Recent Updates
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Small businesses file lawsuits against Trump’s new sweeping tariffs
Family Law 08/03/2026Two lawsuits filed by small businesses are challenging Trump’s sweeping tariffs announced Thursday that impose double-digit levies on 60 trading partners.The tariffs, implemented under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 for what the Trump adm...
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US bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security
Family Law 07/30/2026The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. Beijing quickly accused the U.S. of protectionism.The measures are li...
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US bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security
Family Law 07/28/2026The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. Beijing quickly accused the U.S. of protectionism. The measures are l...
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Federal judge halts Trump administration effort to subpoena Walz
Family Law 06/24/2026A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials, accusing the Justice Department of using its investigatory powers to retaliate against state officials for not cooperati...
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US and Israeli attacks on Iran put further strain on international law
Family Law 03/02/2026As U.S. and Israeli forces pounded Iran, and Tehran and its affiliates retaliated by firing missiles at targets across the Mideast on Monday, the international legal order was caught in the crossfire.At the heart of the post-World War II global order...
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Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
Family Law 02/23/2026The Supreme Court said that it will hear from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change.The conservative-majority court agreed to take up a case from ...
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A Virginia man accused of stockpiling bombs pleads guilty
Family Law 07/19/2025A Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history and of using then-President Joe Biden’s photo for target practice.Brad Spafford pleaded guilty in fe...
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow his government downsizing plans to proceed
Family Law 05/24/2025President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to resume his downsizing of the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds.The Justice Department is challenging an order i...
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Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s downsizing of federal agencies
Family Law 05/08/2025The Trump administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday.Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued the emergency order in a lawsuit filed last week by labor unions and cities, on...
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Japan’s trade minister fails to win US assurances on tariff exemptions
Family Law 03/10/2025Japan’s trade minister said this week that he has failed to win assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be exempt from tariffs, some of which take effect on Wednesday.Yoji Muto was in Washington for last ditch negotiations ov...
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Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing
Family Law 12/11/2024A federal appeals court scrutinized the impact of Idaho’s strict abortion ban on emergency medical care on Tuesday, weighing whether the ban criminalizing abortions should be enforceable in life- and health-threatening situations. John Bursch, ...
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Vietnam court may commute tycoon’s death sentences if she repays $11 billion
Family Law 12/06/2024A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life if she reimburses some $11 billion, or three-fourths of what she defrauded in the country’s biggest financial cri...