetts, and New Mexico, New York seeking to move its Kalshi case back to state court, and the CFTC appealing the Wisconsin prediction market ruling. We’ll also track Kalshi’s emergency bid for an injunction in Utah, the CFTC’s latest warning to prediction markets, and breaking developments across prediction markets, regulation, crypto, elections, and sports event trading throughout the day. The post Novig sues three more states, CFTC appeals Wisconsin ruling, today in Prediction Market News LIVE appeared first on ReadWrite. Source link

Trump appeals ruling that found his billion IRS suit aimed to ‘manipulate’ legal proceedings

Trump appeals ruling that found his $10 billion IRS suit aimed to ‘manipulate’ legal proceedings

Published by Sam Flores

President Donald Trump on Friday took the first step in appealing a federal judge’s ruling that questioned the legality of a lawsuit filed by the president, two of his sons and the Trump Organization against the IRS. The Trumps filed notice that they would appeal the July 13 ruling by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams that said the $10 billion suit was for an “improper purpose.” The case led to the Justice Department creating a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund as part of a settlement that included an agreement that the government would not investigate or seek any sort of payment from the president, his family members and companies on pending tax claims. The IRS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the forthcoming appeal. A spokesperson for Trump’s legal team said Friday that the IRS “wrongly allowed a rogue, politically-motivated employee to leak private and confidential information about President Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization” to news outlets that was later “illegally released to millions of people.” A former IRS contractor …

IOC Won’t Pursue Its Member Infantino Over FIFA Red-Card Ruling at World Cup

IOC Won’t Pursue Its Member Infantino Over FIFA Red-Card Ruling at World Cup

Published by Sam Flores

A London-based NGO formally complained this month to the International Olympic Committee ethics commission about Infantino, including his part in ensuring United States forward Folarin Balogun did not serve a mandatory one-game ban despite being sent off in the previous game. No formal investigation will be opened, the IOC said, because the complaint by rights group FairSquare did not relate to FIFA’s or Infantino’s specific relations with the Olympic body. The complaint “refers only to (FIFA’s) decisions on its governance and its management, including its relations with government, and to (FIFA’s) implementation of the rules of its sport,” the IOC said in a statement. “Consequently, the complaint falls outside the IOC ethics commission’s jurisdiction,” the statement said. The ethics body does not have independent powers to start investigations and sanction officials, but can make recommendations to the IOC executive board chaired by President Kirsty Coventry. She attended the World Cup final last Sunday at East Rutherford, New Jersey. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. …

US appeals court overturns ruling that freed Columbia activist Mahdawi | Censorship News

US appeals court overturns ruling that freed Columbia activist Mahdawi | Censorship News

Published by Sam Flores

The decision is the latest court victory for US President Donald Trump’s campaign targeting foreign student protesters. Published On 21 Jul 202621 Jul 2026 A United States appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the release of Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi from immigration detention, in a decision that could allow the Trump administration of President Donald Trump to detain him again as it continues its campaign against pro-Palestinian student protesters. In a decision on Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals — made up of two Trump appointees and one judge appointed by former President George W Bush — ruled the lower court shouldn’t have ordered Mahdawi’s release because the case should have been resolved in the immigration court system, which is overseen by the US Department of Justice. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list While the ruling doesn’t order Mahdawi’s immediate re-arrest, it removes the order allowing him to be released. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents him, however, said there was no …

Court ruling freezes Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now : NPR

Court ruling freezes Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Paramount’s owners had hoped to seal a deal to buy Hollywood rival Warner Bros. this week. But on Monday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a temporary restraining order pausing the acquisition. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. Paramount’s owners were planning to have secured firm control of Hollywood rival Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of this week in a blockbuster deal that has the blessing of President Trump’s Justice Department. A federal judge has instead ground the process to a halt, at least for now. And her ruling on Monday in response to a lawsuit filed a week ago by a dozen states suggests Paramount may have some tough sledding ahead in order to get the deal through. In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a 14-day temporary restraining order to pause the acquisition. The Democratic attorneys general allege that Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. would reduce competition, …

Haitian migrants get last-minute reprieve after SCOTUS ruling

Haitian migrants get last-minute reprieve after SCOTUS ruling

Published by Sam Flores

Haitian immigrants across the country received an eleventh-hour relief Friday as the government extended work authorizations for Haitians with temporary protected status. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that work permits for Haitian immigrants with the recently terminated legal status — granted to citizens of countries experiencing political violence, environmental disaster and other unsafe circumstances — will now expire on July 24 as a result of a court order. The update came on July 10, the original expiration date set for TPS holders’ work authorizations. “The extension is limited relief until the lower courts align with the U.S. Supreme Court’s favorable decision in Mullin v. Doe,” the notice read. The extension was one of seven USCIS announced Friday for TPS holders from a handful of countries, including Syria, South Sudan, Burma and Ethiopia. It comes on the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision in Mullin v. Doe, which allowed the Homeland Security Secretary’s termination of TPS for Syrian and Haitian recipients to stand. The ruling also held that the governing statute bars federal courts from reviewing …