The Seventh Circuit pressed pause Wednesday on an "overbroad" injunction a Chicago federal judge entered to curb allegedly excessive force federal immigration officials have used against press and peaceful protesters, but cautioned the parties not to read too deeply into its holding.
The Seventh Circuit pressed pause Wednesday on an "overbroad" injunction a Chicago federal judge entered to curb allegedly excessive force federal immigration officials have used against press and peaceful protesters, but cautioned the parties not to read too deeply into its holding.
A bipartisan collection of current and former government officials has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a 90-year-old ruling that empowers Congress to prohibit the president from firing certain agency officials at will, claiming the precedent has roots that date back to the country's founding and reflects key separation of powers principles.
Only the U.S. secretary of labor can sue to enforce a federal ban on employers spending money to promote candidates for union office, a Seventh Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, upholding an Illinois federal judge's dismissal of litigation filed by a Chicago teachers union that attempted to enforce the ban.
A split Fourth Circuit panel has said immigration courts ignored evidence of the threats a Honduran man faced from MS-13 gang members if he was sent back to that country, while a dissenting judge faulted him for not reporting to police alleged harms.
An Eleventh Circuit judge expressed concern Wednesday over the jury instructions that led to a verdict of more than $800,000 for a former Hyundai plant security guard who challenged a workplace ban on her locs hairstyle, saying the way the jury was advised was not "harmless error."
A group of Republican lawmakers is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a Texas businessman's case challenging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to place businesses into court-appointed receivership before a trial.
The Cato Institute and others have come out in support of a call for the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers, saying a recent Ninth Circuit decision unlawfully delegates legislative power to executive officials.
The U.S. Air Force is urging the Supreme Court to sink a Guam community group's challenge to the branch's request for a renewed permit to explode expired munitions on the island.
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday refused to reinstate a lawsuit accusing railcar manufacturer Greenbrier of infringing a pair of patents covering railroad gondolas, backing a lower court's finding that the company's products didn't include all the elements of the patents.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on Wednesday urged the Second Circuit to allow it to keep a $4 million advance payment retainer from the since-convicted former CEO of a bankrupt cybersecurity company, but the law firm conceded it should have clarified its rights after the government sought an asset freeze.
Environmental groups have sued New York and New Jersey environmental regulators over their issuance of Clean Water Act permits for a controversial Williams Cos. pipeline upgrade after previously denying the permits over pollution concerns.
The Sixth Circuit on Wednesday denied a request from FirstEnergy investors to clarify a ruling blocking them from accessing documents prepared by BigLaw firms investigating the company's $1 billion bribery scandal.
A former executive who pled guilty to stealing more than $40 million from the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy told the Sixth Circuit his sentence should not be based on the length of time he worked for the organization or Detroit's past economic struggles.
An Eighth Circuit panel had only a handful of questions on Wednesday for the pharmacy benefit managers accused of inflating insulin prices, though one of the judges expressed skepticism about pausing the Federal Trade Commission's in-house enforcement action on constitutional grounds.
The Ninth Circuit revived an exotic dancer's suit claiming a manager canceled their performance after the dancer sued another club for wage violations, ruling their employer didn't need to be directly responsible for the retaliation for the case to be viable.
Nestle urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to reverse certification of a class of millions of consumers who purchased chocolate labeled "sustainably sourced," saying claims the chocolate is produced through child labor and deforestation are untrue and the question of whether consumers purchased due to the labeling is highly individualized.
Two objectors to a $145 million class action settlement over claims that Hyundai and Kia sold theft-prone vehicles urged the Ninth Circuit Wednesday to find that the district court abused its discretion in approving the deal because it doesn't adequately compensate all class members, including those whose cars were not stolen.
The Eleventh Circuit has affirmed a win for Progressive Insurance in a bad faith dispute after finding that the trial court did not err in excluding evidence of the insured's previous win on breach of contract claims from the bad faith trial.
