Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Cut Harvard's $2.2 Billion in Grants
Harvard UniversityMoakley US Courthouse, 1, Courthouse Way, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02210, United States
Starts 09/03/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoStated as firm, per the decision itself (harvard^[5].edu^[1] copy of Doc 238): "Filed 09/03/25" and signed "SO ORDERED. September 3, 2025 /s/ Allison D. Burroughs".
Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that freezing and terminating nearly $2.2 billion in federal research grants to Harvard violated the First Amendment and Title VI, and barred further retaliatory cuts.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Trump's Housing and Transit Grant Conditions
US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE30 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".
Appeals judges largely affirmed an injunction won by San Francisco and seven other local governments, stopping HUD and the Transportation Department from tying grants to anti-DEI, immigration and abortion conditions, protecting about $240 million a year in HUD money and $2 billion in DOT funding to the city.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Judge Burroughs Blocks the Revocation of Harvard's Foreign-Student Program
Harvard UniversityMoakley US Courthouse, 1, Courthouse Way, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02210, United States
Starts 06/20/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoStated as firm, per the order itself (harvard^[3].edu^[1] copy): the header reads "Case 1:25-cv-11472-ADB Document 73 Filed 06/20/25" and "The Court hereby grants Plaintiff's Motion [ECF No. 62] and enters a preliminary injunction".
A federal judge in Boston barred the Trump administration from giving any effect to its 22 May 2025 revocation of Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, keeping Harvard able to enroll international students.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Judge Dismisses the Trump Administration's Antisemitism Suit Against Harvard
Harvard UniversityMoakley US Courthouse, 1, Courthouse Way, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02210, United States
Starts 08/13/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE42 days agoStated as firm, per the order itself (harvard.edu^[1] copy of Doc 65 in 1:26-cv-11352-RGS): "Filed 08/13/26", "MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS August 13, 2026".
Judge Richard Stearns threw out the Justice Department's Title VI suit seeking to claw back Harvard's federal funding, finding it had not pled any ongoing violation after the government's June 2025 notice.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Supreme Court Refuses Pirani's Last Appeal in the Slack Direct-Listing Case
Supreme Court of the United States, 1, 1st Street Northeast, Ward 6, Washington, District of Columbia, 20543, United StatesSalesforce
Starts 10/06/2025CONFIRMED 91% CONFIDENCE353 days agoThe Supreme Court's^[1][3] order list for 'MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025' lists 25-44 Pirani v. Slack Technologies, Inc. under 'CERTIORARI DENIED'.
The justices denied a Slack investor's petition, leaving in place the Ninth Circuit's order to throw out his securities suit over Slack's 2019 direct listing on the NYSE.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
Trump Administration Revokes Federal Approval of NYC Congestion Pricing
United States Department of Transportation1200, New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Navy Yard, Ward 8, Washington, District of Columbia, 20003, United States
Starts 02/19/2025 6:01PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoStated as firm by Gov. Hochul (governor.ny.gov^[1], 19 Feb 2025): "At 1:01 p.m. today, The U.S. Department of Transportation emailed us a letter from Secretary Duffy, announcing their attempt to end the congestion pricing program" (13:01 EST = 18:01Z).
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy withdrew the Federal Highway Administration's approval of Manhattan's $9 congestion toll in a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul; the MTA sued in federal court the same afternoon.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Second Circuit Hears Sean 'Diddy' Combs's Appeal of His Sentence
United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitThurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40, Centre Street, Civic Center, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10007, United States
Starts 04/09/2026 2:00PMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE168 days agoThe court's notice set argument for "April 9, 2026, at 10 AM at 40 Foley Sq." (LA Mag^[3]), and Courthouse News^[1] reports Combs "urged a federal appeals court on Thursday morning" (9 April 2026) to vacate his convictions.
A three-judge Second Circuit panel heard Sean Combs's appeal arguing that his 50-month sentence improperly relied on conduct the jury acquitted him of, and reserved decision after a two-hour argument.
