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  • The Supreme Court will evaluate Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power

    The Supreme Court will evaluate Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power

    Verdicts & Settlements 10/07/2025

    The Supreme Court is beginning a new term with a sharp focus on President Donald Trump’s robust assertion of executive power. Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda. On Tuesday, the justices will hear argu...

  • Law Firm News is redefining how law firms share their stories

    Law Firm News is redefining how law firms share their stories

    Law Firm News 10/03/2025

    Law Firm News is redefining how law firms share their stories with the public. This platform goes beyond traditional press releases - it’s a powerful marketing tool that helps law firms gain visibility across major media outlets. With Law Firm ...

  • Government shutdown nears, congressional leaders to meet at White House

    Government shutdown nears, congressional leaders to meet at White House

    Legal Compliance 09/30/2025

    Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their e...

  • Former FBI Director Comey indicted on charges of making false statement

    Former FBI Director Comey indicted on charges of making false statement

    U.S. Court Watch 09/25/2025

    Former FBI Director James Comey was charged Thursday with crimes connected to his Senate testimony in 2020 about an investigation, a major strike against a high-profile figure who has long been the target of President Donald Trump’s anger.&ldqu...

  • US lawmakers push for military dialogue in a rare China visit

    US lawmakers push for military dialogue in a rare China visit

    U.S. Court Watch 09/21/2025

    A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers pushed for more military-to-military dialogue in a meeting Sunday with China’s Premier Li Qiang, a rare congressional visit since the U.S.-China relations soured.The last trip by a group of senators was in 2...

  • Senate rejects competing bills, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1

    Senate rejects competing bills, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1

    Legal Events 09/17/2025

    The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the ot...

  • Military lawyers will serve as immigration judges as courts face massive backlog

    Military lawyers will serve as immigration judges as courts face massive backlog

    Legal Events 09/12/2025

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.The military will begin sending groups of 150 atto...

  • Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated books

    Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated books

    U.S. Court Watch 09/08/2025

    Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge as s...

  • Washington, Oregon and California governors form a health alliance

    Washington, Oregon and California governors form a health alliance

    U.S. Court Watch 09/03/2025

    The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon and California announced Wednesday that they created an alliance to safeguard health policies, believing the Trump administration is putting Americans’ health and safety at risk by politicizing the...

  • ‘Ketamine Queen’ pleads guilty to selling fatal dose to Matthew Perry

    ‘Ketamine Queen’ pleads guilty to selling fatal dose to Matthew Perry

    Legal Events 08/28/2025

    A woman branded as the “Ketamine Queen” pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, becoming the fifth and final defendant charged in Perry’s overdose death to admit guilt.Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilt...

  • Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates

    Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates

    U.S. Court Watch 08/22/2025

    A federal website that informs the public about what information agencies are collecting and allows for public comment went down last weekend, and it has only been partially restored. The outage has raised concerns among advocates who already were tr...

  • Texas GOP Set to Trigger National Redistricting Battle With Map Vote

    Texas GOP Set to Trigger National Redistricting Battle With Map Vote

    U.S. Court Watch 08/18/2025

    The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP.The vote follows prodding ...