The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated a murder defendant's bid for a new trial on grounds that a juror in his first trial was not a U.S. citizen and was ineligible to serve, holding that he was not required to object at trial to the juror's citizenship in order to preserve the claim for appeal.
A D.C. federal judge raised doubts Wednesday about the Trump administration's reliance on a form to dismiss an Afghan citizen's challenge to Biden-era asylum restrictions, saying another form showing the policy reason for his removal might present a factual conflict.
The Trump administration has asked a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss New York and New Jersey's attempt to force the federal government to continue funneling payments for the ongoing $16 billion rehabilitation of aging commuter train tunnels under the Hudson River.
Democratic lawmakers urged a U.S. Department of Homeland Security watchdog on Wednesday to investigate outgoing secretary Kristi Noem's "shadow chief of staff," whom they accuse of wielding undue influence over DHS contracting decisions.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement can't duck a lawsuit that New Jersey detainees at a Pennsylvania detention center had filed over their lack of virtual access to state court proceedings, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Law school teaches you to quickly apply intellect and logic when handling a legal issue, but every fact pattern also involves a person, making the ability to balance expertise with empathy critical to the growth of relationships with clients, colleagues and adversaries, says Rachel Adcox at Adcox Strategies.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., the nominee to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, faced a scathing rebuke on Wednesday from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who was chairing the confirmation hearing.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has brought on seven lawyers at its Colorado Springs office from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to enhance its sports law, intellectual property, employment and litigation practices.
The D.C. Circuit was pressed to revive a lawsuit accusing the Biden administration of neglecting to consider the environmental effect of reversing the first Trump administration's border policies, even though President Donald Trump has reinstated many of those policies.
The First Circuit has granted the Trump administration a stay pending appeal of a Massachusetts federal court ruling that a class of noncitizens facing removal to countries to which they have no ties must receive meaningful notice and an opportunity to raise fears about being deported to those countries.