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday declined an air ambulance company's bid to scrap an arbitrator's ruling that Kaiser only owes $24,000 for an emergency helicopter flight, rejecting the emergency medical provider's arguments that the insurer committed fraud by strategically lowballing the arbitrator.
Prosecutors like those at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office can't be sued for using secret recordings obtained in violation of Pennsylvania's wiretap act, a split state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
A Pittsburgh man sentenced to up to 52 years in prison for killing two men and igniting the house containing their bodies when police entered shouldn't have faced multiple arson counts, Pennsylvania's highest court said Wednesday in a reversal, clarifying state law on the matter.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court seemed skeptical Wednesday that the state workers' compensation authorities were using the best guide to calculate pharmacy reimbursements for injured workers' prescription drugs, with the justices questioning the fairness of the industry's long-used "red book" method.
A New Jersey appeals panel partly revived a consumer fraud claim Wednesday against a towing company, ruling that the trial court failed to make required factual findings before rejecting allegations that the business misled a Newark man about the price of his junk car.
An attorney for former investors in urgent care provider CityMD urged Delaware's Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse a lower court's dismissal of claims they were coerced into giving up purported rights to the same consideration a private equity controller received in a 2021 merger.
The Delaware Supreme Court pressed attorneys Wednesday on whether a Chancery Court ruling correctly upheld decades-old stock issuances and sidestepped a final determination on a joint-venture agreement at the center of a saga involving the Whydah pirate-treasure venture.
Michigan criminal defense lawyers are urging the state Supreme Court to order the resentencing of people convicted of felony murder without a jury having found an intention to kill.
An insurer is statutorily barred from suing an auto shop to recoup personal injury protection benefits it paid to policyholders injured in a crash, a Michigan state appeals court affirmed, though saying it is bound by a 1993 case it believes was "wrongly decided" and should be reviewed.
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Wednesday announced his first Court of Appeals appointment since taking office in January, tapping current Grant County Superior Court Judge Tyson R. Hill to fill a seat being vacated next year by Judge George Fearing, who is retiring.
Colorado Supreme Court justices on Wednesday questioned the scope and effects of a state law requiring insurers to meet certain requirements in requesting information from policyholders before bringing a failure-to-cooperate defense, in a case where a man was denied claims after not turning over medical records.
The Colorado Supreme Court appeared skeptical Wednesday of an appellate court's Public Works Act interpretation, which vacated a subcontractor's $12.7 million claim against the general contractor that employed it to help build a new Denver rail line.
A Massachusetts appellate court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a suit seeking to hold an adventure park liable for a woman's injuries, saying the liability waiver she signed is valid and enforceable.
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization suggests that U.S. courts can constitutionally decide whether to recognize and enforce foreign arbitral awards in accordance with U.S. treaty obligations, regardless of the award debtor's connections to the U.S., says David Cinotti at Pashman Stein.
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP and Dechert LLP are among the law firms following the lead of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on year-end associate bonuses this week, with at least five large firms matching the market leader within a day of Cravath's Tuesday announcement.
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP must pay $3.7 million in attorney fees to a healthcare tech company that won on malpractice claims against the firm in 2024 after six years of litigation and an eight-day bench trial, a New Jersey state judge has ordered.
A Fifth Circuit judge denounced the judge who penned a federal court order blocking Texas' newly redrawn congressional map, saying in a Wednesday opinion the order blocking the redistricting amounts to the "most blatant exercise of judicial activism" he had ever seen.
U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan acknowledged Wednesday that the full grand jury in the James Comey case never saw or voted on the final version of the indictment that was handed up to the court in the case. An attorney for Comey said the clarification was grounds for dismissal.
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said on Wednesday that after a federal judge in his state resigned in disgrace last year, he decided he had to revamp his selection process for judicial nominees.
A Delaware federal court has disqualified Latham & Watkins LLP from representing the creator of a sleep apnea implant in its patent dispute after the firm served as counsel to the rival's underwriters, saying the "appearance of impropriety is glaring."
If the Senate does not take up a bill to repeal a provision in the government funding package allowing senators investigated by former special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages, a Republican House member is already making contingency plans.
