On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, lawyers representing immigrants’ rights groups, U.S. citizens, and undocumented immigrants filed amicus briefs in opposition to the Trump administration’s request to override a […]
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Substantive Due Process Challenge to School District’s Gender-Identity Policies
Content Warning: This article references child suicide. In Lee v. Poudre School District R-1, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 9600, ___ F.4th. ___ (10th Cir. Apr. 22, 2025), the U.S. […]
Supreme Court Gives Frosty Reception to Latest ACA Challenge
U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Monday of a challenge to a federal task force that recommends the preventative services, like cancer and diabetes screenings, that insurance companies […]
Groups Challenge New Regulations for Endangered Species Initiated Under Previous Administration
A coalition of seven industry groups representing farming, mining, and oil entities sued federal environmental agencies, challenging the former administration’s expansion of regulations under the Endangered Species Act. […]
EEOC DEI Letters Challenge Law Firms’ Involvement with Diversity-Oriented Nonprofits
While the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission targeted law firms’ own DEI efforts and metrics in letters sent to 20 firms earlier this month, the agency also asked all […]
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Ban on Minor ‘Conversion Therapy’
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a Christian counselor’s free-speech challenge to a Colorado law prohibiting the practice of “conversion therapy” on LGBTQ children. Colorado is one of […]
Split NY Top Court Validates Ethics Panel, Turning Back Challenge by Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo
New York’s top court issued a split decision on Tuesday that affirmed the constitutionality of the state’s ethics watchdog, saying it doesn’t violate bedrock separation-of-powers principles, while also […]
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Abuse Convictions
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from R. Kelly over his 2022 convictions on child pornography and enticement charges, leaving him with no further […]
Challenge to TikTok Ban-or-Sale Law Faces First Amendment Scrutiny at DC Circuit
Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Monday questioned whether national security concerns justify speech restrictions as they weighed a First Amendment challenge to […]
Judge Rejects Exxon Mobil’s Challenge to $725M Benzene Verdict, Adds $91M in Delay Damages
Judge Rejects Exxon Mobil’s Challenge to $725M Benzene Verdict, Adds $91M in Delay Damages | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/09/16/judge-rejects-exxonmobils-challenge-to-725m-benzene-verdict-adds-91m-in-delay-damages/ ExxonMobil corporate sign outside of their headquarters in […]