A federal judge said the Trump administration can move ahead with a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, providing a setback for US technology companies that rely on hiring skilled foreign workers. US District Judge Beryl Howell said in a ruling Tuesday that President Donald Trump's effort to radically increase the cost of the popular visa is lawful. The decision gives a boost to the administration's campaign to restrict immigration and push demand for US workers.
On Friday, federal district Judge Mark A. Kearney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an order quashing DOJ subpoena demands for names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, home addresses, and clinical notes covering minors treated since January 2020. The court found the government "lacks statutory authority for a rambling exploration of the Hospital's files to learn the names and medical treatment of children."
Today, a federal judge heard the case. And as I mentioned earlier, that judge expects to issue a ruling at some point tonight. And the AP says she, quote, seemed to be leaning toward requiring the government to put billions of dollars in emergency funds towards SNAP. That's what those funds are for. And these contingency funds that she said is that she said is her interpretation of what Congress's intent when an agency's funding runs out.
San Francisco's police commission in 2023 passed a historic policy restricting police officers from using pretext stops. The stops are disproportionately used against people of color and limiting them has shown improvements in racial disparities in policing. The union was, from the inception of the policy, opposed to it, and in October 2024 filed suit. It claimed that the policy prevented officers from obeying the state vehicle code, which it said should take precedence over city policy.
Perelman claimed the works "lost their luster, lost their depth, lost some of their definition and lost a lot of their character".
Let me put it this way - everyone knows who the President of the United States is and who the president is who signed the law that has cut almost a trillion dollars from Medicaid,
The entire structure of the arrangement is designed to put Unison in the same position, and to have the same right to payment, as an unadorned nonrecourse obligation to pay Unison 70% of the home's equity, less $194,250.
Friends of the Everglades stated their satisfaction with the ruling, highlighting expert testimony regarding the harm caused by industrial lighting and significant land impacts in Big Cypress National Preserve.
U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion intended to help communities protect against natural disasters.
A state judge in Albany paused the enforcement actions against three Brooklyn yeshivas found lacking in educational standards. These schools had previously resisted cooperation with state oversight.
Judge Russell Coleman struck down the two provisions that made it criminal for trans people to go into public toilets that align with their gender identity.
Hewlett-Packard Enterprises aims to recover losses of approximately 697 million pounds incurred during the acquisition of Autonomy, a software company founded by Mike Lynch.
The Scottish government is reviewing its trans and non-binary inclusion policy following a new threat of legal action by gender-critical group Sex Matters, spurred by a Supreme Court ruling.
The judge in Madrid ordered the closure of 10 tourist flats, citing illicit activities that inflicted psychological damage on a neighboring family and violated their privacy rights.
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected an argument that a presidential pardon for January 6th defendants could provide a refund of restitution payments.
Most people who have ever owned a dog don't consider their canine counterpart to be property; they're part of the family. However, until recently, at least from a legal standpoint in New York, that wasn't the case.
