The U.S. Department of Justice defended an ICE agent facing assault charges for brandishing a gun at another motorist, telling a Minnesota federal judge this week that he should be able to fight the case in federal court — where he can seek immunity — because he "performed the job he is paid to do."
The Delaware Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether the Delaware Chancery Court improperly limited evidence used to calculate a $6.9 million award to a former member of a Philadelphia-area EB-5 investment company, with each side accusing the other of misapplying Delaware law governing expert evidence and attorney fee awards.
As mid-summer approaches, Massachusetts attorneys are focused on much more than just the Red Sox winning streak and the fallout from the Jaylen Brown trade; from a headline-grabbing federal prosecution to the midterm elections to cases that could shape the state's noncompete laws, practitioners have plenty on their radar in the latter half of the year.
A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocked a U.S. State Department policy purportedly aimed at fighting censorship, ruling a research coalition is likely to show it unlawfully targeted people for protected viewpoints and work in the realm of social media content moderation.
A California federal court has allowed Chinese nationals to continue pursuing their lawsuit accusing the U.S. State Department of undertaking a policy of mass student visa revocations, finding that they are challenging an alleged policy rather than individual revocations.
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil filed suit Tuesday in New York federal court under an anti-KKK law, accusing several Trump administration officials and private organizations of conspiring to deprive him and others of their constitutional rights on account of their support of Palestinians.
A Fourth Circuit panel said immigration judges violated a deported Jamaican man's right to due process when they held he missed a window to reopen removal proceedings after an electronic filing system and court clerk both refused to accept his motion.
An environmental advocacy nonprofit has voluntarily dismissed its Clean Air Act lawsuit challenging Florida's use of diesel generators at an immigrant detention center in the Everglades, following Gov. Ron DeSantis' announcement last month of the facility's closure.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent holding in Mullin v. Doe that courts lack jurisdiction to review temporary protected status determinations green-lights the end of TPS for thousands of Syrian and Haitian nationals, and means employers must reevaluate TPS-designees' employability while avoiding discriminatory document practices, says attorney Richard Herman.
Connecticut is urging a federal court to toss the federal government's lawsuit challenging recently enacted state laws relating to law enforcement's use of face coverings and the investigation of cases involving deadly force, arguing the laws don't unconstitutionally hamper federal enforcement efforts.