UK top court gives Uber drivers benefits in landmark ruling
The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that Uber drivers should be classed as “workers” and not self-employed
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UK top court rules Uber drivers are workers, not self employed, in decision with big implications for its business model
LONDON (AP) — UK top court rules Uber drivers are workers, not self employed, in decision with big implications for its business model.
Groups file court challenge of Maryland’s internet ad tax
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s first-in-the-nation law taxing digital advertising by Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google is being challenged in federal court as “a punitive assault” on digital advertising and should be struck down, according to a fe…
Russian court sentences activist under law on ‘undesirables’
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Thursday handed a suspended sentence to an activist accused of membership of an “undesirable” organization, part of the authorities’ effort to tighten control over the nation’s political scene.
Dutch court orders government to scrap coronavirus curfew
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court ordered the government on Tuesday to end the curfew it imposed last month to rein in the spread of coronavirus, saying the ruling coalition was not entitled to use emergency powers to…
Virginia high court will take up appeals in Lee statue case
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Supreme Court of Virginia said Friday it will take up appeals in two lawsuits that seek to prevent Gov. Ralph Northam from removing an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond.
Court rules France failed to respect its climate change goal
PARIS (AP) — A court on Wednesday ruled that the French state failed to take sufficient action to fight climate change in a case brought by a group of nongovernmental organizations.
Court tosses murder conviction over fire in secret tunnels
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Maryland appeals court on Friday overturned a wealthy stock trader’s conviction on a murder charge in the fiery death of a man who was secretly helping him dig tunnels for a nuclear bunker beneath…
Dutch court to rule in Nigerian farmers’ case against Shell
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch appeals court is delivering its judgment Friday in a long-running civil case in which four Nigerian farmers are seeking compensation and a cleanup from energy giant Shell for pollution caused by leaking oil…
Court filing: Man agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
DETROIT (AP) — Court filing: Man agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback
A federal appeals court has thrown out a rule that made one of the Trump administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks
Ohio Supreme Court to hear armed school staff training case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A school district that voted to allow employees to be armed after a deadly shooting is fighting a court ruling that says they must first provide police-level training to those employees.
Supreme Court denies expedited hearings for election challenges by Trump, allies
The Supreme Court rejected requests to speedily hear a number of challenges to the 2020 presidential election brought by President Trump and others.