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Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Justice Kavanaugh defends Supreme Court's terse emergency docket orders
Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday defended the way the Supreme Court is handling the flood of emergency cases that has reached its docket during President Donald Trump's administration, pushing back on mounting criticism that the court is often resolving those disputes with little to no explanation. Kavanaugh's remarks to a group of judges and lawyers meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, came as the court has faced growing criticism for issuing emergency orders with so little explanation that similar controversies boomerang back weeks later. Most of the court's emergency cases have involved policies pursued by Trump, including on immigration and the firing of leaders at independent federal agencies. 'We have written a lot more than we've written in the past on the interim orders docket,' Kavanaugh said, noting the court's blockbuster opinion last month that limited the use of nationwide court orders blocking the president's policies. 'We've been doing certainly more written opinions on the interim orders docket than we've done in the past.' But there's a 'danger,' Kavanaugh said, in writing too much. Those emergency cases are not final decisions on the legal questions raised in the cases. Writing too much, Kavanaugh suggested, can prematurely give away how a majority of justices are thinking about those issues before the case is resolved. 'There can be a risk in writing the opinion of lock-in effect – of making a snap judgment and putting it in writing, in the written opinion, that is not going to reflect the final view,' Kavanaugh told a conference hosted by the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Kavanaugh's comments came just days after Justice Elena Kagan – a member of the court's liberal wing – appeared to embrace a conflicting view. She suggested that the high court could do more to 'explain things better' so that lower court judges and the public understand clearly what the Supreme Court is deciding. 'Courts are supposed to explain things,' Kagan said to a separate judicial conference in California. 'As we have done more and more on this emergency docket there becomes a real responsibility, that I think we didn't recognize when we first started down this road, to explain things better.' The court's emergency docket, which some have described as its 'shadow docket,' is separate from its merits docket, in which the justices hear oral arguments and have the benefit of several rounds of written briefing. Emergency docket cases often involve one round of briefing, no oral argument and rarely result in full opinions. Earlier this month, for instance, the court allowed Trump to proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education. That decision was handled with a one-paragraph order that included only boilerplate language. At times, the lack of clarity has meant the justices must return to the same issue weeks later. In May, the court ruled that Trump didn't have to rehire senior labor officials at independent agencies, despite a 1935 precedent that allows Congress to separate those agencies from presidential intervention. In that the case, the court did provide a brief opinion but it didn't address the 1935 case. And so earlier this month the justices were asked to resolve a substantially similar case involving members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission that Trump had fired. Lower courts decided there was nothing in the Supreme Court's earlier decision that overturned the 1935 precedent, and so they backed the fired board members. The Supreme Court ultimately reversed that decision over dissent from the court's three liberals. Criticism of the court's emergency docket – Kavanaugh repeatedly used the term 'interim orders docket' instead – crops every few years and has come to the fore again recently amid a deluge of cases involving the Trump administration. The court has repeatedly sided with Trump, allowing him to fire board members at agencies, bar transgender American from serving in the military and end programs that let certain migrants to remain in the United States. Presidents, Kavanaugh said in explaining the rise of emergency cases, 'run for office on getting things done.' 'And I think presidents, whether it's President Obama – I think the phrase was 'pen and phone' – or President Biden or President Trump, have really done more of that, and those get challenged pretty quickly in court,' said Kavanaugh, who was named to high court by Trump during his first term. Kavanaugh said that the court has taken steps to address some of the criticism that has popped up in recent years about its emergency docket. It has, for instance, held oral arguments in some of those cases. Most notably, the court heard arguments this year over Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship and lower court efforts to halt that policy on a nationwide basis. On the last day of its term, a conservative majority limited the ability of lower courts to stop Trump and future presidents. In that case, the court handed down a lengthy opinion written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett with concurrence and dissents. Kavanaugh wrote a notable concurrence in that case that suggested the Supreme Court has a responsibility to resolve emergency cases to ensure 'nationally uniform interim legal status.' What the decision will mean for Trump's birthright citizenship policy is still being worked out. Trump's policy has been blocked by lower courts again, using different methods that were not at issue in the Supreme Court case. Kavanaugh began his remarks on Thursday by stressing the importance of an independent federal judiciary, though he made no mention of Trump's threats against lower-court judges. Just this week, the Department of Justice filed a misconduct complaint against US District Court Judge James Boasberg because, it said, he sought to 'improperly influence' Chief Justice John Roberts about the dangers of the Trump administration triggering a constitutional crisis by ignoring court orders. Kavanaugh described the independent federal judiciary as the 'crown jewel of our constitutional democracy.' 'Bench and bar together have a role in preserving the independence of the judiciary, in maintaining its strength, in maintaining a consistent, principled rule of law throughout the United States,' Kavanaugh said.
