The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments Wednesday over who can sue under the decades-old Video Privacy Protection Act in a dispute that experts say is likely to hinge on the approach the justices take to squaring the statute's original intent with the capabilities of modern tracking technologies.
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments Wednesday over who can sue under the decades-old Video Privacy Protection Act in a dispute that experts say is likely to hinge on the approach the justices take to squaring the statute's original intent with the capabilities of modern tracking technologies.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will review the D.C. Circuit's decision to greenlight limited discovery aimed at determining whether the Department of Government Efficiency is an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
Despite outrage among Ninth Circuit conservatives, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to scrutinize six-figure sanctions of lawyers who challenged Arizona election protocols, leaving intact discipline designed to "send a message."
The U.S. Department of Justice has rebuffed the state of New Mexico's request for the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files for its investigation into possible crimes at Epstein's Zorro Ranch, saying it would hinder law enforcement operations.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider whether a referendum banning solitary confinement at the Allegheny County Jail had to be bargained with the jail's union when the court sits in Pittsburgh starting Wednesday.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned the government on Tuesday about charging a deported Mexican national twice for the crime of being found in the U.S. after having been removed, saying constitutional problems plagued the government's treatment of the man.
A federal judge appeared skeptical Tuesday that the Justice Department's revised delegation of authority to Los Angeles' top federal prosecutor, Bill Essayli, complies with a recent Ninth Circuit ruling, repeatedly asking whether the changes meaningfully restrict his powers.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is employing a creative use of a Dodd-Frank Act provision to fashion itself a form of authority over crypto spot markets after the Clarity Act failed to move forward, an effort that experts say will draw industry applause and state scrutiny.
The Trump administration wants to redo the approval of a wind project off the shores of Rhode Island, home to one of the architects of a U.S. Senate permitting bill who has warned that continued anti-wind and solar moves by the administration could derail the bipartisan bill.
The D.C. Circuit is set to decide if the Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to go back and change the amount of renewable fuel that gas-producing companies have to make in a given year after the deadline for doing so has passed.
The Colorado Court of Appeals challenged environmental groups' opposition to a permit allowing large-scale animal feeding facilities to operate without certain monitoring requirements, but pressed counsel for both parties on Tuesday on the permit's purpose amid potential pollution to the state's waterways.
ABC told a D.C. federal court the Federal Communications Commission has effectively admitted that a probe of its parent Disney's hiring practices could not justify threatening eight of the network's TV stations' licenses with an early renewal proceeding.
The U.S. Department of Justice has said it is investigating whether the White House television press pool's decision to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law.
Norfolk Southern Corp. is asking an Ohio federal judge to throw out the East Palestine City School District Board of Education's latest complaint over the 2023 train derailment, saying the claims that the derailment cost the board tax money cannot stand up to court standards.
A Washington, D.C., federal judge Tuesday ordered the Trump administration not to fell any more trees on a public golf course it's seeking to rebuild, days after the government cleared over 400 trees from the park.
A Washington state school district rebuked a suit challenging its permissive transgender athlete policies Tuesday, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that the legal fight is not nearly ripe enough for high court scrutiny.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a decision from New York's highest court determining that New York City fees for converting artist lofts into residential units are legally enforceable.
The federal government asked a Maryland federal court to throw out a suit brought by more than 300 former federal workers who say their agency layoffs were politically motivated, arguing the workers must pursue their claims through an administrative process before heading to court.
Workers don't have the right to consult a union representative before taking an employer-mandated drug test, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors said, asking the board to rule that the so-called Weingarten right isn't available in the context of drug and alcohol testing.
A Michigan federal judge Tuesday paused the Trump administration's lawsuit that seeks to force Michigan into handing over certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicant records, saying a California federal court overseeing the same "core legal issue" in a lawsuit filed by Michigan and other states should rule first.
A Tennessee federal judge said he would consider objections from state attorneys general to terms of a possible settlement in multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing enabled by RealPage software, despite rejecting a renewed move by the states to intervene in the negotiations.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied certiorari to a teenager who alleges his constitutional rights were violated when his school principal searched his phone on suspicion that he had nude photos of another student.
A Pennsylvania federal judge has permanently tossed a man's proposed class action accusing the National Republican Congressional Committee of spamming him with texts asking for donations, saying he could have taken several FCC-approved steps to stop them himself.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to review a Sixth Circuit ruling that found Ohio's law banning the shipment of wine to consumers in the state by out-of-state retailers is unconstitutional.
The New York City government urged a federal court not to block plans to open city-owned grocery stores in each of the five boroughs, saying the program is needed to combat hunger as New Yorkers face high inflation and cuts to federal nutrition assistance.
