The four-week trial, featuring plaintiffs Monica Kent and Deborah Schultz, two women who got ovarian cancer, is the first from among talcum powder lawsuits coordinated in California’s state courts and could be a harbinger for similar trials in 2026.

Upon finalization of the settlement ... the Parties shall advise the Court as to the status of the settlement, counsel for Jenner & Block and the Republic of Sierra Leone wrote in a motion seeking a temporary pause in their court proceedings pending final resolution of their $8 million attorney-client fees dispute in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

In this podcast edition of Supreme Court Brief, I am joined by law professor Carolyn Shapiro for a discussion of the 'enormous shift' in the Supreme Court's standards for granting emergency relief to the government.

The new unit combines nearly 30 of the firm's policy advisers and international trade, tax and regulatory lawyers.

U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken approved the settlement, which resolves litigation in which three public service attorneys alleged their guild had branded them as “snitches,” “losers,” “disgusting,” “dictators in training” and “Zionist ghouls.”

The DOJ's complaint was filed one day after U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton allowed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to intervene in the lawsuit challenging California's new congressional maps.

The rules represent the biggest change to fair lending regulations since the 1970s. But the ability of the CFPB to adequately defend its rulemaking is in question after large staffing cuts this year.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America sued over a section of the spending bill Congress passed in July that cuts Medicaid funds for entities that perform abortions and received more than $800,000 in federal and state reimbursements in 2023.

U.S. District Senior Judge Cameron McGowan Currie said she personally reviewed the grand jury transcripts and confirmed that Acting U.S. Lindsey Halligan presented both cases to a grand jury by herself to secure indictments charging ex-FBI Director James Comey with lying to Congress and New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud. Currie promised an order on the notion by the Thanksgiving holiday.

Sean McCluskie, a former chief deputy attorney general in Caifornia's Department of Justice, agreed to plead guilty to one county of conspiracy in exchange for prosecutors dropping multiple charges.

On Monday, the Trump-era Federal Trade Commission lost its first antitrust lawsuit challenging private firm GTCR's $627 million acquisition of hydrophilic coatings producer Surmodics in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Jorge L. Piedra's closed-door policy is not meant to keep others away, he explains. Instead, it fosters an environment for attorneys and other legal professionals to gain confidence, be more productive and build a more successful workflow.

Allowing prisoners to raise innocence claims as grounds for compassionate release would supercharge that kind of litigation, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said.

Plaintiff Sysco Hampton Roads Inc. seeks injunctive relief and damages from its former employee Cole Winchester and direct competitor Performance Food Group in a complaint alleging the defendants conspired to steal Sysco's proprietary information in violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act.

Brownstein, Akin, Hogan Lovells and K&L Gates, among others, all filed registrations for new lobbying clients in Q3.

Inconsistent messaging is one of the biggest pitfalls,” Judge Paula Patrick of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas said during her keynote at General Counsel Conference East on Tuesday. Internal documents, witnesses and experts might all be saying different things than what you're trying to portray.

The families of nine of the 27 girls who died at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas have filed three personal injury lawsuits in Travis County District Court in Austin against the camp, its owners and affiliated partners, alleging wrongful death and gross negligence.

The president has had mixed success in challenging his legal travails at the Supreme Court.

Despite the appeals cases being on hold for over a month, the federal government has tapped a new attorney to argue on its behalf, with Deputy Associate Attorney General Abhishek Kambli entering a notice of appearance.

The case must be remanded to D.C. Superior Court, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in a decision remanding the District of Columbia's pending consumer protection lawsuit against the Washington Commanders and National Football League seeking damages for the defendants' alleged false statements regarding an internal investigation into sexual misconduct and hostile work environment allegations.

“Our society continues to debate whether biological pronouns are appropriate or offensive—just as it continues to debate many other issues surrounding transgender rights, Judge Eric Murphy wrote for the majority. The school district may not skew this debate by forcing one side to change the way it conveys its message or by compelling it to express a different view.”

Three unions representing federal and public services employees have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Office for Personnel Management, contending that its inclusion of a question that allegedly seeks to establish candidates' loyalty to the Trump administration on civil service job applications violates constitutional law.

Among those accepting clemency was Rudy Giuliani, the former U.S. attorney in Manhattan and New York City mayor who was disbarred in 2024. He said in a statement that his bar license should be reinstated immediately. Observers say that is unlikely, as the Appellate Division, First Department disbarred him for making false statements.

Court watchers say most of President Donald Trump’s judicial selections thus far have credentials in line with his first-term nominees—involvement with the conservative Federalist Society and prestigious clerkships with Republican-appointed U.S. Supreme Court justices.

The Trump administration has taken a somewhat ambivalent approach to regulating PFAS, a class of chemicals contained in wide variety of household products that has been linked to cancer and other health problems.