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Attorneys general beseech R.I. judge to protect IMLS

Aug 25 2025

As the calendar ticks toward September 30 and the end of fiscal 2025, at which time U.S. legislators will determine FY 2026 appropriations for public institutions, 21 states’ attorneys general have asked the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island to enter a summary judgment in State of Rhode Island v. Trump. They seek a permanent injunction to keep the Institute of Museum and Library Services, along with the Minority Business Development Agency and Federal Conciliation and Remediation Service, fully staffed and operational.

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Oscar-winner Taika Waititi is set to take on a new Judge Dredd movie.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the writer-director will take the reins of the latest attempt to bring the comic book character to the screen with Drew Pearce set to take on the script.

Pearce’s credits include Iron Man 3, Hobbs & Shaw and The Fall Guy. He has also written the script for a new take on The Thomas Crown Affair led by Michael B Jordan.

Sources tell the Hollywood Reporter that both Waititi and Pearce were childhood fans of the character. In a 2022 interview, Waititi name-checked Judge Dredd as an influence on his Marvel films.

Judge Dredd is a law enforcement officer working in a dystopian society who first appeared in the British publication 2000 AD in the late 70s. In 1995, Sylvester Stallone played him in a film that underperformed at the box office and received negative reviews. The character was brought back in 2012 and played by Karl Urban in the Alex Garland-scripted Dredd which received stronger notices, but was also a commercial disappointment.

The new version is reportedly more faithful to the original comics and will lean into dark humour. The aim is to kick off a new universe that could expand to both the big and small screen.

New Zealand-born Waititi won the Oscar for best original screenplay for his second world war comedy Jojo Rabbit and has also directed two Thor sequels.

His last film, the fact-based football comedy Next Goal Wins, was a critical and financial failure. His next is an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun starring Amy Adams and Jenna Ortega. Last year saw reports that he was looking to team up with Steven Spielberg for an adaptation of Percival Everett’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel James.

Meta wins AI copyright case, but judge writes roadmap for authors’ revenge

Jun 26 2025

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria granted summary judgment to Meta in a case brought by 13 authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates, Sarah Silverman, and Pulitzer Prize winners Junot Díaz and Andrew Sean Greer, who alleged the company illegally used their books to train its Llama AI models. The judge found Meta’s use was “highly transformative” under copyright law’s fair use doctrine and that the authors failed to present adequate evidence of how they were harmed by Meta’s actions.

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Judge denies preliminary injunction in ‘ALA v. Sonderling’ IMLS case

Jun 09 2025

In a decision that may prove catastrophic for the American library community, a federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction in American Library Association v. Sonderling, a case seeking to halt the demolition of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Judge grants IMLS a temporary reprieve in ‘ALA v. Sonderling’

May 02 2025

The American Library Association and American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) on Thursday were granted a “narrow” temporary restraining order (TRO) against further action by Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director Keith Sonderling and agency defendants to dismantle the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

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Once again, federal judge blocks a book banning law in Iowa

Mar 27 2025

On March 25, U.S. District Court judge Stephen Locher of the Southern District of Iowa reinstated an injunction against book restrictions in Iowa Senate File 496, a 2023 state law that has resulted in the removal of hundreds of books from Iowa public school libraries. Locher concluded “that Senate File 496 is likely facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment,” enjoining state defendants against enforcing the law’s provisions to remove library books and penalize educators.

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