The updated version of a moratorium on states' regulation of artificial intelligence is allowed to be included in the budget reconciliation package but some of the spectrum-related provisions are not, according to the latest ruling from the U.S. Senate parliamentarian.
Environmental groups sued Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida officials Friday in Miami federal court in a bid to halt the construction of a migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, alleging it wasn't properly vetted for how it will impact the protected wetlands.
Noncitizens challenging the Trump administration's termination of Biden-era parole programs called on a Massachusetts federal judge to make the government explain how it's not violating a court order to restore processing of their immigration benefits requests.
A D.C. federal judge has denied a bid by an Afghan asylum-seeker to stay his imminent removal while he challenges a Biden-era rule allowing asylum officers to quickly deny requests if a mandatory bar to asylum exists.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday significantly limiting federal judges' ability to issue injunctions affecting parties outside a case, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is gearing up to further rein in judges with the Republicans' budget bill and standalone legislation.
The federal government has asked the Third Circuit to stay a New Jersey judge's order that released Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on bond, arguing that the district court lacked jurisdiction over the immigration issue and Khalil's habeas filing.
A Fourth Circuit panel rejected a Salvadoran man's attempt to dismiss his charge, and eventual conviction, for illegally reentering the United States, saying he failed to demonstrate that his near decade-old removal order was "fundamentally unfair."
In this week's Off The Bench, a Major League Baseball star wants out of a "predatory" loan from a future earnings investment company, a group of migrant workers keep alive their suit accusing companies that helped develop World Cup facilities in Qatar of exploitation and abuse, and the tennis Grand Slam tournaments may be in the crosshairs of players suing the sport's hierarchy.
BNP Paribas has asked a Manhattan federal judge to open a sanctions investigation into plaintiffs' attorneys leading a long-running suit alleging the bank had a hand in funding human rights violations perpetrated by the former Sudanese government, accusing the attorneys of "coaching" prospective class members to submit potentially falsified claims.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to partially implement his executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, in a ruling that also established that individual federal district court judges don't have authority to issue court coast-to-coast orders that apply beyond parties to a case.