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Latest News in Access to Justice
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July 04, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered far-reaching rulings on civil rights issues this term, dealing a major blow to federal voting-rights protections while expanding gun rights, upholding restrictions on transgender athletes' participation in women's sports and preserving birthright citizenship.
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July 02, 2026
Two paralegals and a nonprofit have asked the Fourth Circuit to revive their challenge to a North Carolina law that blocks nonlawyers from providing legal advice.
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July 01, 2026
For the first time since 1979, the Michigan State Court Administrative Office is rolling out new, simplified court forms meant to increase access to justice.
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June 30, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a $21 million verdict against an Atlanta Police Department officer whose shocking of a man with a Taser left him paralyzed from a resulting fall, keeping intact a $20 million compensatory damages award and a previously slashed $1 million in punitive damages.
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June 29, 2026
A split Michigan Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murder for a stabbing that followed a bar fight, ruling the jury in the case should have been instructed on the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
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