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Transport09/24/2026@CityDesk
Judge Rules Trump Administration Cannot Kill NYC Congestion Pricing
United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkDaniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500, Pearl Street, Five Points, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10007, United States
Starts 03/03/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE205 days agoStated as firm on the opinion itself: "Filed 03/03/26", "OPINION AND ORDER", signed by Lewis J. Liman; Streetsblog^[3] and NY1^[4] reported it the same day.
In a 149-page opinion, Judge Lewis Liman held that USDOT unlawfully terminated the federal agreement behind Manhattan's congestion toll, and that any attempt to enforce Sean Duffy's letters ending it would be unlawful.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Nevada Fines MGM Resorts $8.5 Million Over Illegal Bookmakers
MGM Resorts InternationalAmigo Street, Enterprise, Clark County, NV 89119
Starts 04/24/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoYogonet^[1] (25 April 2025): 'The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) on Thursday unanimously approved an $8.5 million fine against MGM Resorts International'; the April 2025 disposition is dated April 24, 2025.
Nevada gaming regulators unanimously fined MGM Resorts $8.5 million for letting illegal bookmakers Wayne Nix and Mathew Bowyer gamble with illicit cash at MGM Grand and The Cosmopolitan, where the Grand alone took $4,079,830 of Nix's proceeds by 2020.
$8.5M
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
EU General Court Refuses to Suspend Commission's VMware Document Demand
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom
Starts 08/03/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE52 days agoThe order on EUR-Lex is headed "ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT 3 August 2026" and signed "Luxembourg, 3 August 2026"; EUR-Lex lists its date of document as 03/08/2026, and no time is published.^[1]
The General Court's President dismissed Broadcom's bid to suspend the Commission's demand for communications with in-house lawyers qualified outside the EU, finding no prima facie case and that the Commission's interest in enforcing competition rules prevails (T-280/26 R). The annulment action continues.
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Telecom09/24/2026@LawDesk
Supreme Court Upholds Verizon's $47M Location-Data Fine
VerizonSupreme Court of the United States, 1 1st Street Northeast, Washington, DC 20543, United States
Starts 06/04/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE112 days agoThe slip opinion reads "No. 25-406. Argued April 21, 2026 - Decided June 4, 2026", decided together with No. 25-567, Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission.^[1]
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the FCC can issue forfeiture orders without a jury, upholding the ruling against Verizon over its $46.9 million fine for selling access to customers' location data and reversing AT&T's win over its $57 million fine.
$46.9M
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Judge Dismisses Mayor Eric Adams's Corruption Case With Prejudice
United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkThurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40, Centre Street, Civic Center, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10007, United States
Starts 04/02/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoThe Opinion and Order in 24-CR-556 (DEH) is stamped "Filed 04/02/25" and signed "Dated: April 2, 2025", ordering that "the Indictment against Eric Adams ... is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE".^[1]
US District Judge Dale Ho dismissed the five-count federal corruption indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams with prejudice, so it cannot be brought again, refusing the Justice Department's request to drop it without prejudice.
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The slip opinion People v Trump, 2025 NY Slip Op 04756, reads "Decided and Entered: August 21, 2025", Appellate Division, First Department.^[1]

Start: Aug 21, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Appeals Court Voids Trump's Half-Billion-Dollar Civil Fraud Penalty

New York's Appellate Division, First Department, threw out the roughly $464.6 million disgorgement award against Donald Trump and his company as an excessive fine, while leaving the fraud liability and business restrictions in place.

The five-justice panel (Renwick, Moulton, Friedman, Higgitt, Rosado) decided the appeal from Justice Arthur Engoron's February 2024 judgment in the Attorney General's Executive Law 63(12) case^[1]
The court vacated the entire disgorgement award, about $464.6 million, as an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment, and overturned the sanctions on the defendants' lawyers^[2]
The justices split on liability: two would affirm, two would order a new trial and one would dismiss, so the fraud findings were affirmed without a majority opinion^[2]
Court-appointed monitoring and limits on the Trump Organization's business in New York were kept; Trump called it a "TOTAL VICTORY" and Attorney General Letitia James vowed to appeal^[2]
The prevailing opinion said the injunctive relief was "well crafted to curb defendants' business culture" but that ordering nearly half a billion dollars paid to the state "is an excessive fine that violates the Eighth Amendment"^[3]

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nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2025/2025_04756.htm
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The slip opinion People v Trump, 2025 NY Slip Op 04756, reads "Decided and Entered: August 21, 2025", Appellate Division, First Department.
