The entire US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit won’t reconsider a split panel’s decision that found standing for voters rights groups to challenge Texas’ robust 2021 election integrity law.
The Associated Press was sued by a California resident for allegedly intercepting his web browsing data through hidden tracking technologies in violation of state and federal privacy laws.
A federal appeals panel agreed to affirm but narrow an injunction that blocks the Trump administration from excluding transgender people from military service.
Migrants detained at the US’s largest federal detention center in El Paso, Texas, are subjected to little food or daylight, inconsistent access to hygiene products, and, for some, beatings and harassment by guards, four of them said in a new lawsuit.
Green-card applicants, businesses and immigration lawyers are still trying to understand the ramifications of a recent Trump administration memo that called for most foreigners seeking permanent residence to leave the US and apply at American consulates abroad.
Fifth Circuit judges appeared skeptical in a hearing of SkyWest Airlines Inc.'s request for a new trial in a sexual harassment case due to what the airline has said was the EEOC’s misuse of text messages as evidence.
Texas can enforce an ESG-targeted law prohibiting state entities from investing in companies that boycott fossil fuels, a federal appeals court ruled, lifting for now a lower court’s pause against the measure.
The NFL’s disability and retirement plans pledged to refrain from making race-based adjustments in the cognitive tests used to assess former players’ levels of disability, according to court filings announcing a class-wide settlement.
The US Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a Texas inmate who represented himself in his initial appeal to the justices seeking transfer from prison to less restrictive custody.
Illinois will explicitly ban employers’ use of criteria that subject workers to discriminatory effects under legislation headed to Gov. JB Pritzker (D)—a nod to “disparate impact” language in federal law that the Trump administration has backed off enforcing.
President Trump’s administration has made transgender rights a central policy issue, restricting gender identity recognition, limiting access to gender-affirming care, and banning transgender athletes from competing according to their gender identity.
Paul Feldberg joined Morgan Lewis as a partner in its litigation practice in London, the firm announced Monday.
Litigation boutique Keker, Van Nest & Peters appointed Jamie Slaughter as its new managing partner, the firm announced Monday.
A former mergers and acquisitions lawyer with top firms including
Michael Darby joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a partner in its M&A group within the Corporate Department, the firm announced Monday.
White & Case is bringing on five new partners as the firm looks to execute its ambitious growth strategy.
The global investment firm Carlyle announced Monday that Kate Heinzelman will join the firm as general counsel effective June 29.
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