Legal

Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop Ohio Court’s Unlawful Obstruction of Federal Law Enforcement

Today, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus, Ohio, along with the Administrative and Presiding Judge and Director of Security, challenging ...

2026-08-25

Civility vs. Collegiality | Interview: Judges Tom Griffith and David Tatel

Sarah and David dig into “barfare” – a coinage for filing partisan bar complaints against lawyers – after 128 retired judges filed a complaint with the Florida Bar against James Percival, general coun...

2026-08-25

Monmouth U. Trains Educational Counseling Majors to be ‘Social Justice Advocates’

Among the highlighted features of the program is an “Advanced Race & Racism course” which requires students to participate in an “‘outside of the classroom’ anti-racism project.” Private universities ...

2026-08-25

Today At ILTACON: ILTA Swag, Lessons In Leadership, Game Night

ILTACON attendees and legal tech watchers: Here's a rundown of what's set for today in Nashville.The postToday At ILTACON: ILTA Swag, Lessons In Leadership, Game Nightappeared first onAbove the Law.

2026-08-25

Unions sue over new rules expanding feds power to fire workers

Seven federal employee unions are challenging new rules they say allow the Office of Personnel Management to fire career employees and review its own termination decisions while weakening longstanding...

2026-08-25

Dual U.S. and Canadian Citizen and Alleged Repeat Child Sexual Predator Arrested for Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Hawaii

A man was arrested this weekend in Canada at the request of the United States following his earlier indictment in Hawaii for sexual exploitation of a child.

2026-08-25

Klobuchar Ignored Minnesota Fraud in 1,000 Press Releases

“As Feeding Our Future was breaking and all of the fraud that was being talked about, the absent voice that I was noticing was Senator Klobuchar.” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) now says fraud will be a Da...

2026-08-25

California Supreme Court halts SoCal town’s water utility takeover

The water utility serving the town of Apple Valley had asked the state high court to decide what makes a public takeover of a private utility truly necessary.

2026-08-25

Maryland Man Sentenced to A Decade in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery

Greenbelt, Maryland– A Maryland man received a federal-prison term, today, for the armed robbery of a Prince George’s County convenience store. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang sentenced Zebedee Al...

2026-08-25

Environmentalists say Everglades further damaged by removal of Alligator Alcatraz

Demobilization of the mass immigration detention center has not reduced its environmental risks, nonprofits argue in a new lawsuit.

2026-08-25

Recidivist offender sentenced to 20 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking

Christopher Raymond Coleman, 38, of Richmond, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

2026-08-25

Illegal Alien from Mexico Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offense

Memphis, TN –A federal judge sentencedJuan Sanchez-Palacios, 32, an illegal alien from Mexico, to 60 months and one day in prison for possessing marijuana with intent to distribute and for possessing ...

2026-08-25

California Man Sentenced to 36 Months’ Imprisonment for Defrauding Former Employer, Optum, Inc.

2026-08-25

Former Mail Carrier Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing More than $1 Million of Checks from Mail

Melissa McAfee, a former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, was sentenced to federal prison today for stealing mail containing checks and gift cards worth more than $1 million.

2026-08-25

Mexican National Sentenced to 24 Months for Illegal Reentry

Jacksonville, Florida – Juan Jesus Mendoza (60, Mexico) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard to two years in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States. Mendo...

2026-08-25

California’s crackdown on addictive social media feeds for kids will proceed as platforms appeal

A federal judge rejected a second bid from the social media companies to block enforcement of a California law aimed at protecting kids.

2026-08-25

Arizona water use up in the air pending Nevada lawsuit

Water officials celebrated Arizona’s outcome in the Bureau of Reclamation’s final Colorado River use guidelines, but say they will not so easily agree to more aggressive cuts in the future.

2026-08-25

California high court questions Riverside County sheriff’s ballot investigation

The justices are considering whether to order Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco to return some 650,000 ballots seized from November’s special election.

2026-08-25

BBC revamps efforts to toss Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit

The BBC aired a documentary ahead of President Donald Trump's reelection campaign that he claimed sent a "false message" he encouraged Jan. 6 rioters.

2026-08-25

Duane Davis gave conflicting accounts about night of Tupac Shakur shooting

Accused in the murder of Shakur, Davis told documentarians in 2017 that he didn't know the shooter's identity.

2026-08-24