A New York federal judge on Wednesday expressed disbelief that the Trump administration adequately considered local conditions when ending Temporary Protected Status for those facing danger in their home countries, staying the decision to end the program for Syrians.
A New York federal judge on Wednesday expressed disbelief that the Trump administration adequately considered local conditions when ending Temporary Protected Status for those facing danger in their home countries, staying the decision to end the program for Syrians.
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a self-taught coder who managed the day-to-day tech side of crypto mixer Samourai Wallet to four years in prison Wednesday, after he admitted that he knew the business facilitated bitcoin transfers derived from criminal activity.
Charlie Javice, who faces a seven-year sentence for conning JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying her college financial aid startup Frank, asked a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday for a new trial, arguing that two clerks who worked on the trial had accepted jobs with the bank's firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
A New Jersey construction company wants to delay bidding for part of the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, claiming in a federal lawsuit that the multistate commission overseeing the project unlawfully barred employing the United Steelworkers union currently representing the company's workers.
Environmental groups have sued New York and New Jersey environmental regulators over their issuance of Clean Water Act permits for a controversial Williams Cos. pipeline upgrade after previously denying the permits over pollution concerns.
Aspen American Insurance Co. hit a U.S. affiliate of French pastry retailer Laduree with a federal complaint seeking to void an insurance contract over a shipment of chocolate the company claimed was improperly refrigerated during overseas transit.
A proposed class of consumers is suing the company behind Sara Lee in New York federal court, alleging its bread products contain citric acid even though the labels indicate they are made without "artificial colors, flavors & preservatives."
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on Wednesday urged the Second Circuit to allow it to keep a $4 million advance payment retainer from the since-convicted former CEO of a bankrupt cybersecurity company, but the law firm conceded it should have clarified its rights after the government sought an asset freeze.
Professional tennis players are seeking to pause proceedings against defendant Tennis Australia Ltd. in a lawsuit accusing major organizations in the sport of manipulating pay and rankings through an illegal cartel, saying Wednesday that a settlement is imminent.
Live Nation told a New York federal court there's no need for a trial in the antitrust case from the U.S. Department of Justice and a contingent of states because enforcers have not shown that it has monopoly power over any live entertainment market or that it hurt competition.
Special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp. XI, the latest in a string of SPACs founded by former Citi executive Michael Klein, has launched plans to raise up to $300 million in its initial public offering built by three law firms.
Canacol Energy Ltd., a Canadian group that explores natural gas in Colombia, has sought Chapter 15 protection in New York, citing a liquidity crunch hampering its ability to make upcoming payments on over $900 million in debt.
Ex-TD Bank employees on Wednesday hit the bank with a proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully targeting and firing its Chinese and Chinese-American workers in an attempt to show compliance with anti-money laundering procedures in the wake of enforcement actions taken by the U.S. government against the bank.
The securities segment of Deutsche Bank on Wednesday agreed to pay the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority $2.5 million to settle claims that for 18 years it violated multiple research report disclosure requirements, impacting approximately 110,000 debt and equity research reports.
A New York federal judge has agreed to allow Peru to seek documents from Brookfield and others as it pursues domestic criminal proceedings in a feud stemming from an allegedly corrupt toll highway project involving an entity now majority-owned by the asset manager.
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP and Dechert LLP are among the law firms following the lead of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on year-end associate bonuses this week, with at least five large firms matching the market leader within a day of Cravath's Tuesday announcement.
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP must pay $3.7 million in attorney fees to a healthcare tech company that won on malpractice claims against the firm in 2024 after six years of litigation and an eight-day bench trial, a New Jersey state judge has ordered.
A Fifth Circuit judge denounced the judge who penned a federal court order blocking Texas' newly redrawn congressional map, saying in a Wednesday opinion the order blocking the redistricting amounts to the "most blatant exercise of judicial activism" he had ever seen.
U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan acknowledged Wednesday that the full grand jury in the James Comey case never saw or voted on the final version of the indictment that was handed up to the court in the case. An attorney for Comey said the clarification was grounds for dismissal.
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said on Wednesday that after a federal judge in his state resigned in disgrace last year, he decided he had to revamp his selection process for judicial nominees.
A Delaware federal court has disqualified Latham & Watkins LLP from representing the creator of a sleep apnea implant in its patent dispute after the firm served as counsel to the rival's underwriters, saying the "appearance of impropriety is glaring."
If the Senate does not take up a bill to repeal a provision in the government funding package allowing senators investigated by former special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages, a Republican House member is already making contingency plans.
A bipartisan collection of current and former government officials has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a 90-year-old ruling that empowers Congress to prohibit the president from firing certain agency officials at will, claiming the precedent has roots that date back to the country's founding and reflects key separation of powers principles.
