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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan officially postponed the trial, which was scheduled to start March 4 in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

From today's order in Students for Fair Admissions v. USMA at West Point: The application for writ of injunction pending appeal presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied. The record before this Court is underdeveloped, and this order should not be construed as expressing…

The SEC and Terraform Labs have agreed to the terms approved by the court, requiring both parties to not disclose materials marked as confidential. All discovery filings marked as confidential should also be sealed.

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Physicians and the former sole abortion provider in North Dakota have asked a state district court judge to temporarily block the enforcement of part of a revised law that bans most abortions so doctors can perform the procedure to save patients' lives or health

The $215 million deal made headlines, but the industry pay gap persists, along with new cases of sexual harassment.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer (Wendy Ruderman) Thursday: A federal jury found Thursday that Thomas Jefferson University conducted a gender-biased investigation into allegations that former Rothman Orthopaedic Institute surgeon John Abraham raped a former medical resident. After a four-day civil trial in U.S. District Court, jurors determined that Jefferson's leadership violated…

Welcome to the Dec. 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from November 2 through December 1, 2023. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month.