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A federal court has directed the Trump administration to continue financing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rejecting the government’s attempt to halt funding for the agency that oversees financial practices affecting millions of Americans. In a sharply worded ruling, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in California said senior officials had leaned on flawed legal reasoning …

Court Orders White House to Keep Consumer Watchdog’s Lights On Read More »

A federal judge in Boston has stepped in to halt a Trump administration effort that would have forced universities across the United States to quickly gather and submit detailed data about the race and sex of students applying to and enrolling in their institutions. The order, issued by U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, …

Court Slams the Brakes on Trump Administration’s Push for College Admissions Race Data Read More »

A federal judge has stepped in to temporarily block the administration of Donald Trump from ending a humanitarian immigration protection that allows more than 1,000 Somali nationals to live and work in the United States. The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston, pauses a decision by the United States Department of …

Court Halts Plan to Strip Legal Shield From Somali Migrants in the United States Read More »

A storm of criticism erupted inside the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after nearly thirty judges publicly condemned a colleague’s sharply worded dissent in a case tied to transgender access at a women-only spa. The controversy centers on Lawrence VanDyke, a circuit judge appointed during the presidency of Donald Trump. His …

Courtroom Shockwaves: Dozens of Judges Rebuke Colleague Over Crude Language in Transgender Rights Dispute Read More »

A federal judge in the United States has halted subpoenas issued in a criminal investigation involving Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ruling that prosecutors failed to present any evidence suggesting wrongdoing. The order blocks attempts by investigators to obtain documents and testimony linked to renovation costs at the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington. Prosecutors had …

US Court Halts Probe Targeting Fed Chief Jerome Powell, Calls Case Baseless Read More »

A fresh set of figures from the American Bar Association paints a striking picture of success for one U.S. law school: Stanford Law School. In the 2025 bar examinations, the California institution recorded the highest first-time pass rate in the country. Out of 176 graduates attempting the attorney licensing test for the first time, all …

Nearly Perfect Score: Stanford Leads America’s Law Schools in 2025 Bar Exam Triumph Read More »

A major courtroom clash over children’s online safety laws has taken a new turn, with a federal appeals court allowing large portions of California’s landmark child-protection statute to move forward while simultaneously dismantling some of its most controversial provisions. The ruling came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which reviewed an …

Court Clears Path for California’s Child Safety Law—But Strikes Down Key Limits on Tech Data Tactics Read More »

A legal battle over judicial independence has reached the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States, where one of the country’s most senior judges is asking for intervention in a dispute that has sidelined her from the bench. Pauline Newman, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, has …

A 98-Year-Old Judge Takes Her Fight to the Highest Court Read More »

The corridors of a major legal technology gathering in New York hummed with a mix of curiosity, ambition—and quiet unease. Thousands of lawyers, software developers and corporate executives crowded the venue, all circling the same question: if artificial intelligence can do legal work in minutes, what becomes of the industry’s most sacred metric—the billable hour? …

At a Packed Legal Tech Show, One Question Echoed: If AI Works Faster, What Happens to the Billable Hour? Read More »

A sweeping overhaul of the United States immigration court system is underway, with the administration of Donald Trump appointing a fresh wave of judges—many drawn from law-enforcement and prosecution roles—as part of its broader push to tighten deportation enforcement. The Justice Department has sworn in 42 new immigration judges, assigning them to courts spread across …

Deportation Drive Reshapes U.S. Immigration Courts as Dozens of New Judges Take the Bench Read More »