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Spirit Airlines goes out of business, ending operations immediately
Breaking Legal News 05/23/2026Spirit Airlines, an impish upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep discount fares, announced Saturday that it has gone out of business after 34 years.The ultralow cost airline that once operated hundreds of daily flights on i...
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US soldier used classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid
Breaking Legal News 04/25/2026A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal offici...
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White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations
Breaking Legal News 03/22/2026The White House said Friday that Congress should "preempt state AI laws" that it views as too burdensome, laying out a broad framework for how it wants Congress to address concerns about artificial intelligence without curbing growth or innovation in...
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Tax reform may grow donor base but shrink overall nonprofit contributions
Breaking Legal News 03/17/2026Millions more Americans will likely donate to nonprofits following changes in tax laws passed by Congress last summer, but those changes will also likely reduce the overall amount of money given to charity, according to new research.The report from t...
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Iran executes a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad
Breaking Legal News 12/24/2025Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad, state media reported Wednesday.The official IRNA news agency identified the man as Ali Ardestani, saying he relayed sensitive information to Mossad officers in return for financial re...
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Trump bans travel from 5 more countries, imposes new limits on others
Breaking Legal News 12/15/2025President Donald Trump‘s administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U.S. entry standards for travel and immigration. The deci...
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Kansas AG asking judge to dismiss redistricting lawsuits
Breaking Legal News 03/09/2022Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking a Wyandotte County judge to dismiss two lawsuits filed over new Kansas congressional district lines enacted by Republican lawmakers. Schmidt’s request Monday came three days after the Kansas Supreme Cour...
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Tunisian trial shines light on use of military courts
Breaking Legal News 11/24/2021A few days after Tunisia’s president froze parliament and took on sweeping powers in July, a dozen men in unmarked vehicles and civilian clothes barged into politician Yassine Ayari’s family home overnight and took him away in his pajamas...
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International Criminal Court to probe abuses in Venezuela
Breaking Legal News 11/09/2021The International Criminal Court is opening a formal investigation into allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed by Venezuelan security forces under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule, the first time a country in Latin Am...
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San Francisco Copyright Lawyers - Our Firm
Breaking Legal News 07/24/2021Our Firm has established a reputation for enforcing and protecting trademarks in the marketplace with enforcement actions in Federal and State courts throughout the United States as well as at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. San Francisco Trade...
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40-year sentence upheld for man who killed his roommate
Breaking Legal News 07/24/2021Maine’s supreme court has upheld a 40-year prison sentence imposed on a man who killed his roommate in Old Orchard Beach.Dustan Bentley pleaded guilty to murder in the death of 65-year-old William Popplewell, who was beaten, stabbed, and strang...
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Court refuses appeal of ex-Cleveland cop who shot Tamir Rice
Breaking Legal News 07/06/2021The Ohio Supreme Court announced on Tuesday it would not consider an appeal over the firing of a white police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a Cleveland recreation center in 2014. The appeal was filed in April by the Cleve...