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Updated: President Donald Trump nominated 10 lawyers Monday for federal judgeships, including two state judges from his list of 21 potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees.White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer

Instead of calling it Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Bob Haig, the editor-in-chief of this now 15 volume work, could just as easily ha...

At the Hankey Law Office, we are prepared to appeal your case all the way to Federal Court in pursuit of the benefits you need.

Susan Eisenberg, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, spoke with Yahoo! about the evolution of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

At least two federal courts saw promising applicants for employment hit the road after witnessing the “angst and stress” federal employees experienced during the recent government shutdown, one of many blows the court system took due to the lack of funding this past month.

federalcourthyperlinking.org is “A compendium of resources for attorneys interested in adding hyperlinks to their CM/ECF filings.”

Important changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will take effect on December 1, 2015. From that date on, if you serve a federal complaint (or are served one), you will need to know the new r

A federal court on Tuesday ruled that random searches of international travelers' phones and computers by the government violates the Fourth Amendment.

Yikes! No practitioner wants to be on the receiving end of a decision that starts with the title of this post. And yet, that’s precisely how...

A long-standing immigration law that imposes criminal punishment for “encouraging or inducing” someone to enter or remain in the United States illegally violates freedom of speech, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. People can be punished for helping others to violate the law, including the law against illegal entry, but “encouraging” and “inducing” are typically acts of expression that cannot be criminalized, said the Ninth U.S…

Updated Jan. 10: Federal courts have tacked on a week to the amount of time they hope to continue paid operations during the government shutdown. But they are still making plans for scaled-down operations after the money is expected to run out.

Not following the applicable rules and filing documents incorrectly can have consequences ranging from losing credibility with your judge to blowing your deadline to file a dispositive motion because your motion was stricken or denied.

As expected, California’s effort to ban employers from requiring employees and applicants to sign an arbitration agreement has been challenged in...

If you are looking to file your disability claim in federal court, let the team at the Hankey Law Office provide you with the support and help you need.

In a series of opinions issued over the past few months, federal judges in California have reiterated that insurers must wait until they are finished defending their policyholders before they sue thos

Unless changes are made to the budget allocated to the Idaho federal courts, there could be significant delays to civil cases in Idaho’s federal courts. This may affect employers (and employees) who end up in Idaho’s federal courts. Click here for more of the story
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In a previous post , I noted the negative impact that Idaho’s federal judges are predicting because of the federal “sequestration” budget cuts. Since that time, several Idaho lawyers, including our own Craig Meadows , wrote an op-ed piece urging Idaho’s federal delegation to support efforts to address the budget issue. Click here to read the article
It now remains to be seen what actions Idaho’s…

Federal courts have broad authority to manage discovery, but when it comes to punishing litigants for discovery violations, their inherent authority is limited by rule and now Supreme Court precedent. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court held that any sanction imposed for discovery misconduct pursuant to a court's inherent authority must be compensatory, rather than punitive, in nature and that a court may only award legal fees that would not have been incurred but for the bad-faith conduct.

The Free Law Project disclosed the existence of the security issue publicly in a blog post but did not provide details.