Attorneys and legal scholars say it’s understandable why Judge Mark Walker erred on the side of caution and stepped down from litigation between Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US Inc. and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Some say his order could even be read as a direct response to ethical issues dogging the US Supreme Court.
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The US Supreme Court agreed to take up a free speech showdown over a man trying to get federal trademark protection for the phrase “Trump too small.”
The Senate Democrats’ pace of muscling through judicial confirmations may slow down as the chamber pivots to more controversial nominees and vacancies where Republicans can throw up roadblocks.
A Michigan Supreme Court proposal that would require use of lawyers’ and parties’ preferred pronouns is dividing judges, with sides weighing competing interests in civility and judicial discretion to manage courtrooms.
North Dakota legislators don’t have to comply with subpoenas for documents or testimony in a voting rights case seeking evidence of an illicit motive in the latest state legislative redistricting plan, a divided Eighth Circuit said Tuesday.
Three protesters of a 162.5 mile pipeline cutting through Louisiana lost their challenge to the constitutionality of the critical infrastructure law used to arrest them.
Vail season ski pass holders who sought refunds from Vail Corp. after it shuttered resorts during the Covid-19 pandemic should get a chance to seek alternate relief, a divided federal appeals court said Tuesday.
Founder of the conservative foundation Judicial Watch Larry Klayman was suspended for 18 months Tuesday by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit as reciprocal discipline after he was suspended by the DC Court of Appeals in September 2022.
Abortion providers in Kansas sued Attorney General
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office in recent weeks has issued federal grand jury subpoenas out of southern Florida to multiple witnesses linked to the classified documents probe involving former President
A Tennessee man sentenced to death after being convicted for raping and murdering a child lost his bid for resentencing or a new trial after a federal appeals court affirmed the denial of his habeas petition.
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A New York man who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $3 million in federal funds meant to help Red Apple Child Development Center lost a bid to vacate his restitution orders, with a ruling by the Second Circuit Tuesday.
When do legal rights begin, at birth or before that? This video looks at the fetal personhood movement, and what it could mean for the future of abortion. We explore its history and the constitutional argument underpinning it.
Former Morelli Ratner PC associate Kalisha Crawford is suing the firm’s former managing partner, David Ratner, for sexual harassment that led to a decade of “lifelong trauma and career derailment,” according to a complaint filed in the New York Supreme Court.
Founder of the conservative foundation Judicial Watch Larry Klayman was suspended for 18 months Tuesday by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit as reciprocal discipline after he was suspended by the DC Court of Appeals in September 2022.
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Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office in recent weeks has issued federal grand jury subpoenas out of southern Florida to multiple witnesses linked to the classified documents probe involving former President
White & Case LLP is seeking court clearance to charge the Boy Scouts of America $70 million for representing the organization in its bankruptcy over two and a half years, court records show.
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