Law
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The Washington, D.C.-based Federal Circuit announced Wednesday that it would suspend in-person hearings due to concerns about the global COVID-19 pandemic, reversing course from an earlier decision to allow hearings to go ahead… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An Oklahoma federal court cited the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus in an order that postponed a case brought by Native American tribes challenging the expiration date of their gambling compacts… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has loosened requirements for employers to give workers notice before laying them off in large numbers, as part of an executive order aimed at containing the economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The city of Bayonne, New Jersey, urged a federal court Monday to toss a former city attorney’s wrongful arrest suit, saying the arrest warrant related to the attorney’s failure to appear in court in a neighboring county and had nothing to do with the city… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A coalition of nongovernmental groups has alleged that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the National Archives and Records Administration violated the law by developing and approving a plan to destroy records about alleged mistreatment of immigrant detainees… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 