Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton on Wednesday announced an investigation into Mars, Incorporated (Mars) for deceptive trade practices that allegedly violate the rights of Texas consumers. The investigation centers on two allegations against Mars, a large multinational manufacturer most known for its brands of candy like M&M’s, Skittles and Snickers. First, Mars publicly announced [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot utilize a proclamation to keep 80 refugees out of the United States. The lead plaintiff, known as “Plaintiff Pacito,” and his family had already been approved for resettlement under the United States Refugee [...]

A court clerk in Ulster County, New York, refused to docket an order for summary judgment against local resident Dr. Margaret Carpter on Monday. The order imposed a $100,000 sanction against Carpenter, a New York physician, for providing the abortion medication mifepristone to a resident of Collin County, Texas. The refusal by acting Ulster County clerk [...]

Nearly half of US states joined in a complaint against President Donald Trump’s administration and the Education Department on Monday over the $6 billion funding freeze for K-12 schools and adult education. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants, including Education Department (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon, “have irreparably harmed and will irreparably harm” them and “their schools, and [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to proceed with mass layoffs at the Education Department while legal challenges continue. The court granted the administration’s request to lift a lower court injunction that had blocked the firing of more than 2,000 department employees—roughly half the agency’s workforce. Education Secretary Linda McMahon [...]

A leaked internal memo obtained by the Washington Post and published Sunday revealed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has authorization to deport individuals to a “third country,” or nation other than one’s country of origin, with just six hours’ notice “in exigent circumstances.” While standard protocol allows for at least 24‑hour notice, the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday threw out plea agreements for three Guantánamo detainees accused of conspiring in the September 11 attacks, clearing the way for the government to pursue the death penalty more than two decades after the tragedy that claimed nearly 3,000 lives. The 2–1 ruling holds that [...]

US federal district judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong for the US District Court for the Central District of California, ruled Friday that race, language, and work location are not grounds for reasonable suspicion for a detentive stop by immigration agents.  She issued two temporary restraining orders (TROs) in the case Perdomo, et al. v Noem, et [...]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday agreed to dismiss a landmark lawsuit that sought to enforce mutual fund liquidity standards. The SEC initially filed the lawsuit in 2023, charging New York investment firm Pinnacle Advisors, LLC  (Pinnacle) with violating the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA). The federal lawsuit was filed in [...]

Former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil filed a complaint against the US government on Friday, four months after he was detained by ICE agents for his role in campus protests in support of Palestine. Khalil made several claims in his complaint, including false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and abuse of process. The Center for Constitutional [...]