The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit to block the merger of
AT&T and T-Mobile, arguing that the merger would "substantially
lessen competition" in violation of the Clayton Act.
A federal judge in Austin has issued a preliminary injunction partially
blocking enforcement of HB 15, a Texas law that required physicians
performing abortions to also perform a sonogram prior to the abortion,
present the sonogram images to the pregnant woman, describe what the
sonogram depicts and make the fetus' heartbeat audible to the woman.
The judge found that portions of the statute were unconstitutionally
vague, and also that the law compelled speech on the part of both the
physician and the patient in violation of the First Amendment.
Several of the largest United States tobacco companies, including
Lorillard Tobacco and R.J. Reynolds, have filed a lawsuit aimed at the
Food and Drug Administration's new warning label requirement that will
force cigarette manufacturers to include graphic warnings about the
dangers of smoking on each pack of cigarettes. The companies argue that
the new regulation compels them to speak as advocates against their own
product, and therefore violates the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution.
Facebook has filed documents in its ongoing lawsuit with Paul Ceglia over Ceglia's claim to own part of the social networking giant that purport to contain the original contract between Ceglia and Zuckerberg. Attorneys for Facebook claim to have discovered the contract among digital files obtained from Ceglia. The contract contains no mention of Facebook and contradicts the version of the contract produced by Ceglia.
The National Basketball Association has filed a declaratory action in
federal court seeking a judicial ruling that the lockout begun in June
does not violate federal antitrust laws. The NBA asserts that the
lawsuit comes in response to threats from the NBA Players Association to
renounce its representation of the NBA players and launch an antitrust
challenge designed to give the Players Association the upper hand in
contract negotiations.
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit seeking to block enforcement
of Alabama's tough new immigration law, HB 56. The Department's
complaint alleges that regulation of immigration is reserved for the
federal government, thus federal law preempts HB 56 and renders it
invalid.
