Report details Texas children's deaths, as divided 5th Circuit confirms removal of longtime judge in foster care case
A federal judge who, for more than a decade, presided in the legal fight surrounding Texas foster care will be removed from ...
Details emerge in death of child in Texas foster care; court upholds judge's removal
Investigators found that an 11-year-old boy died during a movie theater outing after foster care staff ignored signs of ...
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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will not rehear Texas foster litigation case
The court voted 9-5 against rehearing the case that voided significant portions of court oversight, removed the judge in the ...
Fifth Circuit again upholds decision putting Hinds County Jail in receivership
And like in October, the Fifth has remanded the case back to U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves to more narrowly tailor ...
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Fifth Circuit halts CFPB small-business data rule — again
A federal appeals court in Texas has delayed the implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's small-business ...
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Appeal court orders dismissal of St. Tammany Parish library board discrimination lawsuit
The three former Library Board of Control members, William McHugh, Rebecca Taylor and Anthony Parr, sued St. Tammany Parish ...
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Fifth Circuit Reaffirms Appraisal and Bad Faith Jurisprudence as Policyholders Continue to Probe for Opportunities
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a summary judgment granted to the insurer over a policyholder’s argument that ...
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AHA, FAH urge 5th Circuit to vacate FTC noncompete rule
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals yesterday filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
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Appeals court rejects Jones Act challenge that sought to protect $247m rock vessel’s market
The case filed by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals was a test of the limits of the Jones Act, ...
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Appeals Court stays small business reporting rule for many financial institutions
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay that blocks for many financial institutions the implementation of a CFPB rule that requires ...
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IRS Urges Appeals Court to Dismiss Crypto Founder’s Challenge to Tax Summonses
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has urged a federal appeals court to dismiss a challenge from crypto founder Rowland ...
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Supreme Court to consider death row plea for DNA testing
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain postconviction DNA testing on evidence that he says would exonerate him. Rube ...