The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday hit pause on a California federal court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired from six agencies, agreeing with the Trump administration that the nonprofit groups that obtained the order lack standing to challenge the firings.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP fired an attorney in its international dispute resolution practice group because he had taken medical leave, abruptly dismissing him two days after he returned, and refused to give him a chance to increase his billable hours, he told a New York federal court.
A North Carolina federal judge should reject three farms' attempts to detangle a collective and snag an early win in a suit accusing them of failing to reimburse farmworkers for travel and visa expenses, the workers said, standing by claims they said are timely and well-supported.
The Internal Revenue Service's acting commissioner Melanie Krause plans to step down, the White House confirmed Tuesday, after the agency struck an agreement with immigration enforcement authorities to share taxpayer records of non-U.S. citizens under criminal investigation.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a New York federal judge that it would like to drop out of its Biden-era enforcement lawsuit against MoneyGram International Inc., a move that would leave behind the New York attorney general as the sole plaintiff in the case.
Three anonymous current and former international students in the U.S. on F-1 visas are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alleging the agency terminated hundreds of student and exchange visitor information system records, effectively stripping them of their ability to remain in the country without due process.
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
The U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling allowing the Trump administration to resume deportations of alleged gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act has experts relieved that the justices affirmed due process rights, but worried about how and where they will be exercised.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency lawsuit on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court seeking to halt the deportation of Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act, after the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration can proceed with doing so.
Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale on Tuesday asked Washington, D.C., federal judges for permanent court orders blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, saying the directives threaten the firms, their clients and the entire legal system.