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Home Daily News Transgender girl can stay on team, for now,… U.S. Supreme Court Transgender girl can stay on team, for now, after SCOTUS denial; action comes as US proposes new Title IX rule By Debra Cassens Weiss April 7, 2023, 9:17 am CDT Image from Shutterstock. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to … Read more
Home Daily News Daughter sues agency after DNA test IDs likely… Trials & Litigation Daughter sues agency after DNA test IDs likely suspect in institutionalized mother’s rape By Debra Cassens Weiss March 15, 2023, 9:00 am CDT A woman who used AncestryDNA to find the man who likely raped her developmentally disabled mother in an … Read more
Home Daily News Law firms can’t be sanctioned for multiplying… Law Firms Law firms can’t be sanctioned for multiplying cases ‘vexatiously’ in federal court, 5th Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 14, 2023, 12:46 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. A provision of federal law that allows sanctions for multiplying legal proceedings “unreasonably and vexatiously” … Read more
Home Daily News Colorado man faces $300K bond after suing,… Judiciary Colorado man faces $300K bond after suing, threatening multiple judges By Amanda Robert February 23, 2023, 12:52 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. A Colorado man still faces a $300,000 bond after being indicted by a grand jury on 24 counts, including criminal extortion, conspiracy … Read more
Home Daily News Legal advocates compare proposed asylum rules… Immigration Law Legal advocates compare proposed asylum rules to Trump-era restrictions By Amanda Robert February 23, 2023, 10:57 am CST Migrants stand near the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Dec. 19, 2022. Photo by Christian Chavez/The Associated Press. President Joe Biden proposed new asylum … Read more
Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS nixes immigration arguments;… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS nixes immigration arguments; decapitation defendant attacks her lawyer By Debra Cassens Weiss February 17, 2023, 3:45 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. SCOTUS drops arguments in immigration case The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday removed a case from its argument calendar in … Read more
Home Daily News Meet the Texas judge who is a favorite of… Judiciary Meet the Texas judge who is a favorite of conservatives in hot-button lawsuits, including abortion-pill litigation By Debra Cassens Weiss February 10, 2023, 11:43 am CST A conservative federal judge in Texas is at the center of attention because of a pending … Read more
U.S. Supreme Court A recurring issue before the Supreme Court this term, including in two cases to be argued in the next month, concerns when state governments have standing to sue the United States. Over the last decade, there has been an explosion of such suits. During the Trump presidency, the suits were brought by … Read more
Home Daily News ‘Routine performance management’ can’t be… Law Firms ‘Routine performance management’ can’t be basis for fired associate’s bias suit, BigLaw firm argues By Debra Cassens Weiss January 25, 2023, 2:17 pm CST Kirkland & Ellis is arguing that a fired associate’s lawsuit against the firm should be tossed partly because a harassment claim … Read more
“On the basis of.” These four words from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 underlie the modern conception of illegal bias. From federal anti-discrimination statutes to state and local laws, this phrase nearly unites them all. The problem? As artificial intelligence systems automate more analyses, it is all too easy for decisions to become less … Read more