President Donald Trump has nominated two children of judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit who would sit on courts within their jurisdiction, a rarity for the federal judiciary.

State-law limited partners can qualify for an exemption from self-employment taxes on their distributive shares of income without the Tax Court analyzing case-by-case whether they operate as passive investors, the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has recommended a former assistant US attorney and longtime congressional aide to be the first Black woman nominated for a federal judgeship in President Donald Trump’s second term.

OpenAI Inc.'s confidential messages with attorneys about deleting pirated data may be protected by attorney-client privilege, a federal judge said, but “it’s not a good look” that the company waffled on its stance.

Womble Bond Dickinson has added a 36-member consumer financial team from McGlinchey Stafford to expand its ability to advise clients on state and federal regulations, the firm announced Friday.

A former Chesapeake Energy Corp. bondholder sued an ex-judge and a former Jackson Walker LLP partner for failing to disclose their romance, alleging “mass corruption” aided by major law firms in the Houston bankruptcy court.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion Monday excoriating governmental diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in his state as unconstitutional and said private sector efforts may violate federal and state anti-discrimination and securities laws.

Hackensack Meridian Health Inc. was hit with a proposed class action challenging its practice of imposing a health-plan surcharge on covered employees who smoke.

A former Lockheed Martin Corp. mechanical engineer convinced a federal judge to award her additional long-term disability benefits her insurer denied her after she suffered adverse symptoms from the Covid-19 vaccine.

A pair of ex-Amazon employees failed to convince a federal judge that the company unlawfully used tens of millions of dollars annually in retirement fund contributions from employees who left the company to offset Amazon’s own 401(k) obligations.

Donald Trump linked his claims on Greenland to not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a letter the US president sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.

WSP USA Inc.‘s health plan defeated a lawsuit by a transgender woman who says she was wrongly denied coverage for facial feminization surgery because its language bars her from seeking relief, a federal judge ruled.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion Monday excoriating governmental diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in his state as unconstitutional and said private sector efforts may violate federal and state anti-discrimination and securities laws.

A Washington federal judge refused to block, for now, a revived Trump administration policy that limits congressional access to immigration detention facilities, rejecting claims by House Democrats that the restrictions violated her earlier court order.

The US Department of Agriculture was temporarily blocked from attempting to force a rapid recertification of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries in four Minnesota counties.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell plans to attend Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing over the attempted dismissal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook by President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The US is taking steps to vastly increase the number of law enforcement agents and potentially send military personnel to Minneapolis, where immigration agents have tangled with residents protesting their tactics.

President Donald Trump has nominated two children of judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit who would sit on courts within their jurisdiction, a rarity for the federal judiciary.