Alabama leaders, however, say they are doing what the voters want and are confident the laws will be upheld by the courts.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of former Barbers Hill student ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently blocked the airline junk fee rule that the DOT says would ...

Successful petitions to receive compassionate early release from federal prisons due to health issues are rare. They are even ...

The US Department of Labor has asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to pause its appeal of a stayed rule that would have expanded the definition of a “fiduciary” under the Employment Retirement ...

And like in October, the Fifth has remanded the case back to U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves to more narrowly tailor ...

A federal judge who, for more than a decade, presided in the legal fight surrounding Texas foster care will be removed from ...

A man convicted of killing two people in Bell County is set to be executed on Thursday, Feb. 13. Richard Lee Tabler was ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a summary judgment granted to the insurer over a policyholder’s argument that ...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay that blocks for many financial institutions the implementation of a CFPB rule that requires ...

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 ...

The Labor Department has filed a motion to pause two federal court cases challenging the Retirement Security Rule, which was ...