Enlarge / Wedding bells are ringing for Russian Sims fans. Last week, the team behind The Sims 4 “My Wedding Stories” expansion pack—which includes a heavy focus on same-sex marriages—said that the expansion wouldn’t be released in Russia where “our storytelling would be subject to changes because of federal laws.” Now, video game company EA […]
Enlarge / Artist’s rendition of EA saying goodbye to Russia for this expansion pack. (credit: EA) The “My Wedding Stories” expansion pack for The Sims 4 won’t be released in Russia, publisher Electronic Arts said. That’s due to a “gay-propaganda” law in the country that would have meant the pack’s “storytelling would be subject to […]
(credit: Stephen Melkisethian) In a groundbreaking initiative announced by the Department of Justice this week, federal contractors will be sued if they fail to report a cyber attack or data breaches. The newly introduced “Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative” will leverage the existing False Claims Act to pursue contractors and grant recipients involved in what the DoJ calls […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | naruecha jenthaisong) A judge in Illinois has stripped visitation rights from an 11-year-old boy’s mother because she has not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Earlier this month, at a child support hearing held over Zoom, Cook County Circuit Court Judge James Shapiro asked if Rebecca Firlit, the boy’s mother, had received […]
Enlarge (credit: Joe Raedle / Getty Images ) On Sunday, District Courtroom Judge Kathleen Williams issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the state of Florida from enforcing a law that would have blocked cruise lines from requiring their passengers provide COVID-19 vaccine records. While this is a temporary injunction that only applies to a single […]
Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Getty Images) On Wednesday, a court in the Netherlands ordered energy giant Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45 percent before the decade is over. Ruling on a suit filed by the Netherlands branch of Friends of the Earth, the court concluded that Royal Dutch Shell’s current plans […]
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of what Apple and Epic’s lawyers did to each other in the courtroom today. (credit: Epic Games) In leading off the opening arguments in Epic’s long-anticipated bench trial against Apple, the Fortnite studio noted that it was “not suing for damages” or a “special deal.” Instead, Epic’s counsel said, it was […]
Enlarge / The Arkansas state capitol. (credit: Daniel Schwen) Last week, the Arkansas state House of Representatives passed a bill that would amend state education law to allow teachers in public schools to teach creationism as “a theory of how the earth came to exist.” As it stands, the act promotes blatantly unconstitutional behavior as […]
Enlarge / DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2016/10/09: A NRG owned coal fired energy facility that plans to convert to a natural gas facility. (credit: John Greim / Getty Images) Today, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated the Trump administration’s attempt to take a minimalist approach to the regulation […]