The Seventh Circuit rebuffed disability advocates on Tuesday and upheld Wisconsin’s school-transfer rules, finding they rules do not discriminate against children with disabilities by limiting their transfer options.
Read moreU.S. government regulators are accusing software maker Oracle of engaging in discriminatory practices that resulted in thousands of its women, black and Asian employees being underpaid by more than $400 million.
Read moreEnvironmental groups on Tuesday defeated the bulk of a lawsuit claiming they conspired to smear a logging company with false statements, but Greenpeace must still face defamation claims for two statements it published.
Read moreThe Iowa Legislature’s latest effort to ban early-term abortions was struck down as unconstitutional Tuesday by a state judge who said the detection of a heartbeat does not necessarily indicate a viable pregnancy.
Read moreCoinciding with the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, New York legislators passed a hard-fought law Tuesday that updates time limits on when women can undergo abortions.
Read moreA Utah police officer who settled a wrongful termination case with the city that employed him tried to convince a 10th Circuit panel Tuesday that the settlement doesn’t prevent him from bringing related due process claims in a new lawsuit.
Read moreAlthough the majority of Austrians identify as Roman Catholic, national law makes Good Friday a paid holiday only for people who belong to Protestant churches. But the EU high court ruled Tuesday that until Austria amends its law to “restore equal treatment,” Good Friday must be a paid holiday for all private employees.
Read moreAmending his claims against Special Counsel Robert Mueller, conservative author Jerome Corsi told a federal judge Monday he is the target of a conspiracy involving Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and a reporter for the Washington Post.
Read moreThe Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a challenge of regulations governing how New Yorkers transport firearms from their homes in the city to shooting ranges.
Read morePutting two nationwide injunctions on hold, the Supreme Court said Tuesday that the Trump administration can enforce its military-service restrictions on transgender troops pending appeal.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss a widow’s claim over the death of her husband, a nonviolent retired Navy medical officer, after a sheriff’s officer in Pinellas County, Florida, stunned him five times with a Taser.
Read moreA mother and daughter claim in a federal complaint that when they ordered French fries with no extra salt at a McDonald’s in Englewood, Colo., the manager called them whores, sluts and bitches and assaulted the mother — apparently because they are Latina.
Read moreAn Illinois anti-corruption law prohibiting government contractors from making campaign contributions is being challenged as unconstitutional after a public housing management firm lost a contract because its founder made contributions to Democratic gubernatorial candidates.
Read moreIn the new year, the cycle of press access in Santa Clara Superior turned again and the court in the heart of Silicon Valley is once more allowing journalists to see new written proceedings as soon as they arrive, behind the virtual counter, in a virtual box.
Read moreAfter a federal judge nixed a new citizenship question on the 2020 census, attorneys for the Trump administration and its challengers told the Supreme Court late Thursday to cancel its upcoming hearing on case.
Read morejudge rejected allegations that the shocking video of Laquan McDonald’s death proved that Chicago police officers tried to stage a cover-up in the fatal shooting of the black teen. Now another judge must decide how long the officer who pulled the trigger spends behind bars.
Read morePolice in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe say a burglary suspect who was shot to death by an officer was a 14-year-old boy carrying a replica gun.
Read moreA public records lawsuit filed Thursday seeks to pry loose files on the government’s alleged mass surveillance and retention of people’s social media activities, a practice civil liberties watchdogs warn could chill free speech.
Read moreA federal judge in Missouri dismissed a lawsuit brought by a lesbian couple who were turned away by a retirement home, finding that the Fair Housing Act does not protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Read moreSeveral Ohio landowners argued before a Sixth Circuit panel Thursday that a mining company’s fracking operation under their property is unconstitutional, seeking to revive federal claims against the company and the Buckeye State.
Read more