For grantees, the Trump administration’s unexpected termination or alteration of billions of dollars in federal grants across multiple agencies necessitates a thorough understanding of the legal rights and obligations involved, either in challenging such terminations or engaging in grant termination settlements and closeout procedures, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
The Trump administration urged a Maryland federal judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging the removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, saying the court lacks jurisdiction over the matter because he is no longer in U.S. custody.
Fourteen states can proceed in their lawsuit challenging Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency's influence in the federal government after a D.C. federal judge Tuesday refused to toss their suit, rejecting the government's contention that Musk wasn't subject to the U.S. Constitution's appointments clause.
This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.
The Trump administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a Massachusetts federal judge's order requiring the government to provide due process to deportees sent to countries where they have no ties, arguing that the ruling is "wreaking havoc" on the removal process.
A Texas federal judge has certified a class of Venezuelan nationals in custody in the Western District of Texas subject to President Donald Trump's proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act to remove alleged Tren de Aragua gang members from the United States.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is unlawfully arguing that immigration judges lack the authority to issue waivers of inadmissibility in denying a Mexican woman's U-visa petition, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Illinois federal court.
Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil told a New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday that his continued detention at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Louisiana has been blocking him from meaningful access to his attorneys and wife during his habeas proceedings.
Four New Jersey cities — Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken — are obstructing federal immigration enforcement with their sanctuary policies in violation of the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, the federal government claims in a lawsuit filed in the Garden State.
Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants on Tuesday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to reject the Trump administration's push to scrap their lawsuit challenging its authority to undo temporary protected status extensions allowing them to live and work in the U.S.