By Marcia Coyle | May 16, 2017
The consequences of discrimination follow transgender students and their classmates into the legal profession, warned the American Bar Association in an amicus brief that urged a federal appellate court to find that such unfairness violates federal civil rights.
By Cogan Schneier | May 11, 2017
The removal of comments from a campaign webpage used to block Trump's travel ban executive orders could come up during a Ninth Circuit hearing next week.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 10, 2017
On Wednesday, Armstrong Teasdale partner Thomas Weaver asked the Missouri Court of Appeals to reverse a $72 million award—one of four hefty verdicts against Johnson & Johnson cases linking its baby powder to ovarian cancer.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 10, 2017
Mosquitoes now are at the center of a liability question the U.S. Supreme Court could consider for the first time Thursday: Should the Union Pacific railroad company have protected employee William Nami and other workers from the mosquitoes? In a 5-1 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the rail company. But courts are split on the issue.
By Tony Mauro | May 9, 2017
On the eve of his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Solicitor General-nominee Noel Francisco is the focus of a lawsuit seeking information about his participation in the legal battle over President Donald Trump's travel ban.
By Cogan Schneier | May 8, 2017
The judges and lawyers repeatedly turned to hypothetical situations throughout the roughly two-hour en banc hearing to formulate their points on President Donald Trump's second version of the order.
By Cogan Schneier | May 8, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is hearing the case en banc, skipping the traditional three-judge panel in a move meant to speed up the case.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 5, 2017
The accounting firm BDO USA could be forced to disclose certain internal documents to U.S. regulators who are investigating claims the company discriminated and retaliated against female employees, including the chief human resources officer. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday overturned a lower court's decision that blocked enforcement of EEOC subpoena.
By Cogan Schneier | May 4, 2017
J. Harvie Wilkinson III may have to recuse himself, but he's not considered the most vocal of the court's conservative judges.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 2, 2017
Casino surveillance technicians may have unique power to work covertly with managers to spy on other employees, or even pull off sabotage a la "Ocean's Eleven," and therefore should not be able to unionize with other workers, attorneys for major Las Vegas casinos argued recently in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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