accountability

  • North Dakota Judge Overturns State Abortion Ban

    On Thursday, a North Dakota state court judge overturned the state’s near-total abortion ban, allowing abortion to become legal in the state for the first time in over a year. Judge Bruce Romanick in Bismarck ruled that the state constitution protects women’s right to abortion before fetal viability, supporting abortion providers who challenged the ban.…

  • Missouri Supreme Court Rules Abortion Rights Measure Will be on State Ballot

    Missouri’s top court ruled on Tuesday that voters will decide on a proposed abortion rights amendment in November, potentially restoring legal abortion in the state for the first time in over two years. The measure, which allows abortion rights in Missouri until fetal viability, will appear on the November ballot after organizers gathered more than…

  • Labor Department’s In-House Anti-Bias Cases Unconstitutional, Lawsuit Claims

    ABM Industry Groups has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor, claiming the agency’s administrative proceedings for enforcing anti-discrimination requirements on federal contractors are unconstitutional. The janitorial services company filed the complaint in Houston federal court on Monday, arguing that these in-house proceedings violate its constitutional right to a jury trial. ABM also…

  • Supreme Court’s Kagan Says Emergency Docket Does Not Lead to Court’s Best Work

    Justice Elena Kagan expressed concern that the U.S. Supreme Court spends too much time rushing through cases on its emergency docket, commonly known as the “shadow docket.” During an hour-long interview at New York University’s law school on Monday, Kagan stated, “I don’t think we do our best work in this way,” referring to the…

  • Ex-Biden Special Counsel Joins Law Firm Kramer Levin

    Richard Sauber, the White House special counsel who represented President Joe Biden during the investigation into his handling of classified documents, has joined Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel as a partner, the firm announced Monday. Sauber will work from the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where he will advise individuals and organizations facing investigations by Congress…

  • Google Aimed to Control Web Ad Tech, Prosecutor Says as Trial Begins

    Alphabet’s Google sought to dominate all aspects of online advertising technology by controlling both competitors and customers, according to a Justice Department prosecutor as the tech giant’s latest antitrust trial began in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday. Prosecutors argue that Google has maintained control over the infrastructure that finances the flow of news and information across…

  • Purdue Pharma Gets Extension for Sackler Settlement Talks

    Purdue Pharma secured an 18-day extension on Thursday to continue its efforts to reach a settlement in lawsuits related to its role in the opioid addiction crisis. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane approved this extension during a hearing in White Plains, New York, allowing the company more time to negotiate a comprehensive settlement. The extension comes…

  • SCOTUS Allows Family Planning Grant Cut in Oklahoma Abortion Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Biden administration on Tuesday to cut $4.5 million in federal funding for Oklahoma’s family planning projects after the state refused to provide abortion-related referrals. Oklahoma had requested the Court block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from terminating its funding for 2024 while the state appealed…

  • Renowned Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Joins Calls for Justice After Dolphins Star Tyreek Hill Detained Before Game

    Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is demanding answers after Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was detained by Miami-Dade police just hours before the team’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hill was handcuffed and held on the ground by officers, in a scene captured on video and widely circulated online. One video shows an officer…

  • FINRA Dodges Broker’s Post-Jarkesy Challenge to Disciplinary Hearing

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) can relax after a federal judge in Philadelphia refused to block a disciplinary hearing against a broker who argued that the proceeding violated his Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in SEC v.…