Workers seeking a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act may have an easier time in the courts as a result of a decision Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson “has hit the ground running,” says Ralph Richard Banks, a professor at Stanford Law School and faculty director of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice. “She seems to have already found her voice, both literally in oral arguments and in her opinions.”
Citing the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.
Lawyers who support former President Donald Trump deserve sanctions for their lawsuit alleging that Michigan officials “fraudulently manipulat[ed] the vote” in November 2020 through a “wide-ranging interstate—and international—collaboration” to ensure a win for now-President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Updated: A Chicago lawyer who attacked a judge’s rulings and her opponent’s opening statement in a complaint seeking 27 separate declaratory judgments—including a declaratory judgment that the issues weren’t frivolous—has been referred to a federal court’s executive committee for potential discipline.
An elected county prosecutor removed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for “woke” positions and “neglect of duty” hasn’t been able to get a hearing in federal or state court.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 on Tuesday that the First Amendment does not protect statements made by a defendant if they “consciously disregarded a substantial risk that his communications would be viewed as threatening violence.”
Thomson Reuters announced Monday that it had reached an agreement to buy the legal tech startup Casetext for $650 million as part of its long-term investment in generative artificial intelligence.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that state courts have the power to review congressional maps created by state legislatures.
A New York lawyer who uses his Microsoft email to communicate with courts and clients has said in a lawsuit he received the runaround from the company when he complained about a weekslong service interruption.