In an opinion praised by gay-rights advocates, an en banc federal appeals court has ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a class-action certification order in a consumer lawsuit that alleged that the eye drops used to treat glaucoma were larger…
A federal appeals court has upheld an Indiana man’s conviction for maliciously conveying false information in a Facebook post about a plan to kill police officers and judges.
It didn’t take much more than seven pages for Judge Richard Posner of the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to explain why he was upholding the convictions of…
Putting an auto-forward on your husband’s email account when you suspect that he’s cheating on you can amount to a violation of the federal Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, the…
A Michigan lawyer who was acquitted on charges that she aided a client’s fraud can’t sue officials involved in her arrest and prosecution for alleged deprivation of her constitutional rights,…
A lawyer with Lambda Legal told an en banc federal appeals court on Wednesday that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation should be prohibited under a federal law barring sex…
The discussion topic was the First Amendment, but Judge Richard Posner went far afield with criticisms of the U.S. Supreme Court and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., a newly…
Updated: Circuit Judge Richard Posner says he’s writing a new book called Strengths and Weaknesses of the Legal System, and one of the weaknesses is the U.S. Supreme Court.
A federal appeals court has upheld a preliminary injunction that prevents Indiana Gov. Mike Pence from barring federal funding to a social-service agency to help resettle Syrian refugees.
A case pending in the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could give the green light to police who want to use parking infractions as a justification for car…
A shareholder lawsuit settled 18 days after filing benefited the lawyers who would receive $370,000, but the disclosures required by the deal in advance of a merger were of little…