Executive Branch

Lawyer for ABA, foreign-aid recipients tells DC Circuit US must spend appropriated ‘pots of money’

Congress in 2024 “appropriated very specific pots of money for foreign assistance purposes” and required the executive branch to spend the full amount, a lawyer representing the ABA and other groups challenging funding cutoffs told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday.

Jul 8, 2025 1:35 PM CDT

AG Bondi cited this justification for Trump’s power to ignore TikTok ban

The U.S. Department of Justice is “irrevocably relinquishing” claims against technology companies that provided services to TikTok in violation of the law banning the Chinese-owned social media app, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in letters released to the New York Times under the Freedom of Information Act.

Jul 7, 2025 9:49 AM CDT

Chemerinsky: Supreme Court’s term was all about taking sides on the ideological divide

The court’s October 2024 term, which ended June 27, presented a number of cases that posed politically controversial issues concerning the aspects of the culture wars and challenges to the actions of President Donald Trump.

Jul 2, 2025 9:00 AM CDT

US will appeal Perkins Coie win in fight over punitive executive order

The federal government will appeal a judge’s decision permanently blocking an executive order targeting Perkins Coie.

Jul 1, 2025 11:41 AM CDT

Litigation finance tax, limits on contempt power dropped from Senate’s version of budget megabill

Two proposals of concern to many lawyers are being dropped in the U.S. Senate's version of a budget megabill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Jul 1, 2025 9:21 AM CDT

More class action suits, shadow docket rulings may follow SCOTUS decision nixing nationwide injunctions

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision limiting nationwide injunctions Friday left open the possibility of workarounds and more work for the high court, according to analyses by two law professors.

Jun 30, 2025 1:25 PM CDT

Trump executive order ‘cuts Susman off at the knees,’ judge says, permanently blocking it

A fourth federal judge has granted a permanent injunction blocking President Donald Trump from targeting law firms because of the clients they represent and the causes that they back.

Jun 30, 2025 10:49 AM CDT

Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act’s preventive care mandate

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a portion of the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans to provide free preventive care such as cancer screenings.

Jun 27, 2025 9:51 AM CDT

Nationwide injunctions likely exceed federal courts’ authority, Supreme Court says

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the Trump administration Friday when it ruled 6-3 in a case about birthright citizenship that nationwide injunctions likely exceed the authority of federal courts.

Jun 27, 2025 9:22 AM CDT

Trump administration sues Maryland federal court and its judges over standing order on deportations

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court against the court itself and its judges in an effort to overturn a standing order that automatically bars the deportation of detained immigrants who file habeas petitions.

Jun 26, 2025 9:52 AM CDT

BigLaw firm lays off 5% of business professional staff

Perkins Coie has laid off 5% of its business professional staff following a firmwide review that took place over the last year.

Jun 25, 2025 3:26 PM CDT

Trump administration tells Supreme Court that judge defied its order allowing third-country deportations

The Trump administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that it had to address a federal judge’s “unprecedented defiance” of its order the previous day that allowed deportation of immigrants to countries other than their own.

Jun 25, 2025 11:51 AM CDT

SCOTUS will allow Trump to deport migrants to ‘third countries’ for now

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport immigrants to countries where they are not citizens, temporarily blocking a decision by a lower court judge who said migrants must have a “meaningful opportunity” to contest their removal.

Jun 23, 2025 4:41 PM CDT

Trump can keep National Guard in Los Angeles for now, 9th Circuit rules

President Donald Trump can keep the California National Guard in Los Angeles for now, a federal appeals court has ruled, delivering a win for the president as he aims to use the military to police protests against his deportation efforts.

Jun 20, 2025 1:40 PM CDT

Transgender lawyers are resilient, but level of fear is real, says business consultant and coach

While June is Pride Month, Dru Levasseur, a transgender attorney, thinks it’s a somber time for the trans and nonbinary community.

Jun 12, 2025 3:03 PM CDT