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Two NY Federal Judges Consecutively Step Down From Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits Over Ownership of Pfizer Stock

June 15, 2022
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An Obama-appointed federal judge in New York who owns between $50,000 and $100,000 worth of Pfizer stock has recused herself to avoid the possible appearance of bias or prejudice since she was overseeing a case of NYC teachers trying to get exemptions to the COVID vaccines. Recusal, in legal terms, means that a judge excuses him…

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US Wins Authority to Seize Russian Oligarch’s Planes

June 8, 2022
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NEW YORK—A U.S. court on Monday issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich under U.S. measures imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, court records showed. But the U.S. government’s likelihood of gaining control of the aircraft worth nearly $400 million was uncertain. A Department of Justice official…

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Judge Dismisses Fired Amazon Worker’s Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination

February 9, 2022
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A federal judge on Monday sided with Amazon.com Inc in dismissing a discrimination lawsuit that workplace organizer Christian Smalls had filed against his former employer. U.S. District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected Smalls’ claim that Amazon had fired him because he is Black and had opposed discriminatory COVID-19 policies. Smalls’ allegation that Amazon subjected a largely…

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Federal Judge Again Blocks Enforcement of New York’s Vaccination Rule for Health Care Workers

September 24, 2021
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The federal judge who last week blocked New York officials from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for all health care workers in the state opted Monday to extend the order by up to another two weeks. Even an attorney for the plaintiffs admitted the decision by U.S. District Judge David Hurd seemed “at least somewhat unusual.” However,…

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Interior Secretary: No Plan ‘Right Now’ to Permanently Ban New Oil, Gas Leasing

June 23, 2021
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on June 23 said at a House committee hearing that the Biden administration has no plan to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling on federal land. “Gas and oil production will continue well into the future,” Haaland said during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing. “I don’t think there…

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