CNN
31-07-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Justice Kavanaugh defends Supreme Court's terse emergency docket orders
Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday defended the way the Supreme Court is handling the flood of emergency cases that has reached its docket during President Donald Trump's administration, pushing back on mounting criticism that the court is often resolving those disputes with little to no explanation. Kavanaugh's remarks to a group of judges and lawyers meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, came as the court has faced growing criticism for issuing emergency orders with so little explanation that similar controversies boomerang back weeks later. Most of the court's emergency cases have involved policies pursued by Trump, including on immigration and the firing of leaders at independent federal agencies. 'We have written a lot more than we've written in the past on the interim orders docket,' Kavanaugh said, noting the court's blockbuster opinion last month that limited the use of nationwide court orders blocking the president's policies. 'We've been doing certainly more written opinions on the interim orders docket than we've done in the past.' But there's a 'danger,' Kavanaugh said, in writing too much. Those emergency cases are not final decisions on the legal questions raised in the cases. Writing too much, Kavanaugh suggested, can prematurely give away how a majority of justices are thinking about those issues before the case is resolved. 'There can be a risk in writing the opinion of lock-in effect – of making a snap judgment and putting it in writing, in the written opinion, that is not going to reflect the final view,' Kavanaugh told a conference hosted by the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Kavanaugh's comments came just days after Justice Elena Kagan – a member of the court's liberal wing – appeared to embrace a conflicting view. She suggested that the high court could do more to 'explain things better' so that lower court judges and the public understand clearly what the Supreme Court is deciding. 'Courts are supposed to explain things,' Kagan said to a separate judicial conference in California. 'As we have done more and more on this emergency docket there becomes a real responsibility, that I think we didn't recognize when we first started down this road, to explain things better.' The court's emergency docket, which some have described as its 'shadow docket,' is separate from its merits docket, in which the justices hear oral arguments and have the benefit of several rounds of written briefing. Emergency docket cases often involve one round of briefing, no oral argument and rarely result in full opinions. Earlier this month, for instance, the court allowed Trump to proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education. That decision was handled with a one-paragraph order that included only boilerplate language. At times, the lack of clarity has meant the justices must return to the same issue weeks later. In May, the court ruled that Trump didn't have to rehire senior labor officials at independent agencies, despite a 1935 precedent that allows Congress to separate those agencies from presidential intervention. In that the case, the court did provide a brief opinion but it didn't address the 1935 case. And so earlier this month the justices were asked to resolve a substantially similar case involving members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission that Trump had fired. Lower courts decided there was nothing in the Supreme Court's earlier decision that overturned the 1935 precedent, and so they backed the fired board members. The Supreme Court ultimately reversed that decision over dissent from the court's three liberals. Criticism of the court's emergency docket – Kavanaugh repeatedly used the term 'interim orders docket' instead – crops every few years and has come to the fore again recently amid a deluge of cases involving the Trump administration. The court has repeatedly sided with Trump, allowing him to fire board members at agencies, bar transgender American from serving in the military and end programs that let certain migrants to remain in the United States. Presidents, Kavanaugh said in explaining the rise of emergency cases, 'run for office on getting things done.' 'And I think presidents, whether it's President Obama – I think the phrase was 'pen and phone' – or President Biden or President Trump, have really done more of that, and those get challenged pretty quickly in court,' said Kavanaugh, who was named to high court by Trump during his first term. Kavanaugh said that the court has taken steps to address some of the criticism that has popped up in recent years about its emergency docket. It has, for instance, held oral arguments in some of those cases. Most notably, the court heard arguments this year over Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship and lower court efforts to halt that policy on a nationwide basis. On the last day of its term, a conservative majority limited the ability of lower courts to stop Trump and future presidents. In that case, the court handed down a lengthy opinion written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett with concurrence and dissents. Kavanaugh wrote a notable concurrence in that case that suggested the Supreme Court has a responsibility to resolve emergency cases to ensure 'nationally uniform interim legal status.' What the decision will mean for Trump's birthright citizenship policy is still being worked out. Trump's policy has been blocked by lower courts again, using different methods that were not at issue in the Supreme Court case. Kavanaugh began his remarks on Thursday by stressing the importance of an independent federal judiciary, though he made no mention of Trump's threats against lower-court judges. Just this week, the Department of Justice filed a misconduct complaint against US District Court Judge James Boasberg because, it said, he sought to 'improperly influence' Chief Justice John Roberts about the dangers of the Trump administration triggering a constitutional crisis by ignoring court orders. Kavanaugh described the independent federal judiciary as the 'crown jewel of our constitutional democracy.' 'Bench and bar together have a role in preserving the independence of the judiciary, in maintaining its strength, in maintaining a consistent, principled rule of law throughout the United States,' Kavanaugh said.
