Grants temporary administrative stay for one week. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an administrative stay to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)…
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Federal Jury Finds Realty Group Liable for Inflated Commissions
Plaintiffs claimed fixed commissions suppressed competition in home sales. This week a federal jury in Kansas City, Missouri, found that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and other…
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Senate Judiciary Committee Reviews Federal Judge Nominations
Two of the nominees are veterans who have received bipartisan support from their state legislatures. The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned President Joe Biden’s latest nominees on Wednesday. The…
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Federal Appeals Court Holds Twitter in Contempt
The social media company withheld President Trump’s account from an investigation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a lower court’s decision to hold…
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Supreme Court Upholds Sexual Abuse Suits Against OSU
Justices rejected Ohio State University’s appeal to dismiss litigation. The Supreme Court rejected Ohio State University’s (OSU) appeal to dismiss hundreds of litigations seeking damages for sexual abuse…
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DOJ Requests Reinstatement of Mask Mandate
The transportation mask mandate was originally struck down due to lack of public comment period. The Justice Department has asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse…
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Supreme Court Defers to Second Circuit in 2A Case
New gun control laws in New York raise constitutional questions. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court deferred to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on New York…
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Appeals Court Rules CFPB’s Funding Methods Unconstitutional
Decision is in opposition to previous rulings made by other courts. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an independent federal agency that supervises banks and addresses complaints…
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Federal Court Upholds HUD Indoor Smoking Ban
Public health receives precedence over claims of violation of privacy. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided that the Department of Housing and Urban Development properly upheld…
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Federal Appeals Court Pauses Graham Testimony Subpoena
Tells district court to modify subpoena language The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a district court’s subpoena was not worded well enough to order Senator…
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