In denying Compass's motion, Judge Vargas appears to say that Compass did not adequately show that the policy has caused it irreparable harm. During the hearing, an expert witness for Compass testified that Zillow's policy harms competition because it suppresses competing platforms, which Compass claims Compass.com is. Other witnesses for Compass testified that Zillow's policy had resulted in a decline in both engagement and users on its platform,
A federal judge on Wednesday denied the government's effort to halt a preliminary injunction requiring the Department of Justice to improve conditions inside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's holding cells in San Francisco. The decision by Judge Casey Pitts of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California means ICE will have to comply and improve conditions in the holding cells.
"We are fully committed to upholding the interests of the American people and advocating for compliance with the law," Carol Quillen, president of the National Trust, said in a statement following the hearing, "including review by the National Capital Planning Commission and an opportunity for the public to provide comment and shape the project." (The National Trust was created by Congress in 1949 to aid in the preservation of historically significant sites across the country.)
"Even though he found that there was no immediate emergency," Mohebbi said, "he made very clear in a lot of his statements that there's irreparable harm, that UCLA has an obligation to play at the Rose Bowl through 2044 and we're very confident in our facts of this case. So I think all in, we feel very, very good."
During the trial, the parties introduced over 750 exhibits, many of which are voluminous. This Court heard the trial testimony and arguments of counsel and has been in the process of diligently reviewing all the evidence. The interest of justice requires that this Court complete a thorough review of the exhibits and trial transcripts before issuing a final decision on the merits,
In a press release published in September after filing the lawsuit, FIRE's attorneys blasted the Campus Protection Act as a shocking prohibition of protected speech at public universities, that granted unconstitutionally broad powers to Texas universities, giving them the power to discipline students at nighttime for wearing a hat with a political message, playing music, writing an op-ed, attending candlelight vigils even just chatting with friends.
"The lower courts have made abundantly clear how discriminatory and baseless the State Department's new policy is and the harm it poses for hundreds of thousands of people like our clients," said Li Nowlin-Sohl, Staff Attorney for the ACLU's LGBTQ & HIV Project. "People across the country depend on identity documents that accurately reflect their identity-who they are in their workplaces, their schools, and their communities. The administration's attempts to deny that right to transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people has no basis in law or policy, and we'll continue to fight this policy until it is permanently de
The legal cannabis industry in New York reached a pivotal moment this month after the Supreme Court of New York granted a preliminary injunction that shields more than 150 licensed dispensaries from sudden disruption. The ruling blocks new directives issued by the state's Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) that threatened to shutter or relocate compliant, tax-paying businesses across the state.