Lawyers

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  Jack Smiths' latest appeal revives 'legal heartbreat' of classified docs case against Trump, former US Attorney says

  Smith filed an appeal Monday in response to Judge Aileen Cannon's dismissal of the case last month, in which Trump faced dozens of charges ​​related to his removal of classified documents from the White House at the end of his term to Mar-a-Lago.

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  Aileen Cannon unlikely to be removed from Trump classified docs case, even if Jack Smith wins appeal, former prosecutor says

  Even if special counsel Jack Smith wins his appeal to revive the classified documents case against Donald Trump, Judge Aileen Cannon would still likely oversee the legal matter, says a former prosecutor.

• Human Rights Violations Abroad, Supreme Court To Revive Alien Tort Statute For Corporations

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider whether corporations may be sued in U.S. courts for complicity involving human rights violations abroad.

• Law To Restrict Protest and Disruption During Supreme Court Proceedings is Upheld

  Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld the law to restrict disruption, including harangue and oration during proceedings at the Supreme Court, including at the ground of the court.

• The Federal Court of Appeals Denies Request to Hold Travel Ban Request Suspension

  The 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals rejected the request from President Trump administration to put the travel ban suspension on hold.

• Supreme Court Postpones Texas Appeal On Voters Identification Law

  Supreme Court postponed the appeal from Texas to restore the states voter identification law and rescheduled the hearing for next month. Previously the lower court stated ruling that the law was discriminatory and ordered the law to be changed.

• Five Former Maddoff Employees Lose in Appeal on Wednesday

  U.S. Court of Appeals in New York rejected arguments by lawyers of five former employees who worked for Bernard Madoff. The court on Wednesday concluded that five of them were convicted at a fair trial.

• New Jersey revives battle to legalize sports betting, presents oral argument before full appeals court

  Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson represented New Jersey as the state attempted again to legalize sports betting in casinos and racetracks throughout Atlantic City.

• Who is Judge Sri Srinivasan? Top pick for Supreme Court post defended high-profile, controversial cases

  Sri Srinivasan is reportedly a likely choice to become late Justice Antonin Scalia's successor on the Supreme Court.

• VirnetX tells jury Apple should pay $532M over patent infringement

  In a jury trial, patent holding firm VirnetX said Apple should pay $532 million for using VirnetX's patented technology in Apple's FaceTime and VPN.

• Federal appeals court rejected bid to put on hold Obama’s Clean Power Plan

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the bid of the power industry to put on hold US president Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan while legal battles wage on.

• US Supreme Court to hear the first abortion case in a decade

  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the aruments of the first abortion case in a decade in March. The healthcare providers challenge the 2013 Texas abortion law that shuts down half of the state's abortion clinics.

• Authors Guild asks Supreme Court to review Google Books scanning project

  The writer's advocacy organization, Authors Guild, filed a petition in the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case against Google, following a lower court ruling that allowed Google to scan and post copyrighted books without author's permission.

• Supreme Court denies Kentucky clerk request on gay marriage licenses

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a Kentucky county clerk's request for an emergency order allowing her to continue to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples while she appeals a federal judge's order requiring her to do so.

• U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Cisco patent infringement case

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a patent infringement case involving Cisco Systems Inc that could have broad impact on companies' ability to defend themselves from similar litigation.

• GOP Blocks Obama Pick: President Withdraws Catilin Halligan's Nomination to D.C. Circuit Court

  The White House officially withdrew President Barack Obama's nomination of Caitlin Halligan to serve on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.