Richard Posner, a prodigious legal scholar and outspoken former federal appeals court judge who pioneered the use of economic theory to resolve legal questions, has died. He was 87. Richard Posner, prolific legal scholar and outspoken appeals court judge, dies at 87 Posner’s opinions have been cited extensively in textbooks that have educated generations of … Read more
The US Diversity Visa lottery for fiscal year 2027 will remain suspended after a federal appeals court blocked a lower court order directing the Trump administration to reopen the program, leaving prospective applicants uncertain about when they can register for the Green Card lottery. Complete breakdown of new H-1B and green-card changes. (AFP) The US … Read more
YouTuber and podcast host Ethan Klein has said he is working to relinquish his ownership and financial interests in businesses he shares with his wife, Hila Klein, after she publicly accused him of having an affair lasting more than six months. Ethan Klein asks for family privacy after wife Hila alleges he had an affair … Read more
A fence that had been treated as a property boundary since 1967 has been upheld as the dividing line between two Arkansas properties, after a dispute over trees and fencing reached the state Court of Appeals. The ruling in Floyd v. Bowlin-Lemon, reported by Justia, Leagle and Case Law Wire, affirmed the Bowlins’ boundary claim, … Read more
NEW YORK — Family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks packed a federal appeals courtroom in New York City on Wednesday as three judges heard arguments over whether legal claims against Saudi Arabia can proceed. Federal appeals judges don’t reveal how they’ll rule on Saudi Arabia’s effort to end 9/11 litigation The … Read more
Dilan Ashar’s parents issues a video appeal seeking help in tracking their 22-year-old, a University of Maryland student. The family of 22-year-old University of Maryland student Dilan Shaan Ashar has made an emotional appeal for help as authorities continue searching for him, days after he disappeared from the university campus. “Dilan, we love you so … Read more
A long-running dispute between a South Texas ranch owner and an oil company over access to a shut-in well took another turn October 1, when a Texas appeals court ruled that state law allows the operator to cross neighboring private land to reach the well for plugging work. The ruling came from the Texas Thirteenth … Read more
A decade of peaceful relations between neighbors in Union Parish, Louisiana, ended in a bitter court fight involving bright lights, power generators, large warning signs and a rotting cow carcass near a property line. A Louisiana appeals court has now upheld a lower court ruling that settled the dispute over a 70-foot strip of timberland. … Read more
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s government announced Wednesday that its reparations case against Britain has been referred to the United Kingdom’s highest court of appeal for the Caribbean island. Jamaica celebrates that its reparations case against Britain referred to final appeals court The unprecedented legal maneuver marks a watershed moment in the fraught historical relationship between … Read more
A US Federals Court has ruled that immigrants facing deportation to third countries must be given sufficient notice before being sent to nations where they have no ties. A US federal appeals court has ruled that immigrants facing deportation to countries where they have no ties must receive sufficient notice and a meaningful opportunity to … Read more