The Council for American-Islamic Relations has told a federal court that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis cannot use the deliberative process privilege to prevent disclosure of documents showing why the Muslim civil rights nonprofit was designated as a "terrorist organization."
Frank Carone, a onetime chief of staff to former New York Mayor Eric Adams, took $120,000 in bribes to steer a multimillion dollar contract to house migrants to a hotel owner, according to an indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday.
Expert witnesses with highly specific areas of focus may be vulnerable to exclusion in court, making it important for attorneys to check how potential witnesses' qualifications can be bolstered by their publications and other professional activities, say Evan Weisberg and Christopher Cunio at Hunton, and Kevin Cahill at FTI Consulting.
A Third Circuit panel wrestled Wednesday with whether it has authority to hear claims from U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., that the Trump administration's criminal indictment against her for assaulting federal officers outside an immigration detention center was vindictive.
Foreign workers asked a Georgia federal judge to approve a $2.7 million settlement to resolve class action claims that an Atlanta-area building materials supplier and staffing and recruiting agencies violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and a state racketeering law.
A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred the Trump administration from enforcing what she called an unconstitutional and illegal requirement for proof of citizenship to vote, marking the latest successful challenge to the measure from several states.
A California federal judge Tuesday vacated the Trump administration's policies on civil arrests at immigration courthouses, restoring limits on those arrests and finding that the government didn't adequately explain its policy shift.
A split D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to move ahead with a plan to fast-track the deportation of more noncitizens, vacating a lower court's decision to put the plan on hold over what one judge called "woefully inadequate procedures."
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Tuesday clearing Cisco in an Alien Tort Statute suit alleging it helped the Chinese government violate international law is a win for companies that do business in regions with possible human rights issues, experts tell Law360.
A recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals hit Truist Financial Corp. division Sheffield Financial and an Oklahoma motorcycle dealership with a proposed class action alleging he was wrongfully denied credit based on his immigration status despite having an above average credit score.