November 27, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the federal government's constitutional challenge to Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the Ninth Circuit will weigh if Idaho can ban abortions even in emergencies, and the D.C. Circuit will wade into a pension withdrawal liability fight. Here are three argument sessions benefits attorneys should keep an eye on in December.
December 09, 2023
A former BigLaw partner in his 30s made history by joining a preeminent circuit court, a former BigLaw partner in his 50s made waves by leaving the largest circuit, and a former chemist in her 90s made enemies by resisting a probe on the most specialized circuit. That's a small sample of the intrigue that flourished in 2023 throughout the federal appellate system, where diversity bloomed and controversy abounded.
November 21, 2023
Idaho urged the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block a Ninth Circuit decision that paused a state law criminalizing most abortions in the state, telling the justices Monday that the federal government has a "revisionist interpretation" of a law it claims requires abortion care in medical emergencies.
November 14, 2023
A split Ninth Circuit panel has denied a request by Idaho's Legislature to greenlight the Gem State's law criminalizing most abortions in the state, with seven out of 11 circuit court judges agreeing to keep a halt on the abortion ban intact.
October 11, 2023
An Idaho law criminalizing abortion care in medical emergencies has been put on hold after the Ninth Circuit granted the Biden administration's request for an en banc rehearing.
September 29, 2023
Idaho can enforce a law that criminalizes abortion care in medical emergencies while it appeals a preliminary injunction that the Biden administration won last summer in federal court after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday.