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Civil Rights Group Probes Depleted DOJ Oversight of Local Police
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (383+ words) The decimated workforce of the Justice Department's civil rights arm has largely abandoned federal oversight of state and local law enforcement under the second Trump administration, a civil rights organization found. Tuesday's report, co-authored by a former DOJ attorney who…...
Trump Immigration Agenda Upends West Texas US Attorney's Office
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (128+ words) Bloomberg Law News A US attorney's office near the US-Mexico border is buckling under strained morale and departures as the team handles the largest number of legal claims from individuals challenging their detention under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. The…...
Justices Weigh Legality of Warrants Tied to Phone Location Data
15+ hour, 11+ min ago (424+ words) The US Supreme Court appeared wary of issuing a sweeping decision on how a law enforcement technique leveraging the digital footprint of mobile phone users squares with the constitutional right against unreasonable searches and seizures. Hearing arguments on Monday, the…...
Mobile Data Warrants, Fourth Amendment Collide at Supreme Court
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (115+ words) Bloomberg Law News The US Supreme Court is gearing up to grapple with the extent to which smartphone users surrender their Fourth Amendment rights when they transmit their locations to digital service providers. "It is a huge case," said David…...
California to Start Reporting Courthouse Immigration Arrests
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (117+ words) Bloomberg Law News California's Judicial Council approved a new rule Friday requiring courts to report civil arrests that occur in court facilities, including arrests related to federal immigration enforcement actions. The rule was passed by the Judicial Council of California…...
Arizona Sues ICE Over Plans to Open Massive Detention Facility
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (110+ words) Bloomberg Law News Arizona is the latest state to challenge US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's push to quickly expand its migrant detention capacity in a lawsuit that alleges violations of federal environmental law. The state sued the agency Friday over…...
California ICE Identification Law Blocked Pending Full Appeal
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (126+ words) Bloomberg Law News California's No Vigilantes Act that requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to identify themselves in public is an unlawful attempt to regulate the federal government and was temporarily blocked by a federal appeals court Wednesday. A three-judge…...
Illinois" Biometric Privacy Law Amendment Deemed Retroactive (1)
3+ week, 5+ day ago (136+ words) An amendment changing how damages are evaluated in suits under Illinois" biometric privacy law applies retroactively to cases that were pending when the amendment was adopted, a Seventh Circuit panel. .. An Illinois biometric privacy law amendment changing how damages are…...
Texas Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Altman Attack (1)
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (134+ words) Local and federal prosecutors filed attempted murder and other criminal charges against the man arrested Friday for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at the home of Open AI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman. San Fransisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said…...
Ex-Big Law Attorney Takes Capital Defense Practice to High Court
4+ week, 1+ day ago (889+ words) Joseph Perkovich first got involved in representing a prisoner on death row as a pro bono assignment while working at a corporate law firm. "The more I saw," he said, "the more upsetting and baffling it became in terms of…...