Recent Updates
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Trump in court as lawyers fight to overturn verdict in E. Jean Carroll sex abuse suit
U.S. Courts Newsroom 09/03/2024Veering from the campaign trail to a courtroom, Donald Trump quietly observed Friday as his lawyer fought to overturn a verdict finding the former president liable for sexual abuse and defamation.The Republican nominee and his accuser, E. Jean Carrol...
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Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore multibllliou-dollar student debt plan
U.S. Supreme Court News 08/31/2024The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.The justices rejected an admi...
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Court revives Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit against The New York Times
U.S. Court News 08/29/2024A federal appeals court revived Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times on Wednesday, citing errors by a lower court judge, particularly his decision to dismiss the lawsuit while a jury was deliberating.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...
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Court orders new hearing for Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ murder case
U.S. Courts Newsroom 08/25/2024A 2022 court hearing that freed Adnan Syed from prison violated the legal rights of the victim’s family and must be redone, Maryland’s Supreme Court ruled Friday, marking the latest development in the ongoing legal saga that gained global...
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Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty in federal fraud case
U.S. Supreme Court News 08/20/2024George Santos, the former New York congressman who spun lies into a brief political career, pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, acknowledging that he allowed his ambitions to cloud his judgment.Santos, 36, is likely to ...
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Fraud trial of George Santos to begin next month with an anonymous jury
News Releases 08/15/2024The fraud trial against former U.S. Rep. George Santos, slated to start in a matter of weeks, is coming into focus after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that jurors will have their identities kept secret from the public.They won’t, however, be re...
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Hearing in Karen Read case expected to focus on jury deliberations
U.S. Supreme Court News 08/09/2024Defense attorneys for Karen Read are expected to argue Friday that two charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend be dismissed, focusing on the jury deliberations that led to a mistrial.Read is accused of ramming into John O’Ke...
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Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court
Legal Events 08/05/2024Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa’s lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, the foreign minister said.Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands, accompanied by a group of Turkish legislators, sub...
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Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
Legal Events 08/02/2024A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader on Thursday made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week.Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, used a wheelchair for the hearing before U.S. District Judg...
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Trump election subversion case returned to trial judge following Court opinion
Litigation Reports 07/29/2024The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election was returned Friday to the trial judge in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution...
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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
U.S. Supreme Court News 07/26/2024An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from be...
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Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s anti-drag show ban
Legal Events 07/21/2024Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows, reversing a lower court ruling that deemed the statute unconstit...