The lawsuit was initially filed by the Biden administration, which had sought to void oil and gas leases that AIDEA had acquired in a January 2021 sale. In court filings, Biden attorneys claimed that the sale—authorized by then-former President Donald Trump—was inherently flawed and therefore unenforceable.
Texas Tech settles lawsuit, agrees to remove race from admissions decisions
Google settlement addresses pay equity and discrimination issues, not only within the company but in the industry as a whole.
“Texas cannot run its own immigration system,” the Justice Department wrote in a 2024 court filing. “Its efforts, through SB 4, intrude on the federal government’s exclusive authority to regulate the entry and removal of noncitizens, frustrate the United States’ immigration operations and proceedings, and interfere with U.S. foreign relations.”
The settlement negotiations attracted some scrutiny after Cantu’s lawyers agreed to exclude Black employees from the proposed class—an objective Google had long targeted.v
The healthcare nonprofit has agreed to a $4.3M settlement in 403(b) case.
“This is the end of a chapter, but not the end of our fight,” said Sushma Raman, Greenpeace’s interim executive director. “Energy Transfer knows we don’t have $660 million. They want our silence, not our money.”
Tennessee Department of Correction commits to providing necessary technology and services to ensure equal access.
Under the Trump administration, the Department of Justice appears to have recalibrated its priorities, saying that the federal government appreciates Alabama’s effort to maintain fraud-free voter rolls.
Eckhart told the court that she had been fired for speaking out against abuse; however, Fox provided extensive documentation showing that she had been terminated for poor performance.