SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys’ fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016.

In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow’s attorneys’ fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg’s final judgment did not detail why the matter of attorneys’ fees that Paltrow sought in her 2019 countersuit was dropped.

The judgment affirmed the

Donald Trump’s continued support of Capitol rioters could potentially be used as evidence against him in a future trial, according to one former US attorney.

Trump is currently facing numerous criminal investigations as he attempts to mount a 2024 presidential campaign. Among the most serious of these cases is the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) probe into his alleged hand in fomenting the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol building during the certification of the 2020 election, which is being overseen by special counsel Jack Smith. Trump has denied all wrongdoing in the matter, as he has in all

MINNEAPOLIS — The attorney for Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards said his client plans to defend himself against what he called a “baseless” charge of third-degree assault stemming from an incident after the team’s Game 5 loss at Ball Arena in Denver on Tuesday night.

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Denver police cited Edwards with two counts of third-degree assault after police claimed Edwards “swung” a chair as he exited the floor for the locker room and injured two female employees. A police spokesperson said those injuries are not serious.

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On Thursday, Edwards’ attorney Harvey Steinberg released a statement through Edwards’ agency, Klutch Sports,

WASHINGTON — Attorneys for the Proud Boys placed blame for the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol on Donald Trump in closing arguments in their sadious conspiracy trial Tuesday.

An attorney for Enrique Tarrio, the head of the Proud Boys, said federal prosecutors were trying to make him a “scapegoat for Donald J. Trump and for those in power.” A lawyer for Joe Biggs said the defendants came to Washington because their “commander-in-chief” told them it would “be wild,” referring to Trump’s infamous tweet on Dec. 19, 2020, that called on supporters to come to Washington on Jan. 6.

A coalition of attorneys general for 17 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday called for a federal recall of Hyundai and Kia vehicles that they say are unsafe and too easy to steal.

The attorneys general called for the recall “following the companies’ continued failure to take adequate steps to address the alarming rate of theft of their vehicles,” a release from California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the coalition, said.

In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the coalition requested a recall of “unsafe” Hyundai and Kia vehicles manufactured between 2011 and

The Hexavalent Chromium Spill That Never Happened: Without Disasters, Where Does Environmental Litigation Come From?

Kathleen Ross

On July 29, 2022, Tribar Manufacturing, an auto supply manufacturer, improperly released 10,000 gallons of toxicant-containing discharge into the sewer system of Wixom, Michigan.^[1] The release overwhelmed the Wixom wastewater treatment plant and entered Norton Creek, a tributary of the Huron River, before being discovered.^[2] Early reporting suggested that thousands of gallons of the toxic chemical compound hexavalent chromium had made its way into the Huron River, prompting panic and anger in downstream communities.^[3]

A number of factors contributed to

What’s Going on With Wetlands? The Supreme Court Takes Another Dive into the “Waters of the US”

Sarah Matrian

Social media was once inundated with the question “is water wet?” But are wet(land) water? The Supreme Court has been asked to determine this very question and the justices will once again attempt to define the boundaries of the Clean Water Act. Depending on the outcome, certain federal protections for wetlands could either be washed away or shored up.

Water is a way of life in Michigan. Beyond manufacturing and industry, a significant portion of Michigan’s revenue is generated from recreation

Opening the Floodgates: Axon Enterprises, Inc. v. FTC and the Weakening of Public Power

Keenen McMurray

In November of 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a pair of consolidated cases including Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission[1] and Securities and Exchange Commissionv. Cochran.[2] These cases concern whether challenges to the adjudication processes of administrative agencies can properly be heard in a federal district court, without first going through the agencies’ respective processes.[3] This administrative agency adjudication process is established by the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), which is a federal act that governs the procedures of