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US law firm Perkins Coie asked a federal court on Wednesday to permanently block President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing an executive order imposing sanctions against the firm. Perkins Coie said that the order “retaliates and discriminates” against the law firm in violation of the rights to free speech, association, and petition under the First Amendment [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday for a Wisconsin Catholic charity requesting a religious exemption from an unemployment insurance tax. Catholic Charities Bureau, the petitioners, argued that Wisconsin law disfavored Catholic Charities because the organization served and hired non-Catholics and did not proselytize, meaning that they did not engage in typical religious activities. Justice [...]

A second US federal court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting yet another law firm — Jenner & Block LLP. This order comes the same day Judge Richard Leon of the same federal court blocked Trump’s executive order targeting Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale). Judge John Bates has granted [...]

The deans of 79 US law schools issued a joint letter on Wednesday condemning US President Donald Trump’s efforts to sanction law firms and lawyers, warning that such actions violate the US Constitution. The deans, who signed the letter in their personal capacity, stated: We write to reaffirm basic principles: The government should not punish lawyers [...]

A UN expert on Friday expressed concern over increased inequalities in Hungary’s education system for underserved communities and backsliding on academic freedom. In a statement released after she visited Hungary, Farida Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, noted that while Roma individuals are given equal rights to education under the law, [...]

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued letters on Monday to 20 prominent “Big Law” firms, expressing concerns that their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives may contravene federal anti-discrimination laws. The letters requested comprehensive data on these firms’ DEI programs, including details on internships, scholarships, fellowships, hiring practices and compensation structures. Additionally, the [...]

In recent weeks, the administration of US President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign against major law firms that have in the past represented political opponents. Within a two-week period, Trump issued executive orders targeting firms Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie. Both firms have ties to individuals who have been thorns in the [...]

A federal judge in Boston granted a temporary restraining order on Tuesday, requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to reinstate the hundreds of millions of dollars of canceled funding earmarked for teacher training programs  across the US. In his opinion, US District Judge Myong J. Joun found that cuts ordered by the Department of Education (DOE) in [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) launched an investigation on Wednesday into the University of California (UC) to determine whether the public university system engaged in a pattern or practice of antisemitic discrimination against professors, staff or other employees on its campuses. The Federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism will investigate UC under Title VII of [...]

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments that could change how employment discrimination claims work for people in majority groups. In Ames v. Department of Ohio Youth Services, an Ohio woman whose “reverse discrimination” claim was dismissed by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on [...]