Gulf Business
24-07-2025
- Business
- Gulf Business
DIFC Courts see 38% surge in claims valued at Dhs6.8bn in H1 2025
Image: DIFC Courts The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts reported a sharp rise in activity during H1 2025, with a 38 per cent year-on-year increase in total claims and a combined value of Dhs6.8bn ($1.85bn). The A total of 650 claims were filed across the courts' divisions from January through June, up from 470 during the same period last year. The average claim value across all divisions stood at Dhs13.2m, according to figures released by the DIFC Courts. Higher value disputes, more opt-ins The Court of First Instance (CFI) and its specialised units logged 61 claims worth a combined Dhs6.7bn, with an average claim size of Dhs117.7m. Around 38 per cent of these were opt-in cases, meaning parties outside the DIFC's jurisdiction contractually selected the DIFC Courts for resolution — an ongoing trend reflecting the forum's perceived neutrality and enforceability. Chief justice Wayne Martin said the first-half data confirms a 'sustained pattern of growth, particularly in opt-in matters and higher-value claims,' which he credited in part to reforms under a new courts law issued earlier this year. Arbitration and civil claims drive case load The Civil & Commercial Division (CCD) saw an 85 per cent jump in filings, climbing from 33 claims to 61, totalling Dhs2.3bn. The Arbitration Division posted an even steeper year-on-year rise, with 23 claims worth Dhs4.5bn — up 92 per cent compared to H1 2024. Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) activity also spiked, handling 458 cases — a 73 per cent increase — with total value reaching Dhs43.2m and an average claim size of Dhs95,000. These increases were offset somewhat by a dip in enforcement claims, which dropped to 106 cases worth Dhs4.5m, down from 122 cases over the same period last year. Read: Legal reforms add momentum The uptick follows the enactment of Dubai Law No 2 of 2025, which consolidated and expanded the DIFC Courts' jurisdiction, simplifying previous statutes and reinforcing its authority in civil, commercial, and employment matters. The move also clarified its mandate to issue interim measures, enforce arbitral awards, and support mediation. Justice Omar Al Mheiri, diirector of DIFC Courts, said the results reflect 'growing confidence from both businesses and individuals,' adding that the system's adaptability is key to its longevity. 'Our continued growth is a testament to our mission to expand access to justice across core and ancillary services,' he said. Wills and pro bono uptake The Courts' ancillary services also recorded growth. The DIFC Wills Service registered 922 wills — up 14 per cent year-on-year — bringing the total to more than 13,400 since inception. The pro bono programme assisted 524 individuals in H1, with the help of 39 law firms and 51 volunteer lawyers. The Courts continue to see a mix of case types spanning banking and finance, real estate, manufacturing, crypto, and employment disputes. Officials point to the diversity of sectors and claim types as a marker of the court's growing role in Dubai's maturing legal and business environment. Snapshot: Claims H1 2025 CFI + Divisions: 61 claims | Dhs6.7bn total | Average claim: Dhs117.7m Civil and Commercial: 61 claims | Dhs2.3bn | Average claim: Dhs51.3m Arbitration: 23 claims | Dhs4.5bn | Average claim: Dhs42.6m Small Claims Tribunal: 458 claims | Dhs43.2m | Average claim: Dhs95,000 Enforcement: 106 claims | Dhs4.5m | Average claim: Dhs1.5m
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
THR's 2025 Top Music Lawyers: Nominations Are Now Open
Behind every successful artist, executive and company in the music business is a good lawyer. Among the most constant presences in an superstar artist's life, their attorney is across every record deal, tour contract and legal dispute that comes their way. And as the industry gets ready to face the most disruptive period it's ever seen with the coming artificial intelligence revolution, lawyers are becoming even more crucial to help address existential questions on how it will change copyright law and how artists' interests can be protected. More from The Hollywood Reporter Kanye "Ye" West Struggles Through Chaotic, Rain-Soaked Shanghai Concert Will Justin Bieber Land a No. 1 Debut With 'Swag?' Jeff Lynne Cancels Final ELO Show Due to Health Issues Once again, The Hollywood Reporter is getting ready to recognize the best music attorneys in the game, and we're accepting nominations to highlight the attorneys with the most high-profile music clients, who are closing the biggest deals, taking on the most pressing cases and shaping music's legal future. This year's top music lawyers list will be featured in the Oct. 1 edition of The Hollywood Reporter for our Grammys Issue. If you or your client would like to be considered, please fill out a submission through this form. The deadline for submissions is Aug. 8. If your submission is chosen, a THR journalist will be in touch with more information on next steps. Best of The Hollywood Reporter From 'Party in the U.S.A.' to 'Born in the U.S.A.': 20 of America's Most Patriotic (and Un-Patriotic) Musical Offerings Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Mullen Automotive Finalizes Settlement with GEM Group
