In finding Friday that an order for several in-house Southwest Airlines attorneys to undergo "religious liberty training' should be permanently placed on hold while an appeal of a flight attendant's Title VII trial win is pending, the Fifth Circuit said the district court had likely exceeded "the scope of the court's civil-contempt authority."
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As a bid to oust Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis over her relationship with a prosecutor in Donald Trump's election interference case garners support, the former president pointed Friday to thousands of text messages and dozens of visits to back up the defense argument that the relationship began before Willis hired the prosecutor.
A self-described "constitutional conservative" lawyer hit officers of the Wisconsin State Bar with a federal suit alleging its diversity clerkship program for law students is unlawful and the organization is violating his free speech rights by forcing him to pay dues that support the initiative.
Hartline Barger LLP has lost its chance to appeal the dismissal of certain claims over a fee charged to the firm for canceling hotel rooms slated to be used by a litigation team before a case settled ahead of trial, with a Texas state appeals court finding no "controlling question of law" in the dispute.