Ex-National Bar Association president removed from bench for ‘racially charged’ comments about justice system

A former National Bar Association president has been permanently removed from the bench for online and television comments about racial injustice and the need for more Black lawyers and judges.

Jan 23, 2025 1:47 PM CST

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban-or-sale law set to start Sunday

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to block a federal law that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States as early as this weekend if the wildly popular video-sharing app does not divest from Chinese ownership.

Jan 17, 2025 9:22 AM CST

Stanford Law prof fires Meta as client, citing platform’s ‘descent into toxic masculinity’

Updated: A professor at Stanford Law School announced on LinkedIn on Monday that he could no longer “in good conscience” represent Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram.

Jan 16, 2025 12:53 PM CST

Supreme Court considers putting TikTok on the chopping block

The clock is ticking for TikTok in the United States. Later this week, however, the social media application and some of its content creators still have time to make their case to the U.S. Supreme Court against a federal statute that threatens to banish TikTok on Jan. 19.

Jan 8, 2025 1:50 PM CST

Online ‘gangsta rap’ discussion wasn’t real reason for McCarter associate’s firing, suit alleges

A former McCarter & English staff associate alleges that the law firm subjected him to a hostile workplace based on his status as a military combat veteran and fired him on the pretext of violating the firm’s social media policy.

Jan 7, 2025 12:30 PM CST

6th Circuit strikes down FCC’s net neutrality rules

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit struck down the FCC’s “net neutrality” rules governing internet service providers on Thursday, in an early policy win for Republicans seeking to reverse Biden-era industry regulation.

Jan 2, 2025 2:45 PM CST

Chemerinsky: What can we expect from SCOTUS in 2025?

Predictions for the coming year are always tempting, but in hindsight often seem foolhardy. No one in December 2019 could have anticipated the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. And in December 2023, no one could have envisioned the political roller coaster of 2024. Although there is much that cannot be anticipated, the following seem realistic questions as we anticipate the new year.

Jan 2, 2025 9:01 AM CST

Attorney-client privilege should cover electronic messages to federal prisoners, ABA president says

Dec 19, 2024 9:24 AM CST

Supreme Court will decide whether TikTok ban violates the First Amendment

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider the constitutionality of a law that bans TikTok in the United States if the company isn't sold.

Dec 18, 2024 2:17 PM CST

TikTok asks SCOTUS to block law that would shut down app

TikTok has asked the Supreme Court to block a federal law that would shut down the wildly popular platform in the United States next month unless the company divests from Chinese ownership.

Dec 17, 2024 11:25 AM CST

Tween’s parents can’t sue video chat service for child porn and sex trafficking, 11th Circuit rules

Parents who alleged that their 11-year-old daughter was tricked and threatened into making child pornography can’t sue an online service that randomly places people into video chat rooms, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Dec 16, 2024 12:00 PM CST

Appeals court upholds nationwide TikTok ban-or-sale law

A Washington federal appeals court has turned away a challenge to a fast-approaching nationwide ban of short-video app TikTok unless it divests from Chinese ownership by Jan. 19, affirming the law as constitutional.

Dec 6, 2024 12:48 PM CST

In both criminal and civil litigation, emojis can be hard to interpret

Sometimes an eggplant is just an eggplant, but in the emoji world, it’s usually not. But is sending someone an eggplant emoji or a winky face proof of sexual harassment? When does a gun emoji mean someone is threatening another person with death? Does a thumbs-up emoji mean acceptance of a contract?

Dec 1, 2024 12:50 AM CST

DOJ seeks forced sale of Chrome, other big changes at Google in monopoly case

The Justice Department is seeking to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser and make other major changes to remedy its illegal search monopoly, prosecutors told a Washington court Wednesday, setting a marker in the landmark case before the incoming Trump administration makes its own determinations about how to proceed.

Nov 21, 2024 3:48 PM CST

DOJ will push Google to sell Chrome to break monopoly on search market

Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world’s biggest tech companies.

Nov 19, 2024 3:35 PM CST