When a court is deciding whether a police officer or prison guard is immune from a civil lawsuit, does agreement among circuits that certain police conduct is unconstitutional carry any weight? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has said no, but two judges urged their colleagues to reconsider that…

Strategy Sharing and Judicial Elections: What the Pa. Association for Justice’s New President Has Planned for the Year Ahead | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/08/07/strategy-sharing-and-judicial-elections-what-the-pa-association-for-justices-new-president-has-planned-for-the-year-ahead/ Lawrence Kelly of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George. Courtesy photo Q&A “We always keep our eye on bills that are being proposed. And again,…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has rejected efforts to revive a woman’s lawsuit against attorneys who represented her minor child in custody litigation, concluding that, despite allegations by the plaintiff that their conduct was “wrongful and illegal,” the attorneys had been acting in line with their…

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is putting all of its employees on a one-day furlough due to a funding shortfall, but will money problems hamper the agency’s ability to carry out its mission? The EEOC has notified all 2,200 employees that they will be subject to an unpaid administrative furlough on Aug. 30, and…

Open-source software leader Red Hat has filed a complaint against a Canadian company it says has launched “an aggressive litigation campaign” against four industry giants for allegedly violating patents by using open-source technologies. The complaint, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California alleges VirtaMove…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has tossed out a trial court judgment ordering Russia to pay more than $175 million in accrued sanctions for alleged theft of religious property, ruling that the Russian Federation is immune from suit. Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan in Tuesday’s…