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Federal Courts Judge Clears Runway for Suit Against Airline Search

Judge Clears Runway for Suit Against Airline Search

By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing customs agents of illegally searching airline passengers. In Amadei v. Duke, the agents allegedly...

Federal Courts Federal Judge Blocks NYC's Airbnb Crackdown

Federal Judge Blocks NYC's Airbnb Crackdown

By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The litigation between Airbnb and New York City is starting to heat up as the like-Uber-but-for-hotels company won a rather and significant motion in federal...

Federal Courts Judge Orders Government to Remove Citizenship Question from Census

Judge Orders Government to Remove Citizenship Question from Census

By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Finding a government decision "arbitrary and capricious," a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to remove a citizenship question it added to the...

Federal Courts NYC Prison Power Outage Leads to Civil Rights Class Action

NYC Prison Power Outage Leads to Civil Rights Class Action

By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

A prison power outage is always a big deal these days where so much security-related tech relies on electricity. But when you couple the loss of heat and hot...

Federal Courts Court: Unpaid Interns Don't Get Paid

Court: Unpaid Interns Don't Get Paid

By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Student interns don't usually expect to get paid, but Patrick Velarde wasn't that kind of intern. Velarde attended a beauty school, and performed cosmetology...

Federal Courts Sony and UMG Face Terminated Copyright Class Action

Sony and UMG Face Terminated Copyright Class Action

By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

A recently filed pair of proposed class action lawsuits in the New York District Court seek to hold Sony and UMG liable for ignoring the copyright termination...

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