The prosecution of a former business partner of ex-Trump White House national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was found guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent in 2016, is entering a contentious legal phase after a Virginia federal judge for the second time threw out a jury verdict, teeing up another showdown at the Fourth Circuit.
A designated Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday reinstated some claims in a sexual harassment suit brought by a former North Carolina assistant federal public defender accusing federal judiciary officials of mishandling her complaints, but declined to rule that internal procedures designed to redress workplace misconduct claims are unconstitutional.
A coalition of 48 attorneys general asking the D.C. Circuit to revive their lawsuit accusing Facebook of illegally monopolizing personal social networking services has doubled down, asserting that a district judge erroneously tossed the case by invoking the doctrine of laches, saying it does not apply to enforcers seeking to protect public rights.
Former President Donald Trump's sweeping RICO lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton and others of "maliciously" painting Trump and his 2016 campaign as Russian assets appears likely to face a bumpy legal path in court, with experts saying his claim seemed to be time-barred and lacking specificity.
A Texas federal judge says three U.S. Department of Justice antitrust attorneys cannot be forced to testify in an ongoing jury trial in the government's first-ever criminal wage-fixing case, ruling that the testimony being sought "is at the core" of the deliberative process and work-product privileges.