U.S. law firms are heading toward another strong year as rising client demand and steep increases in billing rates boost their financial performance. Lawyer hours worked climbed 3% in the second quarter of 2026 from a year earlier, while billing rates jumped 7.1%, according to the latest Law Firm Financial Index from the Thomson Reuters …

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A Washington judge has ordered the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to pay more than $250,000 in legal fees to jazz musician Charles Redd, who successfully fought a lawsuit brought against him after he canceled a performance in protest of President Donald Trump’s name being added to the institution. The fee award was issued …

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Four prominent US human rights organizations have taken legal action against the Trump administration, arguing that its campaign against the International Criminal Court (ICC) unlawfully restricts their ability to pursue accountability for some of the world’s most serious crimes. Human Rights Watch, the Open Society Institute, the American Friends Service Committee and the Center for …

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The jury hearing the murder case against Luigi Mangione will be kept anonymous, a New York judge ruled as preparations intensify for the closely watched trial over the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson. New York State Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro made the decision during a hearing, without publicly detailing the reasons for protecting …

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President Donald Trump is once again trying to restrict birthright citizenship, but his latest effort is already facing a formidable obstacle: the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling protecting citizenship for children born on American soil. Trump signed two executive orders aimed largely at what his administration calls “birth tourism,” targeting foreign nationals who travel to …

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A federal judge in Boston has widened an injunction preventing the Trump administration from using the U.S. Postal Service to enforce new federal requirements on mail-in voting, extending the restriction across the entire country. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani ruled Tuesday that USPS cannot refuse to deliver mail ballots based on whether a state provides …

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U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf to take over as White House counsel, elevating a key administration official to the presidency’s top legal post. Scharf is expected to assume the position on September 1, moving from a role focused largely on the administrative operations of the Oval Office to …

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