Recent Updates
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Supreme Court: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection Is Narrow
U.S. Supreme Court News 02/25/2018The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that whistleblower protections passed by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis only apply to people who report problems to the government, not more broadly.The justices said that a part of the Dodd-Frank Act that ...
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Courts: Bail reform working, but sustainable funding needed
U.S. Courts Newsroom 02/22/2018The number of defendants being held before trial since New Jersey overhauled its bail system last year dropped by 20 percent, but the judge overseeing the program says it faces financial difficulties.A report submitted last week by Judge Glenn Grant,...
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Inmate in landmark Supreme Court case denied parole
News Releases 02/18/2018A 71-year-old Louisiana inmate whose case led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on juvenile-offender sentences was denied parole Monday, more than a half-century after he killed a sheriff's deputy at age 17.A three-member panel from the state...
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GOP to take new congressional map to court
U.S. Courts Newsroom 02/15/2018Republicans say they’ll go to federal court this week to try to block new court-ordered boundaries of Pennsylvania’s congressional districts from remaining in effect for 2018’s elections.Top Senate Republican lawyer Drew Crompton sa...
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Afghans submitted 1.17 million war crimes claims to court
U.S. Supreme Court News 02/14/2018Since the International Criminal Court began collecting material three months ago for a possible war crimes case involving Afghanistan, it has gotten a staggering 1.17 million statements from Afghans who say they were victims.The statements include a...
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Beleaguered gunmaker Remington points to bankruptcy court
Opinion 02/12/2018Remington, the gunmaker beset by falling sales and lawsuits tied to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, has reached a financing deal that would allow it to continue operating as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.The maker of the Bu...
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Kushner firm seeks court change to keep partners secret
News Releases 02/11/2018The family real estate company once run by presidential adviser Jared Kushner is shifting a federal court case to a new venue so it won't have to reveal the identities of foreign partners behind some of its real estate projects.With a deadline approa...
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Court: Idaho nuclear waste documents won't be made public
U.S. Courts Newsroom 02/08/2018U.S. officials don't have to provide details about proposed shipments of extremely radioactive spent commercial nuclear fuel to the country's top government nuclear research laboratory in Idaho, a federal court has ruled.The ruling was a major setbac...
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Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
U.S. Supreme Court News 02/08/2018The U.S. Supreme Court told North Carolina officials late Tuesday they must use some but not all of the state's legislative districts that other federal judges redrew for this year's elections.The justices partially granted the request of Republican ...
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Pennsylvania asks court to keep Amazon incentives a secret
Opinion 12/31/1969Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration went to court this week to block requests for records of financial incentives it offered Amazon to build its second headquarters in Pennsylvania.An administration lawyer asked Commonwealth Court to reverse an...