A Michigan judge accused of having a teen girl detained and handcuffed after she fell asleep during a field trip to his courtroom is arguing that he is entitled to immunity from the teen's lawsuit.

Congressional Demcorats told an appeals court that a federal emergency care law displaces Idaho’s abortion ban to the extent the state law precludes a doctor from ending a pregnancy when it’s necessary to stabilize a patient’s emergency medical condition.

Florida defended its law banning gun sales to people under 21 to a partly skeptical Eleventh Circuit, as courts around the country grapple with firearm age restrictions.

The Georgia Supreme Court has established a 16-person committee, in partnership with the National Center for State Courts, to explore uses of generative artificial intelligence in the judiciary, the court said Tuesday. https://www.law360.com/articles/1901406

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Bankrupt bus operator Coach USA Inc. has reached deals to undo Chapter 11's automatic stay and allow over a dozen state lawsuits to move forward. https://www.law360.com/articles/1892524

Meta escaped a lawsuit from shareholders alleging the tech giant mislead investors about child safety practices on its social media platforms.

Adhesives manufacturer H.B. Fuller Co. has appointed the CEO and former general counsel of financial services business Thrivent to be its next board chair, effective Jan. 22.

A divided federal appeals court upheld a trespassing conviction for a former New Mexico politician who became the first Jan. 6 Capitol rioter to be removed from his post under the Constitution’s ban on insurrectionists holding office.

Rudolph Giuliani was ordered to put his Manhattan luxury apartment, cash accounts, jewelry, sports memorabilia and an estimated $2 million claim for unpaid 2020 Trump campaign legal fees into a receivership to satisfy a $146 million defamation judgment.

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Snell & Wilmer moved its Denver office to a new location in the downtown central business district to better reflect Colorado's increasing prominence as a hub for venture capital investment, technological innovation and new-business development. https://www.law360.com/articles/1892157

The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has collected more than $1 billion in back wages and damages for 615,000 workers since President Joe Biden took office, the agency said Tuesday.

A federal judge has recused herself from a financial aid conspiracy case against 40 private colleges, saying she and her family members are "involved with one or more of the university defendants."

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is seeking answers as to why it took the U.S. Justice Department four months to indict an Illinois man for allegedly threatening to kidnap and murder the Florida federal judge who handled Donald Trump's classified documents case. https://www.law360.com/articles/1892367