Recent Updates
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US immigration officials look to expand social media data collection
Criminal Law 03/30/2025U.S. immigration officials are asking the public and federal agencies to comment on a proposal to collect social media handles from people applying for benefits such as green cards or citizenship, to comply with an executive order from President Dona...
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Turkish court orders key Erdogan rival jailed pending trial on corruption charges
U.S. Court Watch 03/25/2025A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges.Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained following a raid on his residence ...
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Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes
Legal Compliance 03/21/2025Under threat from the Trump administration, Columbia University agreed to implement a host of policy changes Friday, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department.The changes,...
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Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump’s government cuts
Court Alerts 03/16/2025As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump’s slashing of the federal government, one group is already taking a front and center role: military veterans.From layoffs at the Department of Veterans Affairs to a Pentag...
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Austria’s new government is stopping family reunions immediately for migrants
U.S. Court Watch 03/12/2025The new Austrian government said Wednesday that family reunion procedures for migrants will be immediately halted because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately.The measure is temporary and intended to ensure that those migrants...
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Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges
U.S. Court Watch 03/07/2025A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy rains.By a 5-4 vote, the court’s co...
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Mexico says it will impose retaliatory tariffs on US with details coming Sunday
Legal Compliance 03/01/2025Mexico’s president said Tuesday the country will respond to the 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, with details to come.Mexico will announce the targeted products and other measures Sunday at an eve...
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Michigan mother asks judge to declare 3 missing sons dead nearly 15 years later
Legal Compliance 02/27/2025A Michigan woman is asking a judge to declare her three missing sons dead, nearly 15 years after their father didn’t return them after Thanksgiving. The disappearance has tormented a small town near Ohio and remains unsolved.Authorities believe...
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Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come
Lawyer Blogs 02/23/2025Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists President Donald Trump ’s abrupt firing of the nation’s senior military officer amid a wave of dismissals at the Pentagon wasn’t unusual, brushing aside outcry that the new administration is op...
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Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week
Legal News Feed 02/21/2025Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the size of federal ...
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Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola files for bankruptcy protection
Bankruptcy 02/17/2025Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection months after saying that it would likely run out of cash early this year.Nikola was a hot start-up and rising star on Wall Street before becoming enmeshed in scanda...
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Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
U.S. Court Watch 02/13/2025Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.”Spared from jail as part of a plea...