A Chubb unit told a Texas federal court Tuesday that a pollution exclusion bars coverage to GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. for underlying lawsuits and a civil investigation stemming from the overheating of a storage tank in California that led to toxic emissions and the evacuation of thousands of residents.
The U.S. Small Business Administration said it has inked a new deal with the U.S. Department of Defense that will help small businesses operating within the defense industrial base to access additional capital.
The U.S. Department of Commerce properly determined an importer's solar-powered charging modules should be subject to countervailing and antidumping duties on Chinese solar cell products, according to an opinion published Tuesday by the U.S. Court of International Trade.
An energy company accused of selling fraudulent tax shelters marketed as tribal tax credits retaliated against an IRS employee after she flagged the company's promotion of the credits, engaging in a defamatory campaign to discredit her and interfering with her employment, she told a D.C. Superior Court.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday finalized a rule ending automatic extensions for individuals with expiring work permits who have filed renewal applications, rejecting public feedback that it will cause noncitizens to lose work authorization.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday announced an interim final rule that shrinks the window refugees have to contest termination of their status from 30 to 10 days, arguing the shift will help combat national security risks.
Former ICE detainees are accusing the agency in a new class action of routinely keeping passports, work permits, driver's licenses and other belongings seized in detentions long after their owners have been released, alleging that the "de facto policy" has cost jobs, housing and the ability to move freely.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it wants to eliminate a regulation that directed it to give deference to previous eligibility determinations for nonimmigrant foreign workers when it considers petitions to extend their authorizations.
The city of San Antonio sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency Tuesday to stop the government from going forward with its "unlawful" plans to convert a 639,595-square-foot commercial warehouse into a 1,500-bed immigration detention facility.
The indicted former leader of two Connecticut housing authorities invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination Tuesday during a civil hearing in state court that sought to bar him from using his home to secure a $500,000 federal appearance bond.
The Federal Communications Commission has granted petitions from 14 telecommunications companies asking for extensions to finish projects to "rip and replace" foreign-produced network equipment the agency deems untrustworthy.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued a report Tuesday claiming the E-Rate program's costs have ballooned over time due to layers of bureaucracy and outside consulting work for local organizations that use the federal broadband subsidy.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review whether a Tenth Circuit ban on gun ownership for people convicted of nonviolent felony offenses conflicts with the high court's ruling earlier this year striking down gun regulations for drug users.
The recent bribery charges filed against a Missouri county executive raise questions about whether field-clearing conversations and job offers between rival candidates can rise to the level of illegal quid pro quos, potentially muddying the line between politics as usual and the federal bribery statutes, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
Newly proposed interagency guidance on banks’ third-party risk management would shift rigid compliance frameworks to a principles-based, risk-proportionate approach, potentially creating new opportunities for bank-fintech partnerships and giving smaller institutions a clearer path to innovation, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
Attorneys at Goodwin discuss new state laws aimed at regulating consumer data generated from nervous system activity, explain why neurotechnology is attracting state and federal legislators’ attention, and highlight the compliance obligations that industry players should address now.
Despite recent calls to overturn the National Labor Relations Board's decision in McLaren Macomb, New York's robust regulation will remain intact, limiting practitioners' ability to offer nonsupervisory employees severance agreements with confidentiality and nondisclosure provisions, says Matthew Berman at Valli Kane.
Legal wrangling over a recently passed Pennsylvania law could affect billions of dollars of mineral royalty payments, the status of subsurface property rights in the state and the ability of the Legislature to pass retroactive legislation that affects those rights, say attorneys at Flaster Greenberg.
A nonprofit government watchdog on Wednesday asked the State Bar of California to investigate whether the new White House press secretary has claimed to be an attorney without being licensed to practice law.
A former BigLaw associate accused of insider trading is seeking records from ex-employers Sidley Austin LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP to help fight charges that he tipped others about nonpublic deals the firms were working on.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is urging a California federal court to order an entrepreneur to arbitrate malpractice claims stemming from the firm's representation of her in a sexual harassment claim against a technology investor as it seeks to collect more than $1.7 million in unpaid fees.
A Baker Botts LLP patent attorney has moved for almost $3.4 million in attorney fees and expenses in a defamation suit an inventor brought against her that was dismissed.
A New Jersey state court dismissed an adult daycare company's suit against Fox Rothschild LLP and one of its attorneys related to their prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm, according to a court order.
American businessman John Textor has filed a legal malpractice suit in Florida against DLA Piper over the firm's representation in connection with an investment vehicle he created to acquire soccer clubs in the United Kingdom and other countries, claiming his damages could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
