A ruling has been upheld by a federal appeals court that blocked the implementation of an Oklahoma law that bars judges from considering international or Islamic law in their decisions.…
The recent ruling made by Judge Vinson in Florida is now being asked by the Obama administration to be appealed as quickly as possible, as it challenges the health care…
Federal appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana was granted the first formal interview by President Obama Thursday in his search for a replacement to retiring Supreme Court Justice John…
The 9th Circuit thinks so. In a case that seems destined to find its way to the Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit Cout of Appeals overturned a Washington state law…
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has won an appeal in a dispute with recruiting firm, Sivin-Tobin Associates, who claimed they were owed a placement fee for a lawyer the…
Former Department of Homeland Security secretary and federal appellate court judge Michael Chertoff is joining Covington & Burling’s white-collar defense and investigations practice group in Washington, DC. Chertoff will be…
A federal appeals court rejuvenated a securities fraud suit against Pfizer. Investors claim the company was hiding the truth about the outcome of studies on the possible side effects of…
A federal appeals court is examining a prosecutor’s odd explanation for striking the only black person from a jury on drug & weapons case — that she was obese. Defendant…
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