Trump asks Supreme Court to keep Jan. 6 trial on hold, citing 2024 election

Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to block a lower-court ruling that he can be criminally prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, insisting that presidents are shielded from prosecution and that a trial would “radically disrupt” his reelection bid.

Feb 13, 2024 9:05 AM CST

Special counsel: No charges for Biden in classified documents probe

Feb 8, 2024 3:00 PM CST

Supreme Court seems poised to keep Trump on the Colorado ballot

The Supreme Court on Thursday seemed prepared to keep Donald Trump on the Colorado ballot, expressing deep concerns about the ability of a single state to disqualify a candidate from seeking national office.

Feb 8, 2024 9:30 AM CST

Trump has no immunity from Jan. 6 prosecution, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Donald Trump can be put on trial for trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 election, rejecting Trump’s sweeping claim of presidential power that one judge feared could allow for political assassinations.

Feb 6, 2024 9:25 AM CST

Do state abortion bans conflict with federal Medicare funding law? Delegates take a position

Resolution 507 opposes all legislation, regulations, administrative interpretations and litigation that restrict the right of health care providers or hospitals that receive Medicare funding to provide patients with abortions in emergency situations.

Feb 5, 2024 6:03 PM CST

‘Prisons Are Often Horrible Places’: How can Death in Custody Reporting Act be better enforced?

The House of Delegates addressed the national “deaths in custody crisis” during the ABA Midyear Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday.

Feb 5, 2024 5:34 PM CST

Amber Alert system is not working for missing Native Americans, but there may be fixes

At the ABA Midyear Meeting, the House of Delegates acknowledged the disproportionate risks of abduction and violence experienced by members of Alaska Native and Native American communities.

Feb 5, 2024 1:40 PM CST

Extra protections are needed for youths navigating immigration system, ABA House says

The federal government should better protect immigrant youths, and particularly immigrant youths of color, through the yearslong adjudication of their Special Immigrant Juvenile Status petition and adjustment of their status application to lawful permanent residence, the ABA House of Delegates said.

Feb 5, 2024 11:00 AM CST

Quinn Emanuel disclosure order highlights relatively new product: judgment preservation insurance

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan must disclose terms of judgment preservation insurance that it allegedly bought before distributing a $185 million fee award to partners, according to a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge.

Jan 31, 2024 3:39 PM CST

Former FDIC lawyer who once worked in BigLaw pleads guilty in child-exploitation case

A lawyer who worked in the general counsel’s office at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with his participation in two online groups that exploited prepubescent girls.

Jan 25, 2024 1:21 PM CST

Supreme Court allows federal agents to remove border wire installed by Texas; which conservatives joined liberals?

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed federal Border Patrol agents to cut or move razor wire barriers placed by Texas along the southern border at the banks of the Rio Grande River.

Jan 23, 2024 8:17 AM CST

Facing undergraduate debt and law school loans, students wonder whether it’s worth it, new AccessLex study says

Almost half of all law school students have debt from their undergraduate education, more fund their legal education with loans and less than half say it was worth it, according to the AccessLex Institute’s Legal Education Data Deck.

Jan 23, 2024 8:06 AM CST

ABA achieves lobbying successes despite tumultuous session of 118th Congress

Despite the political highs and lows of the first session of the 118th Congress, the ABA worked hard to advance policy issues of interest to our members and saw progress.

Jan 18, 2024 1:55 PM CST

Contractor or Employee? Labor Department changes the rules again

Bad news for employers that rely on the gig economy: It just got harder to run a business based on independent contractors.

Jan 11, 2024 11:58 AM CST

Cravath discloses work for Ukrainian company that paid Hunter Biden to be board member

Cravath, Swaine & Moore has filed a U.S. Department of Justice disclosure indicating that it previously lobbied on behalf of Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings and its owner, Ukrainian businessman Mykola Zlochevsky.

Jan 8, 2024 2:18 PM CST