Category: Court order

‘So Proud’ to Display Columbus Statue Again: Attorney After Removal of Box Covering Philadelphia Statue

PHILADELPHIA—Attorney George Bochetto was “very gratified and satisfied” after a box covering a Christopher Columbus statue in Philadelphia was removed following a court ruling. “I am very delighted that we have prevailed in the legal challenges and that the city has chosen to obey the court order and has removed the box.” George Bochetto, who is of…


Court Orders IBM to Pay $1.6 Billion to BMC in Lawsuit Involving AT&T

A Houston federal judge ordered International Business Machines Corp. to pay $1.6 billion to BMC Software Inc. for swapping in its software while servicing their mutual client, Bloomberg reports. The U.S. District Judge Gray Miller, after a seven-day non-jury trial, rejected IBM’s claim that their mutual client AT&T Inc., opted to switch software products on its own. The judge ruled…


Biden’s Land Bureau Breaking Law on New Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Barrasso

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has condemned the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for its failure to publish a public notice of onshore oil and gas lease sales for this quarter. He said their continued inaction violates the federal Mineral Leasing Act…


Orange County Sheriff Won’t Release Inmates, Despite Appeal Loss

More than one-third of Orange County’s jail population was COVID-19 positive Dec. 30, but Sheriff Don Barnes said he’ll fight the latest orders to release 1,800 inmates. Barnes was initially ordered Dec. 11 by an Orange County Supreme Court Judge to reduce the jail population by 50 percent. The sheriff responded to the order by…