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Things to know about the White House investigation into California's law on students and gender
The Trump administration launched an investigation Thursday into the California Department of Education over a law that says districts…
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Polish president signs tough law restricting asylum rights
Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a law that allows for authorities to temporarily suspend the right of migrants to apply for…
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Big Law Splinters Under a Trump Onslaught
No Kumbaya moment President Trump has opened a new front in his attack on Big Law. On Tuesday, he signed an executive order that targeted…
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PropNex Realty changes law firm in ‘99-to-1’ suit to avoid conflict of interest
Withers KhattarWong previously represented both the property agency and its agent Ian Sng, but the agency has switched to Rajah & Tann…
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Column: Congress wants to impeach judges instead of doing its job
Some Republicans want U.S. District Judge James Boasberg removed from the bench for allegedly interfering with the president’s authority —…
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Trump, Big Law, and an “Existential Crisis”
The president’s clash with some of the nation’s biggest law firms appears to be far from over, potentially splintering the legal community…
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'They have never broken the law': An O.C. couple's deportation is part of a trend, advocates say
Nelson and Gladys Gonzalez lived in the United States illegally for decades, working hard and raising a family while regularly checking in…
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The Nonprofit Caught in the Fray of Trump’s Attacks on Big Law
In the process of attacking big law firms this week, the Trump administration hinted at another potential target: a decades-old nonprofit…
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Trump-appointed judge dissents in California ammo case with gun-filled YouTube video
A Trump-appointed appellate court judge who disagreed with a decision by his colleagues to uphold California’s ban on large-capacity…
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Lawyer Issues Grim Warning After Another Law Firm Caves to Trump
The panel, known as a cant rail assembly, is attached to the truck with an adhesive that the National Highway Traffic Safety…
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Law Firm Bends in Face of Trump Demands
Last week, a federal judge in Washington ruled that a subsequent executive order Mr. Trump signed targeting the law firm Perkins Coie,…
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New York City's noncitizen voting law ruled illegal by top state court
New York City's attempt to allow noncitizens to cast ballots in local elections violates the state constitution, the state's top court…
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Indonesia law allows military bigger role in government
Indonesia's parliament has passed controversial changes to legislation that will allow its military a bigger role in government. Critics…
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Column: The United States careens toward a constitutional crisis
Congress is cowed; that’s one supposedly coequal branch of government down. But federal courts are proving more resistant to Donald…
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Fired federal workers can fight their dismissals, but there's a catch
WASHINGTON — The more than 2 million federal employees have legal rights as civil servants that are supposed to protect them from being…
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Supreme Court revives family's claim to recover Pissarro painting stolen by the Nazis
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday revived a family’s claim to recover a painting that had been hung in a Berlin apartment in 1939…
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Supreme Court will hear free-speech challenge to 'conversion therapy' bans in California, Colorado
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a free-speech challenge to laws in Colorado, California and 20 other states that…
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Mexico tells Supreme Court that U.S. gun makers are to blame for heavily armed cartels
WASHINGTON — President Trump blames Mexico for fentanyl and other dangerous drugs that come across the southern border. But Mexico blames…
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Law firm HFW expands Hong Kong office to Hongkong Land’s tower
HFW will have more space in the new office, in contrast with the recent downsizing efforts by some of its international peers HONGKONG…
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Trump Declares Himself the Law in Fight With Democratic Governor
That trend has continued through the decade, though the agency’s losses have been slightly less egregious. In November, USPS said it had…
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Opinion: Trump wants the Supreme Court to let him fire officials despite the law. That's unprecedented
Less than a month into Donald Trump’s second term, a case involving his extreme claims of presidential power has already made it to the…
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Trump's lawyers ask Supreme Court to fast-track approval of agency officials' firings
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s lawyers alerted the Supreme Court over the weekend to what they called “an unprecedented assault on the…
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Goldberg: Is Trump's Napoleon quote just idle trolling? This context suggests otherwise
The president of the United States posted a possibly apocryphal quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte on social media Saturday: “He…
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Indonesia amends mining law to boost access, support processing
Indonesia is a major coal exporter and has rich deposits of tin, copper and bauxite, among other metals INDONESIA’S parliament on Tuesday…