The US Supreme Court stayed an appeals court decision questioning the authority of a federal civil service board.

A Texas judge’s order requiring Stephen F. Austin State University to preserve three women’s sports set for elimination failed to clearly tell the school what actions it must take to maintain the teams, a federal appeals court said.

A federal judge extended the life of a block on Albuquerque, N.M.'s, regulations for political committees, changing a temporary restraining order to a preliminary injunction.

An influential panel of US vaccine advisers voted to revoke a longstanding recommendation that all babies receive hepatitis B shots within 24 hours of birth, a move expected to reverse the country’s progress toward eliminating the disease.

Washington, D.C., law firms announced a number of hires from the U.S. Department of Justice in recent weeks, picking up former government attorneys in wide-ranging practice areas. https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/2416619 #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw

Three federal judges who decided to “unretire” after President Donald Trump won the election didn’t violate judicial ethics rules, a chief judge held.

Lieff Cabraser's handling of a lawsuit by fired federal employees involved in DEI work and Wiley's work defeating a bid challenge on behalf of a federal contractor lead this edition of #Law360Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work. #BusinessOfLaw

A former steel processing company employee gained preliminary approval for a $1.8 million class settlement aimed at resolving litigation over a transaction involving the company’s employee stock ownership plan.

A federal appeals court endorsed President Donald Trump’s firings of two independent agency officials despite their statutory safeguards against such at-will dismissals.

A federal judge's decision this week that Brazilian airline Gol Linhas' Chapter 11 plan releases were nonconsensual could have sweeping effects on how debtors secure valuable liability waivers in bankruptcy, complicating the question of what counts as consent under the U.S.…

New Jersey’s residency requirement for people seeking legal aid in dying passes constitutional muster, a federal appeals court said.

The Ninth Circuit struck down a class action win for transgender employee health plan participants who said their denials for gender-affirming care were discriminatory. Law360 recaps this and other noteworthy ERISA rulings from November.

First Brands will undergo a hearing about a deal regarding its use of lender collateral in its Chapter 11, American Signature will seek the go-ahead on its bidding procedures, and Prospect Medical will make a deferred push to confirm its Chapter 11 plan. …

The US Labor Department convinced a federal judge to throw out the claims of one of a trio of home-care firms challenging a revision to an agency rule on overtime exemptions.

Opinion: No matter what the US Supreme Court decides in the highly-anticipated Trump v. Slaughter case, to be argued Monday, they will have undermined the theory of originalism, a favorite doctrine of several of the conservative justices.