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Retired Judge Posner must face suit alleging he failed to pay leader of his pro se center

Former federal appeals Judge Richard Posner must face a lawsuit alleging that he never paid a promised $120,000 annual salary to an employee who co-led a pro se center for nearly a year and a half.

Sep 27, 2023 2:36 PM CDT

Indiana AG faces ethics charges for these comments on doc who provided abortion to 10-year-old

Republican Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is facing ethics charges for comments that he made about his investigation of an “abortion activist acting as a doctor” who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old girl.

Sep 18, 2023 12:14 PM CDT

Does federal law prevent employers from making you wear a bra at work?

Can your employer make you wear a bra at work? The New York Times addressed the issue in an “Ask Vanessa” column.

Sep 6, 2023 8:12 AM CDT

Weekly Briefs: Fired reporter drops Dechert suit; Hunter Biden’s lawyer resigns

Fired reporter drops suit against Dechert A reporter who said he was fired from the Wall Street Journal because of information released in a “hack-and-smear operation” has dropped his lawsuit accusing Dechert of participating in the scheme. Reporter Jonathan “Jay” Solomon did not indicate whether a settlement was reached. Suits…

Aug 18, 2023 2:39 PM CDT

Will the prestige of Purdue University help Concord Law?

As Concord Law School pursues an Indiana Supreme Court rule change so that its graduates can sit for the state bar exam, the fully online institution recently announced it will have a new name, Purdue Global Law School, starting in November.

Aug 10, 2023 2:21 PM CDT

Weekly Briefs: Decision overturning skirts-only rule survives; ‘Hurricane Carter’ judge dies

SCOTUS lets stand decision overturning skirts-only rule The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a federal appellate decision holding that a public charter school in North Carolina violated the equal protection clause when it required girls to wear skirts. The case is Peltier v. Charter Day School. (American Civil…

Jun 30, 2023 3:30 PM CDT

3 judges block state restrictions on gender-affirming health care in 1 week’s time

Within a one-week period, federal judges have blocked laws in three states that restrict gender-affirming health care for transgender people.

Jun 22, 2023 11:22 AM CDT

Florida now has nation’s lowest death-penalty threshold; second bill allows execution of child rapists

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that allows juries to recommend capital punishment with an 8-4 vote.

Apr 20, 2023 12:02 PM CDT

Judge accused of using role as charity trustee to donate money to courts, juvenile justice center

An ethics complaint has accused an Indiana judge of using his role as a sole trustee for a charitable foundation to pay for tile work and car purchases provided to local courts by his father’s companies.

Feb 8, 2023 3:10 PM CST

‘Major questions’ doctrine applies to presidential authority, 5th Circuit says in federal contractor vaccine case

President Joe Biden didn’t have authority under the Procurement Act of 1949 to require federal contractors to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for their employees, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Dec 21, 2022 8:33 AM CST

Weekly Briefs: Giuliani committed ethics violation, committee says; Justice Kavanaugh criticized for attending party

Rudy Giuliani committed ethics violation in election suit, committee says A hearing committee in Washington, D.C., made a preliminary finding Thursday that lawyer Rudy Giuliani committed at least one ethics violation in connection with his voter fraud claims in a Pennsylvania lawsuit. The committee did not elaborate on its finding.…

Dec 16, 2022 3:00 PM CST

Retired Judge Posner must face suit alleging he failed to pay leader of his pro se center

Indiana AG faces ethics charges for these comments on doc who provided abortion to 10-year-old

Does federal law prevent employers from making you wear a bra at work?

Weekly Briefs: Fired reporter drops Dechert suit; Hunter Biden’s lawyer resigns

Will the prestige of Purdue University help Concord Law?

Weekly Briefs: Decision overturning skirts-only rule survives; ‘Hurricane Carter’ judge dies

3 judges block state restrictions on gender-affirming health care in 1 week’s time

Florida now has nation’s lowest death-penalty threshold; second bill allows execution of child rapists

Judge accused of using role as charity trustee to donate money to courts, juvenile justice center

‘Major questions’ doctrine applies to presidential authority, 5th Circuit says in federal contractor vaccine case

Weekly Briefs: Giuliani committed ethics violation, committee says; Justice Kavanaugh criticized for attending party

Judge is accused of telling custody litigant to ‘zip it,’ noting ‘10th freaking day of this hearing’

7th Circuit rejects First Amendment challenge to Indiana fetal-remains law

12-person juries are constitutionally required in serious criminal cases, Gorsuch argues

Lawyer who says student-loan forgiveness leaves him worse off sues to block program

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