As part of a major prisoner swap between the United States and Venezuela, Venezuela has arrested Leonard Glenn Francis, the fugitive defense contractor who admitted to a $35 million bribery scheme in... Read more »
The political reality of a US Democracy in crisis is a byproduct, not only of the master storyteller Donald Trump, but more fundamentally it has to do with both a broken fourth... Read more »
Even as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Mo., No. 22-193, on Dec. 6, 2023, on the narrow issue of whether Title VII of... Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit holding a self-appointed “tester” has standing to sue under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).... Read more »
In what it appears would be a first for a federal circuit court, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering adoption of a rule change that would require lawyers and... Read more »
A man belonging to a violent gang accused of kidnapping four U.S. citizens in Haiti’s central Artibonite region in July 2022 has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges, the Associated... Read more »
A Washington, D.C. resident was sentenced Thursday to 27 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release, for an assault on a member of Congress and two counts of assault... Read more »
With more than 10,000 attorneys across the country, the U.S. Department of Justice describes itself as “the world’s largest law office.” Given that broad scope, it is particularly notable that the DOJ... Read more »
Roughly 500 people who attended a sit-in at the United States Congress organized by Jewish Voice for Peace have been arrested as they sat on the floor of the lobby of the... Read more »
Much has been written about the severe resource limitations for labor standards enforcement in the United States. As labor and employment researcher Annette Bernhardt and colleagues outlined in 2008, the current era... Read more »