FedEx agreed Monday to a settlement of $35.4 million to end three lawsuits brought by the city and state of New York over untaxed cigarettes. The lawsuits allege that FedEx shipped millions of untaxed cigarettes to residents of New York over the last decade on behalf of cigarette suppliers. Both the city and state of [...]

A federal judge in Pennsylvania issued a nationwide injunction on Monday preventing the enforcement of rules allowing employers to deny women health insurance including contraceptive coverage based on moral or religious reasons. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) currently has a requirement detailing that employers must provide their employees with birth control coverage in offered health insurance [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted an injunction in the jurisdictions that challenged new rules that would have made it easier for an employer to opt-out of providing health insurance that cover female birth control. The rules were scheduled to go into effect Monday. The injunction is [...]

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in eight cases Friday, covering a wide range of issues from civil rights to the rights of intoxicated drivers in custody to the Freedom of Information Act. Rehaif v. United States is a case that asks whether a noncitizen under prosecution for violating a federal law must be shown [...]

An independent monitor has found that despite the adoption of improved policies and new training material, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) is still not performing as it should to reduce the incidence of unconstitutional stops and arrests. In a status report filed in federal district court on Friday, Peter Zimroth discussed the department’s [...]

Air traffic controllers and the national union that represents them filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Trump administration stating that the government shutdown has and continues to have a “devastating effect” on their lives. Because air traffic controllers employed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are designated as “excepted” employees, they are required to continue [...]

A lawsuit was filed on Thursday to void actions made during an “extraordinary session” of the Wisconsin legislature that diminish the power of the incoming Democratic Governor. In December the legislature passed laws that would take away the ability of the governor to withdraw from lawsuits without legislative approval. This prevents incoming Governor Tony Evers [...]

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) with Representatives Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced three pieces of legislation to the Senate on Thursday focused on regulating prescription drug prices. The three bills—the Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act and the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act—aim to lower prescription [...]

Fiat Chrysler agreed Wednesday to pay a settlement of over $500 million dollars regarding allegations over cheating federal and state emission tests. The consent decree acknowledges that Fiat Chrysler violated Clean Air Act and California law. The decree did not resolve criminal liability nor individual consumer claims regarding the emission scandal. Fiat Chrysler was ordered [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) does not qualify as a “consumer reporting agency” as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and therefore cannot be sued for misreporting that an Arizona couple had a prior foreclosure. Fannie Mae’s proprietary software, Desktop Underwriter (DU), [...]