Luigi Mangione is scheduled to go before a New York state jury on June 8 over the killing of a prominent health insurance executive, even as a separate federal case continues to loom later in the year. A judge at Manhattan’s top trial court locked in the early-summer date on Friday. As Mangione was escorted …
Midtown Shooting Case Set for June as Mangione Pushes Back on Parallel Trials Read More »
The Trump administration has moved quickly to restock the immigration courts, swearing in 33 new judges as it reshapes a system already under heavy strain. Of the new appointees, 27 will serve on a temporary basis, part of a broader push the administration frames as restoring order and speed to deportation proceedings. The hires follow …
New Bench, New Battle Lines: Trump Taps Military Veterans to Refill Immigration Courts Read More »
A federal judge has cleared the way for the public release of police body camera footage, text messages and other key evidence tied to the shooting of a Chicago woman by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during an immigration enforcement operation last fall. The ruling lifts a court order that had kept the material under …
Chicago Shooting Case Opens Up as Judge Clears Bodycam, Texts for Public View Read More »
A judge in Arizona has wiped out a cluster of abortion limits that had survived on the books from an earlier political era, ruling that they clash with the state’s updated constitution. The decision came from Maricopa County Superior Court, where the judge concluded that the restrictions failed to protect patient health, interfered with personal …
Arizona Court Clears Away Pre-2024 Abortion Barriers Read More »
A federal appeals court has lifted a major roadblock to President Donald Trump’s push to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the federal government and among companies that do business with it. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set aside an earlier ruling that had frozen Trump’s executive orders …
Appeals Court Clears Path for Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders, for Now Read More »
Inside a federal courtroom in Maryland, jurors listening to the tax fraud case against prominent Supreme Court advocate Tom Goldstein heard something unusual this week: the defendant’s own words, filtered through a long-form magazine profile, rather than from the journalist who wrote it. That’s because the trial reached a quiet compromise. Instead of calling legal …
Poker, Paperwork and a Truce in Court: Why Jeffrey Toobin Won’t Take the Stand Read More »
A sprawling legal fight over the opioid crisis has picked up an unexpected second act: a clash between U.S. states and a whistleblower who says he deserves a share of their multibillion-dollar settlement with Walgreens. At the center is T.J. Novak, a pharmacist whose claims helped trigger a major federal case accusing the pharmacy chain …
States Push Back as Opioids Whistleblower Eyes a Slice of Walgreens’ Mega Deal Read More »
A federal jury in Arizona has ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by her driver as a teenager—an outcome that could ripple far beyond a single case and into thousands more waiting in line. The verdict came from a Phoenix courtroom, where jurors concluded that the …
A Price Tag on Trust: Jury Slaps Uber With $8.5 Million Over Rider Assault Read More »
A courtroom in Missouri delivered a clean exit for Starbucks this week, tossing out a state-backed lawsuit that accused the coffee giant of disguising discrimination behind its diversity, equity and inclusion commitments. The judge overseeing the case said the argument never cleared its first hurdle: proof. According to the ruling, the state failed to identify …
Missouri’s DEI Challenge to Starbucks Hits a Dead End Read More »
Brad Karp’s long reign at one of Wall Street’s most formidable law firms ended abruptly this week, not with a planned handover but with a resignation forced by resurfacing emails and intensifying scrutiny. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison confirmed late Wednesday that Karp had relinquished his role as chairman after internal and external attention …
Emails, Pressure, and a Sudden Exit: Paul Weiss Chairman Steps Aside Read More »
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