Judge lets states pursue claims that Meta designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children

A federal judge denied Meta's motion to dismiss a social media addiction lawsuit brought by 29 state attorneys general alleging online harm to children.
Major League Baseball

Judge clinches AL All-Star nod as voting leader in Phase 1

Aaron Judge is on another historic tear, one that has earned the Yankees' captain a starting place in All-Star Game as the American League’s leading vote-getter in Phase 1 on the 2024 MLB All-Star Ballot presented by BuildSubmarines.
CNN

Judge who ordered Trump to pay $454 million says he was ‘accosted’ by lawyer and won’t recuse himself from case

The judge who found Donald Trump liable for fraud and ordered the former president to pay $454 million said he will not recuse himself from the case. Trump asked Judge Arthur Engoron to step aside from the case, which is on appeal, alleging he engaged in ...

Judge David Doty, who presided over the case that resulted in the NFL's salary-cap era, dies at 96

David Doty, the federal judge who presided over the lawsuit that created the NFL's current labor model, has died.
CBS News

Judge resigns after saying he can't be on a jury since he thinks all defendants are guilty

An upstate New York judge has resigned after he got out of jury duty by claiming that he couldn't be impartial — because he thought everyone brought before a court is guilty. Richard T. Snyder, who had been a justice of the Petersburgh Town Court for ...

E Jean Carroll asks judge to release more than $5 million after Supreme Court denies Trump’s appeal

Magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge to release more than $5 million to her one day after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to challenge a jury’s finding that he sexually abused and defamed her.
The Times-Tribune

Judge blocks Lackawanna Democrats from removing members before appeals end

A Lackawanna County judge blocked the county Democratic Committee from removing 76 elected members and from filling any vacancies that would be created by their removal before appeals processes established by the committee’s

Judge delays trial for White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting suspect

A federal judge presiding over the case for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting suspect delayed the start of the trial on Monday. Both parties and the court agreed to toll the speedy trial clock by 45 days,