Tag: Law

President expected to announce three candidates to fill vacancies on federal appeals courts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump picks new judicial nominees

Ryan Lovelace · June 7, 2017 5:32 pm

Garland wrote the opinion of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a labor dispute in which the American Baptist Homes of the West, under the name Piedmont Gardens, was the subject of an unfair labor practice proceeding. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Merrick Garland writes first opinion since end of Supreme Court nomination

Ryan Lovelace · June 7, 2017 4:54 pm

The Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeks information on why the reports were stopped. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Judicial Watch sues Homeland Security to find out why sanctuary city reports stopped

Melissa Quinn · June 7, 2017 4:48 pm

Companies, particularly ones that engage in franchising, feared that under the joint employer doctrine, they could be held liable for all manner of violations at workplaces they didn't directly oversee.

Labor Department rescinds expanded ‘joint employer’ rule

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2017 3:29 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to testify on the status of documents related to Operation Fast and Furious currently being withheld by the agency. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Jeff Sessions won’t testify before Oversight Committee on Fast and Furious documents

Melissa Quinn · June 7, 2017 2:56 pm

Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey, right, with Christopher A. Wray, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division in 2004. President Trump nominated Wray to become the FBI director. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Beltway Confidential

That time Christopher Wray and James Comey threatened President George W. Bush with resignation

Philip Wegmann · June 7, 2017 2:00 pm

President Trump said Wednesday morning he plans to nominate Christopher A. Wray, a former assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division, to lead the FBI. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

National Security

Trump to nominate Christopher Wray, former assistant attorney general, to lead FBI

Melissa Quinn · June 7, 2017 11:52 am

Warnings from legally minded Trump allies ought to be enough to convince supporters that the president is really doing more harm than good with his social media account. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump allies say stop, critics say go

Becket Adams · June 6, 2017 11:49 pm

Sources say that Trump has privately lashed out at Sessions, blaming his recusal for the expansion of the Russia probe. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has toyed with the idea of resigning: Report

Daniel Chaitin · June 6, 2017 11:07 pm

The "youts" will now face both charges before the district court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Justices will decide whether to take a critical case to public-sector unions’ future

David Freddoso · June 6, 2017 8:48 pm

New York attorney Marc Kasowitz, who has represented Trump in prior business cases, is representing Trump in the Russian investigation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Four major law firms declined to represent Trump on Russia: Report

Matthew Trunko · June 6, 2017 8:01 pm

A federal judge granted the NHL's motion to dismiss a wrongful death suit brought by the family of Derek Boogaard, a defenseman who played for the Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers before dying of an overdose in 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Judge dismisses wrongful death suit against NHL by player’s parents

Ryan Lovelace · June 6, 2017 4:03 pm