Bay Area correspondent @CourthouseNews covering law, courts, bureaucracies, & more.
Aug 9, 2022 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Just in: The jury has reached a verdict in the case of Ahmad Abouammo, an ex-Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia. Stay tuned for updates @CourthouseNews courthousenews.com/defense-calls-…@CourthouseNews Count 1: Acting as an agent of a foreign government without notice to the Attorney General- Guilty.
Aug 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Jurors deliberating in Ahmad Abouammo's criminal case are deadlocked and have sent a note asking: What happens if the jury is unable to come to a verdict for one or multiple counts. @CourthouseNews courthousenews.com/defense-calls-…
Chen has encouraged them to keep deliberating. I should clarify that they are not exactly deadlocked, but seem to not be unanimous on one or more counts.
May 19, 2021 • 130 tweets • 17 min read
Gearing up for a marathon #Roundup MDL settlement hearing this morning before Judge Chhabria in the Northern District. I'll have coverage for @CourthouseNews
In the meantime, here's a link to the judge's questions for counsel: documentcloud.org/documents/2074…
Chhabria: "I was going back over the questions I put out and I found myself regretting that I didn't separate out the questions based on class."
Mar 10, 2020 • 114 tweets • 25 min read
The jury trial of accused hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin,kicks off today in San Francisco. Nikulin is charged with breaching @LinkedIn and @Dropbox in 2012. I'll have coverage of opening arguments for @CourthouseNews@LinkedIn@Dropbox@CourthouseNews Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Kane is up first for opening arguments. Tells the jury that despite his methods, Nikulin is "just an ordinary thief."
Feb 19, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
#BREAKING: Federal judge finds treatment of pre-trial detainees by #CBP in Tuscon unconstitutional; rules that those held longer than 48 hours be kept in conditions that meet basic human needs- with a bed, blanket, food, and potable water. Story forthcoming @CourthouseNews@CourthouseNews Hard to believe he had to say it.
Nov 15, 2019 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Just in: We have a verdict in Planned Parenthood v CMP. Stay tuned. @CourthouseNews@CourthouseNews Still waiting for @daviddaleiden to get here. His lawyers appear to be trying to contact him.
Aug 27, 2019 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
In the #9thCircuit today, @prageru is challenging a federal judge's dismissal of its First Amendment lawsuit against Google (YouTube), claiming it restricted access to its videos as a "political gag mechanism" against conservative content. @CourthouseNews
Attorney for @prageru argues that YouTube is a public forum and is subject to First Amendment of scrutiny. Judge Mary Margaret McKeown says, "You can puff and say you are a public forum but that does not define your First Amendment status."
Apr 16, 2019 • 78 tweets • 44 min read
And here it is. More Monsanto internal emails and texts with the EPA. courthousenews.com/roundup-cancer… #MonsantoTrial
In today's Pilliod v. Monsanto testimony, expert Dr. Charles Benbrook shared more about the scientific fraud by Industrial Bio-Test (IBT) Laboratories in the 1970s, and how Roundup was approved by the EPA based on IBT's invalid studies. #MonsantoTrial
