As Boeing has been in the news once again due to stranding astronauts on a space station after a failure of the company’s Starliner capsule, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has presented the aircraft manufacturer with a plea deal for a completely different matter. This deal will allow Boeing to avoid a trial involving the …
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Oregon Passes Strong Right to Repair Law
On 27 March, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law one of the strongest right-to-repair laws in the US. Similar to other bills that have passed in recent years in California and Minnesota, the law requires electronics manufacturers to give both consumers and independent electronics repair shops access to the diagnostic data needed to repair …
Apple Anti-Trust Lawsuit; Julian Assange’s Extradition Paused
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced that it was filing a lawsuit against Apple over the tech company’s monopolistic practices. Among these monopolistic practices are making it difficult for iPhone users to switch to other brands of smartphones and limiting the ability of competitors to build rival software. Previously, the EU has filed …
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The Supreme Court’s Arguments on Online Censorship
In May of 2022, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against Joe Biden, Anthony Fauci, Jen Psaki, several other high-ranking individuals in the current administration, the CDC, and the NIH. The AG’s claim is that there was collusion between the government and big tech to bring about censorship, that officials in the Biden …
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Day X Approaches: High Court to Decide on Extradition for Julian Assange
From 20-21 February, a High Court in the UK will decide whether Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States. A UK court decided to extradite him back in 2022, and Assange’s lawyers have been fighting the decision up until now. The court decision this upcoming week will decide Assange’s fate. This case is …
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Maine’s Right to Repair Law for Vehicles
In November of 2023, Maine residents were asked to cast their votes on a ballot measure that read as follows: “Do you want to require vehicle manufacturers to standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to those systems and mechanical data to owners and independent repair facilities?” This question means that automakers must make …
Date Set for Julian Assange’s Final Appeal
For the past four and a half years, Julian Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison in the UK. The US has prosecuted him under the 1917 Espionage Act, a law used to target peace activists during WWI. Between 20-21 February of 2024, the High Court will hear Assange’s final appeal to avoid his extradition …
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Student Who Criticized Dairy Milk in School Wins Lawsuit
Earlier this year, a high school senior in a LA school district was told that she was not allowed to hand out leaflets about the negative impacts of dairy on health if she did not also distribute pro-dairy literature. This requirement was despite the fact that the school already displays pro-dairy posters throughout the cafeteria …
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Case and the Payday Loan Industry Challenge
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a government agency that was formed in 2011 to combat fraudulent financial practices that scam consumers out of their money. It also has the authority to return money to defrauded customers. During its existence, it has returned around $16 billion in wrong or fraudulent charges to Americans. This …
Federal Judge Restricts Contact of Biden Administration with Social Media Officials
In 2021, the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana sued the Biden administration over the consistent collusion with tech platforms like Twitter and Facebook to censor information that is inconvenient to the government. The argument the attorneys made in the lawsuit is that the government infringed on people’s freedom of speech by getting Facebook and …
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