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New York appeals court rejects $465M award in Trump civil fraud case (JURIST)
jurist.org· Published Aug 21, 2025· 15% of score
JURIST report of the 21 August 2025 ruling: disgorgement voided under the Eighth Amendment, the justices' split, the monitor kept, reactions from Trump and James.
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NY appeals court voids the roughly $500 million civil fraud penalty against Trump (CNN)
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CNN report of the Thursday 21 August 2025 decision quoting the prevailing opinion on the Eighth Amendment; James plans to appeal.

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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Cut Harvard's $2.2 Billion in Grants
Harvard UniversityMoakley US Courthouse, 1, Courthouse Way, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02210, United States
Starts 09/03/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoStated as firm, per the decision itself (harvard^[5].edu^[1] copy of Doc 238): "Filed 09/03/25" and signed "SO ORDERED. September 3, 2025 /s/ Allison D. Burroughs".
Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that freezing and terminating nearly $2.2 billion in federal research grants to Harvard violated the First Amendment and Title VI, and barred further retaliatory cuts.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Trump's Housing and Transit Grant Conditions
US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE30 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".
Appeals judges largely affirmed an injunction won by San Francisco and seven other local governments, stopping HUD and the Transportation Department from tying grants to anti-DEI, immigration and abortion conditions, protecting about $240 million a year in HUD money and $2 billion in DOT funding to the city.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Judge Burroughs Blocks the Revocation of Harvard's Foreign-Student Program
Harvard UniversityMoakley US Courthouse, 1, Courthouse Way, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02210, United States
Starts 06/20/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoStated as firm, per the order itself (harvard^[3].edu^[1] copy): the header reads "Case 1:25-cv-11472-ADB Document 73 Filed 06/20/25" and "The Court hereby grants Plaintiff's Motion [ECF No. 62] and enters a preliminary injunction".
A federal judge in Boston barred the Trump administration from giving any effect to its 22 May 2025 revocation of Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, keeping Harvard able to enroll international students.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Judge Dismisses the Trump Administration's Antisemitism Suit Against Harvard
Harvard UniversityMoakley US Courthouse, 1, Courthouse Way, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02210, United States
Starts 08/13/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE42 days agoStated as firm, per the order itself (harvard.edu^[1] copy of Doc 65 in 1:26-cv-11352-RGS): "Filed 08/13/26", "MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS August 13, 2026".
Judge Richard Stearns threw out the Justice Department's Title VI suit seeking to claw back Harvard's federal funding, finding it had not pled any ongoing violation after the government's June 2025 notice.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Supreme Court Refuses Pirani's Last Appeal in the Slack Direct-Listing Case
Supreme Court of the United States, 1, 1st Street Northeast, Ward 6, Washington, District of Columbia, 20543, United StatesSalesforce
Starts 10/06/2025CONFIRMED 91% CONFIDENCE353 days agoThe Supreme Court's^[1][3] order list for 'MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025' lists 25-44 Pirani v. Slack Technologies, Inc. under 'CERTIORARI DENIED'.
The justices denied a Slack investor's petition, leaving in place the Ninth Circuit's order to throw out his securities suit over Slack's 2019 direct listing on the NYSE.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
Trump Administration Revokes Federal Approval of NYC Congestion Pricing
United States Department of Transportation1200, New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Navy Yard, Ward 8, Washington, District of Columbia, 20003, United States
Starts 02/19/2025 6:01PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoStated as firm by Gov. Hochul (governor.ny.gov^[1], 19 Feb 2025): "At 1:01 p.m. today, The U.S. Department of Transportation emailed us a letter from Secretary Duffy, announcing their attempt to end the congestion pricing program" (13:01 EST = 18:01Z).
