Megan Butler

Georgia Reporter at Courthouse News Service

Georgia reporter for @courthousenews

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Conservative 2020 election challenges rehashed at 11th Circuit

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

ATLANTA (CN) — National voting rights group Fair Fight and Georgia voters urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to overturn a ruling finding a conservative vote-monitoring group did not unlawfully intimidate voters. The 11th Circuit expressed concern that the lower court may not have fully analyzed whether Texas-based True The Vote and its president Catherine Engelbrecht violated the Voting Rights Act by "attempting" to intimidate voters.
11th Circuit revives investor suit against Citigroup over fraud at Mexican company

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

(CN) — A federal appeals court Thursday reversed the dismissal of claims against Citigroup for its role in a massive fraud involving a Mexican marine services provider for the oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico. In an 82-page opinion, an 11th Circuit panel found that a group of 30 international vendors, creditors and bondholders of the now-bankrupt Mexican oil and gas services company, Oceanografía, sufficiently pleaded their claims.
11th Circuit bows out of ex-president’s bid to duck prosecution in Panama

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

(CN) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal, sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering, can be prosecuted for additional charges in Panama where he was extradited from the U.S., an 11th Circuit panel ruled Wednesday. The panel upheld the dismissal of Martinelli's request to void letters from a U.S. government official asserting that Panama was free to prosecute additional charges stemming from before his extradition.
Pro golfer asks 11th Circuit for another shot at defamation suit against media - Editor and Publisher

1 week ago | editorandpublisher.com | Megan Butler

Posted Monday, May 5, 2025 9:40 am PGA Tour champion and Olympic golfer Patrick Reed asked a federal appeals court in Miami Friday to revive his defamation claims against multiple sports analysts, publishers and media companies, including the Associated Press and Fox Sports.
Pro golfer asks 11th Circuit for another shot at defamation suit against media

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

(CN) — PGA Tour champion and Olympic golfer Patrick Reed asked a federal appeals court in Miami Friday to revive his defamation claims against multiple sports analysts, publishers and media companies, including the Associated Press and Fox Sports. Reed argued to the 11th Circuit that his suit was wrongly dismissed and that he has suffered irreparable harm to his professional reputation, lost valuable sponsorships and business ventures as a result of several defamatory publications.
Supreme Court broadens differential pay for reservists called to active duty

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Kelsey Reichmann |Megan Butler

The justices considered whether reservists can be compensated differently depending on how closely connected their service is to an emergency. WASHINGTON (CN) — Military reservists must receive the same differential pay for their service regardless of its connection to an emergency, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Nick Feliciano was working as a civilian air traffic controller at the Department of Transportation when the Coast Guard called him into active duty in 2012.
After years of controversy and opposition, Atlanta public safety training center opens

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

ATLANTA (CN) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday for the long-awaited opening of Atlanta's new public safety training center — a costly project that provoked widespread controversy since its inception on the heels of nationwide calls for police reform.
Justices rule against safety net hospitals over funding calculation

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Kelsey Reichmann |Megan Butler

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the government doesn't have tocover costs for more low-income patients at safety net hospitals. Under the disproportionate share hospital or DSH program, the government compensates medical centers that serve large percentages of low-income patients, who are typically costlier to treat.
Justices take on retrial for maker of organic baby food, Whole Foods over link to autism

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether an organic food company and its retailer Whole Foods will face a new trial over claims that trace amounts of heavy metals in baby food cause autism in children. The Hain Celestial Group, a health and wellness company based in Delaware and New York that produces organic and natural foods, including Earth’s Best baby foods, asked for the high court's intervention in the case.
OpenAI hit with copyright lawsuit by digital media giant Ziff Davis

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

(CN) — Ziff Davis, the parent company of several digital media brands, filed a lawsuit in Delaware federal court against OpenAI for copyright infringement. In the complaint, the nearly 100-year-old publisher claims the artificial intelligence company has copied its written works verbatim to train the model behind popular chatbot ChatGPT.