The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an amended complaint with additional data and evidence against Facebook on Thursday, continuing its antitrust case against the social media giant. The amended complaint comes after US District Judge James Boasberg dismissed the FTC’s initial complaint due to lack of evidence in June but allowed the agency to [...]

A US federal judge invalidated permits approved during the Trump administration for a large oil development project on Alaska’s North Slope on Wednesday. In a 110-page ruling, Judge Sharon Gleason vacated the permits granted to ConocoPhillips, Alaska’s largest crude oil producer, by the Bureau of Land Management (the Bureau) because they violated the National Environmental [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday denied the Biden Administration a stay on a district court order reinstating a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their immigration cases are pending. At the end of 2018, the Trump Administration implemented the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) in response to [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday overturned a panel decision and upheld Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which seeks to prohibit a specific type of dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion method. In a plurality decision, Circuit Judges Jennifer Walker Elrod and Don Willett wrote that the lower US District Court [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a 28-page statement of interest in a lawsuit filed by the city of St. Louis challenging a Missouri state law that prohibits enforcement of federal firearms laws and subjects state and local law enforcement officers to civil suits and monetary penalties. Missouri House Bill No. 85 [...]

Chief Judge Miranda Du of the District of Nevada on Wednesday struck down 8 USC § 1326 (a) &(b), which criminalizes the re-entry of migrants who have previously been deported from the US, as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Section 1326 was struck down because the court found that [...]

A disability rights group filed a complaint in federal district court on Tuesday against Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order prohibiting government agencies from issuing a mask mandate. Disability Rights Texas filed the lawsuit on behalf of 14 Texas school children, all of whom have disabilities or medical conditions that put them at increased risk [...]

A group of Arizona plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday seeking to block implementation of two provisions of an abortion law set to go into effect in September. The suit was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of two physicians who provide abortion [...]

Indiana Court of Appeals sided with Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb on Tuesday allowing him to withdraw the state from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act benefits program. The CARES Act includes three voluntary federal unemployment programs that increase benefits, extend benefit duration, and award benefits to ineligible participants. In May, Governor Holcomb [...]

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the University of South Carolina (USC) has the right to require students to wear masks on campus to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and the requirement is effective immediately. In July, USC ordered a mask mandate for all students, faculty, and staff. South Carolina Attorney General [...]