According to the Attorney General, the First Circuit's clerk refused to "offer any means of filing" an emergency brief after 5:00 p.m. After 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 6, federal district court ...

A panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit sharply questioned the Trump administration on Monday over its mandatory detention policy for undocumented immigrants, as the problem races ...

The federal gun ban applied to immigrants living in the U.S. without permission fits within the history and tradition of this ...

Those seeking to file legal challenges against the Trump Administration's avalanche of executive actions have largely sought friendly fora in which to bring their claims. Increasingly, this appears to ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently provided important clarity—and welcome relief—for clinical laboratories facing False Claims Act (“FCA”) allegations based on a lack of medical ...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of an ongoing series about the subpoenas of the Belfast Project. On Friday, May 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston issued a ruling with ...

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(CN) — A group of Rhode Island students told the First Circuit the civics education they received in their public schools left them unprepared to participate in democracy, to vote and sit on juries.

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The First Circuit, which is comprised of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island, recognizes a qualified privilege for reporters. Application of the privilege is determined ...