Tag: court
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N.Y.’s highest court to hear Harvey Weinstein appeal
NEW YORK — New York’s highest court has agreed to hear an appeal from Harvey Weinstein over his 2020 rape conviction. A spokesman for the Court of Appeals said Wednesday that oral arguments would likely be held sometime next year, after the decision to hear the case was granted Aug. 19. Weinstein was convicted in…
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Big Tech asks Supreme Court to keep affirmative action
Big tech companies led by Apple and Google asked the Supreme Court Monday not to do away with affirmative action, saying the companies seek racial diversity when hiring employees. They were among roughly 70 companies in the technology, finance and health care industries staking a claim in one of the high court’s most watched cases…
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U.S. begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government and publishing titan Penguin Random House are set to exchange opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial Monday as the U.S. seeks to block the biggest U.S. book publisher from absorbing rival Simon & Schuster. The case comes as a key test of the Biden administration’s antitrust policy. The Justice…