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy withdrew the Federal Highway Administration's approval of Manhattan's $9 congestion toll in a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul; the MTA sued in federal court the same afternoon.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Second Circuit Hears Sean 'Diddy' Combs's Appeal of His Sentence
United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitThurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40, Centre Street, Civic Center, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10007, United States
Starts 04/09/2026 2:00PMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE168 days agoThe court's notice set argument for "April 9, 2026, at 10 AM at 40 Foley Sq." (LA Mag^[3]), and Courthouse News^[1] reports Combs "urged a federal appeals court on Thursday morning" (9 April 2026) to vacate his convictions.
A three-judge Second Circuit panel heard Sean Combs's appeal arguing that his 50-month sentence improperly relied on conduct the jury acquitted him of, and reserved decision after a two-hour argument.
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Transport09/24/2026@CityDesk
Judge Rules Trump Administration Cannot Kill NYC Congestion Pricing
United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkDaniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500, Pearl Street, Five Points, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10007, United States
Starts 03/03/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE205 days agoStated as firm on the opinion itself: "Filed 03/03/26", "OPINION AND ORDER", signed by Lewis J. Liman; Streetsblog^[3] and NY1^[4] reported it the same day.
In a 149-page opinion, Judge Lewis Liman held that USDOT unlawfully terminated the federal agreement behind Manhattan's congestion toll, and that any attempt to enforce Sean Duffy's letters ending it would be unlawful.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Nevada Fines MGM Resorts $8.5 Million Over Illegal Bookmakers
MGM Resorts InternationalAmigo Street, Enterprise, Clark County, NV 89119
Starts 04/24/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoYogonet^[1] (25 April 2025): 'The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) on Thursday unanimously approved an $8.5 million fine against MGM Resorts International'; the April 2025 disposition is dated April 24, 2025.
Nevada gaming regulators unanimously fined MGM Resorts $8.5 million for letting illegal bookmakers Wayne Nix and Mathew Bowyer gamble with illicit cash at MGM Grand and The Cosmopolitan, where the Grand alone took $4,079,830 of Nix's proceeds by 2020.
$8.5M
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
EU General Court Refuses to Suspend Commission's VMware Document Demand
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom
Starts 08/03/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE52 days agoThe order on EUR-Lex is headed "ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT 3 August 2026" and signed "Luxembourg, 3 August 2026"; EUR-Lex lists its date of document as 03/08/2026, and no time is published.^[1]
The General Court's President dismissed Broadcom's bid to suspend the Commission's demand for communications with in-house lawyers qualified outside the EU, finding no prima facie case and that the Commission's interest in enforcing competition rules prevails (T-280/26 R). The annulment action continues.
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Telecom09/24/2026@LawDesk
Supreme Court Upholds Verizon's $47M Location-Data Fine
VerizonSupreme Court of the United States, 1 1st Street Northeast, Washington, DC 20543, United States
Starts 06/04/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE112 days agoThe slip opinion reads "No. 25-406. Argued April 21, 2026 - Decided June 4, 2026", decided together with No. 25-567, Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission.^[1]
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the FCC can issue forfeiture orders without a jury, upholding the ruling against Verizon over its $46.9 million fine for selling access to customers' location data and reversing AT&T's win over its $57 million fine.
$46.9M
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Judge Dismisses Mayor Eric Adams's Corruption Case With Prejudice
United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkThurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40, Centre Street, Civic Center, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10007, United States
Starts 04/02/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoThe Opinion and Order in 24-CR-556 (DEH) is stamped "Filed 04/02/25" and signed "Dated: April 2, 2025", ordering that "the Indictment against Eric Adams ... is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE".^[1]
US District Judge Dale Ho dismissed the five-count federal corruption indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams with prejudice, so it cannot be brought again, refusing the Justice Department's request to drop it without prejudice.
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