A Sixth Circuit panel has shot down a class certification request by the former owner of an abandoned property in Cleveland who argued that Ohio illegally withholds payments to cover the difference between a property's value and a tax debt when the property is taken through an alternative foreclosure process.
Two Ohio counties told a federal judge Monday they still want billions to address the fallout from the opioid epidemic from three large pharmacy chains that a jury found contributed to the crisis, although the counties also said that questions about the size of the impacted population could warrant a smaller payout.
The Biden administration has asked a federal judge to OK its temporary ban on oil and gas drilling leases on public lands and offshore, though it may face an uphill battle because the same judge blocked the measure after 13 states represented by Republican attorneys general sued.
Dr. Mehmet Oz on Monday asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to halt an order to count undated yet timely mail-in and absentee ballots for GOP primary voters, one day after his former opponent for U.S. Senate asked the appellate court judge who issued the order to end the case he brought.
Two companies suing Moderna Inc. in Delaware federal court for patent infringement over its widely used COVID-19 vaccine have slammed the drugmaker's attempt to toss part of the case, saying the government cannot act as a shield from paying damages.