Company moves forward accelerating its business objectives BREA, Calif. / NEW YORK, June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via IBN -- Mullen Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: MULN) ('Mullen' or the 'Company'), an electric vehicle ('EV') manufacturer, along with GEM Yield Bahamas Limited and GEM Global Yield LLC SCS (together, 'GEM') today announces that they have finalized a settlement resolving all outstanding legal disputes between the parties. As part of the settlement, Mullen has transferred full, unencumbered ownership of its manufacturing facility located at 12900 McKinley Highway in Mishawaka, Indiana, to GEM. The transfer satisfies a federal court judgment in GEM's favor. This settlement will resolve all related claims without further litigation and enables the Company to focus on forward-looking operational priorities. GEM's acquisition of the facility was executed as part of a comprehensive legal resolution. All pending enforcement and post-judgment proceedings between the Company and GEM will be withdrawn with prejudice. About MullenMullen Automotive (NASDAQ: MULN) is a Southern California-based automotive company building the next generation of commercial electric vehicles ('EVs') with two United States-based vehicle plants located in Tunica, Mississippi, and Mishawaka, Indiana. The Mishawaka facility is a strategically located, full-scale automotive manufacturing site comprising approximately 780,000 square feet of production space on nearly 58 acres of land. Originally constructed and operated by General Motors for Hummer H2 production and later owned by AM General, it includes integrated automotive infrastructure such as a body shop, paint shop, general assembly area, and water treatment plant. In August 2023, Mullen began commercial vehicle production in Tunica. As of January 2024, both the Mullen ONE, a Class 1 EV cargo van, and Mullen THREE, a Class 3 EV cab chassis truck, are California Air Resource Board ('CARB') and EPA certified and available for sale in the U.S. The Company's commercial dealer network consists of Papé Kenworth, Pritchard EV, National Auto Fleet Group, Ziegler Truck Group, Range Truck Group, Eco Auto, and Randy Marion Auto Group, providing sales and service coverage in key West Coast, Midwest, Pacific Northwest, New England, and Mid-Atlantic markets. In September 2022, Bollinger Motors, of Oak Park, Michigan, became a majority-owned EV truck company of Mullen Automotive. Bollinger Motors has passed numerous milestones including its B4, Class 4 electric truck production launch on Sept. 16, 2024, and the development of a world-class dealer network with over 50 locations across the United States for sales and service support. To learn more about the Company, visit Forward-Looking StatementsCertain statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking statements. Words such as "continue," "will," "may," "could," "should," "expect," "expected," "plans," "intend," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, many of which are generally outside the control of Mullen and are difficult to predict. Examples of such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (i) Mullen's ability (or inability) to obtain additional financing in sufficient amounts or on acceptable terms when needed; (ii) Mullen's ability to maintain existing, and secure additional, contracts with manufacturers, parts and other service providers relating to its business; (iii) Mullen's ability to successfully expand in existing markets and enter new markets; (iv) Mullen's ability to successfully manage and integrate any acquisitions of businesses, solutions or technologies; (v) unanticipated operating costs, transaction costs and actual or contingent liabilities; (vi) the ability to attract and retain qualified employees and key personnel; (vii) adverse effects of increased competition on Mullen's business; (viii) changes in government licensing and regulation that may adversely affect Mullen's business; (ix) the risk that changes in consumer behavior could adversely affect Mullen's business; (x) Mullen's ability to protect its intellectual property; and (xi) local, industry and general business and economic conditions. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements can be found in the most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed by Mullen with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mullen anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause its plans, intentions and expectations to change. Mullen assumes no obligation, and it specifically disclaims any intention or obligation, to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by law. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing Mullen's plans and expectations as of any subsequent date. 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