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State Farm Agrees to Settle Suit Alleging Improper Influence Over Judicial Election for $250M Updated: Published by:

A federal district court judge in Illinois has granted preliminary approval to a settlement between State Farm and a class of plaintiffs claiming that the insurance giant created a RICO enterprise to bankroll the election of a judge to the state's high court. Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier was…

North Carolina Democrats Hope to Erode Republican Grasp on Legislature Updated: Published by:

The North Carolina legislature historically has been dominated by Republicans, but times may be changing in a state known for extremely conservative lawmaking. While the Governor is a Democrat, the Republican supermajority in the legislature has pushed many laws past his veto over the last two years. One of the…

At-Will Employment For Federal Workers: President Trump Approves Via Executive Orders Which a Federal Judge Subsequently Blocks Updated: Published by:

Unions won a major victory against the Trump administration’s attempts to weaken protections that apply to many federal workers when Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columnbia invalidated provisions in three executive orders Trump's administration issued back in May.

U.S. District Court Judge Rules That Separated Immigrant Children Must be Reunited With Parents Within Thirty Days Updated: Published by:

On Tuesday, June 26, 2018, United States District Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the Southern District of California granted the American Civil Liberties Union's request for a preliminary injunction seeking to reunite children affected by the Trump Administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy.