/pulse/courts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Courts Copyright 2026 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:42:00 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2410388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2410388 The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off the new year by hearing disputes over the constitutionality of state laws banning transgender female athletes from female-only sports and whether state or federal courts are the proper forum for lawsuits seeking to hold major oil companies accountable for harm caused by their oil production activities along Louisiana's coast.  Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:19:37 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428738?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428738 The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can treat a lawful permanent resident returning from a trip abroad as an applicant for admission based solely on pending criminal charges. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:39:25 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428566?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428566 A federal judge who told a man that a plea deal for distributing methamphetamine could be rescinded if he did not agree to it did not act inappropriately, a unanimous Tenth Circuit panel ruled Friday, finding the lower court had not interfered with negotiations by providing factual information. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:34:54 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428550?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428550 Two St. Louis tax attorneys and a North Carolina insurance broker have asked the Fourth Circuit to unravel their convictions for participating in a $22 million tax scheme, arguing the government failed to prove at trial that the tax plan they used was actually illegal. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:30:56 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428524?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428524 A new trade group for litigation funders has launched with the aim of enlisting personal injury and mass tort attorneys in a fight against proposed federal laws that it says could threaten the $16 billion litigation finance industry. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:20:47 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428349?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428349 A former Kentucky state prosecutor must serve 41 months behind bars after a Sixth Circuit panel upheld his conviction on wire fraud and government bribery charges tied to his alleged criminal scheme of assisting a criminal defendant in exchange for sexual favors and explicit photos. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:18:49 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2427130?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2427130 Patent litigation has a reputation for being particularly complex due to its technical content, which can be intimidating for litigants, attorneys and judges alike. In the first of a two-part series, several judges in the trenches of patent law spoke with Law360 about how new judges can make patent litigation less overwhelming. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:11:33 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428501 Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James are pushing back against federal prosecutors' effort to consolidate their currently separate appeals of the beleaguered prosecutions against the pair at the Fourth Circuit. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:05:53 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428416?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428416 A former Chester County, Pennsylvania, judge is returning to MacElree Harvey Ltd. and picking up his litigation and mediation practice where he left off after a brief stint filling a vacancy on the bench last year. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:20:51 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428409?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428409 Lawyers should not be barred outright from using artificial intelligence tools to prepare court documents, a New York court system advisory committee said in its annual report on Thursday. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:58:58 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428392?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428392 When constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein entered an appearance as counsel for former Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro on Tuesday, it was without having ever spoken to the client, according to a Thursday filing by Maduro's attorney Barry Pollack seeking to remove Fein from the case. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:08:41 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428262?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428262 When Matthew Cantor got involved in a sweeping antitrust case against California-based healthcare network Sutter Health, his youngest son was in the first grade. By the time the case settled in the fall, he was a sophomore in college. Here’s the story of how Cantor and his team kept fighting for more than a decade. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:29:22 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2417373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2417373 The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:39:07 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428191?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428191 The legal industry kicked off the new year with a busy week filled with lateral moves, leadership changes, office openings and judicial nominations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:54:53 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2427050?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2427050 The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday resolved a circuit split in ruling that a 1996 antiterrorism law does not bar people incarcerated in federal prisons from making repeated challenges to their convictions and sentences, or from seeking high court review if they fail. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:14:28 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428252?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428252 A California state judge has agreed to resign and plead guilty to a felony fraud charge after prosecutors alleged he knowingly hired a physician previously convicted of healthcare fraud to prepare medical reports to submit to the state's workers' compensation program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:32:33 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428208?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428208 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday recused himself from considering Chevron and ExxonMobil's effort to place Louisiana pollution lawsuits stemming from the companies' World War II-era production in federal court, just days before the justices hear oral arguments in the case. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:15:02 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428225?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428225 The "minibus" appropriations bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Thursday includes a lifeline $540 million allocated toward the nonprofit Legal Services Corp. — representing a reduction of $10 million, or 3.6%, compared to fiscal year 2025's budget — whose funding the White House previously suggested should be slashed. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:03:47 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428111?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428111 Vice President JD Vance announced on Thursday the creation of a new assistant attorney general role for fraud, which will be overseen by him and the president. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:19:58 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2428083?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2428083 A Pennsylvania magisterial judge has been charged by the state's Judicial Conduct Board with professional misconduct, including keeping a "book of grudges" and a desk calendar with sexually explicit jokes, and shutting a defendant outside of her courtroom during a hearing in his case, court administrators announced Thursday.