This is the first I’ve heard about this lawsuit. Must be newsmedia ignoring it. https://www.reuters.com/business/telsa-investors-urge-judge-order-musk-repay-13-bln-solarcity-deal-2022-01-18/
Archive for the ‘courts’ Category:
2022-02-02 Court Rules Against Utility’s Billing For Solar Panels
This is in Indiana in Indiana courts. But it may set precedent for future rulings in other state or federal courts. Consumers with rooftop solar are getting fed up with the utilities changing or removing the pay that they’re getting for selling solar power back to the utility. The court needs to make a rule
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2022-01-29 Court Upholds Calif Net Neutrality Law
Court upholds California Net Neutrality Law. This is a blow to the telecom providers, that wanted to throttle the speeds of users to make more money. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-california-telecommunications-jerry-brown-2db073ce6d11c7274fd9c6291d3c411b
2021-12-17 Court Lets Dominion Go Forward With $1.7B Fox Defamation Lawsuit
Quote: << In a 52-page opinion, Davis said Fox News may have pushed election fraud claims against Dominion despite knowing those claims were false. —- In a statement, Fox News said it remains “committed to defending against this baseless lawsuit and its all-out assault on the First Amendment.” >> Fox should know that the First
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2021-10-24 The Role Of Antitrust Law In Energy Democracy
This 1 hour podcast discusses lawsuits, antitrust against SRP – Salt River Project, among others. This was originally by Solar Cities which was bought by Tesla. Tesla and SRP settled out of court, so sadly the court never got to make a legal decision. This has to do with an electric utility making it difficult
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2021-10-14 Attack On Texas Abortion Law A Threat – GOP
The headlines read:: << GOP-Led States Call U.S. Attack on Texas Abortion Law a Threat The states say the federal government needs to be reined in. >> I’m not sure if this is sensationalism or if there really are leaders in GOP-led states who are making these claims. In 1973 the Supreme Court struck down
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Texas Anti-abortion Law Is Suspended
A judge ordered the Texas Anti-abortion law suspended. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/09/greg-abbott/texas-gov-abbott-wrong-about-pregnancy-abortion-ti/
2021-09-10 SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket
The Supreme Court’s shadow docket and its ramifications for the executive branch. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/31/supreme-court-us-cases-shadow-docket
2021-08-25 Powell, Other Lawyers Disciplinary Action
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell faces disciplinary action including fines for abusing the court. << “This lawsuit represents a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process,” Parker said in her decision, adding that the case “was never about fraud – it was about undermining the People’s faith in our democracy and debasing the judicial
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2021-07-11 Judge Blocks Fla. Law To Punish Social Media
The Florida Trumplicans passed a law that fines social media companies $250,000 a day for suspending accounts of politicians. This law violates the social media companies’ First Amendment rights to control what users agreed to when they signed up. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-florida-law-targeting-facebook-twitter-over-politician-bans/ What should be of great concern to everyone is that a law that is this
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