If progressive activists have their way, President Joe Biden will appoint many more judges who represented criminal defendants as well as workers, consumers, and civil rights plaintiffs. Wish lists assembled by two progressive groups, Demand Justice and the People’s Parity Project, provide a window into what exactly their vision for the federal bench looks like.

President Joe Biden’s CFPB nominee Rohit Chopra said the agency will have a much more aggressive enforcement unit in areas such as fair lending and mortgage servicing if he wins Senate confirmation to the post.

U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled with a case that could further weaken the landmark Voting Rights Act, suggesting they would back two Arizona ballot restrictions while exploring possible middle grounds on the standard that would apply to future lawsuits.

The Boy Scouts of America filed a plan to reorganize in bankruptcy, proposing to settle tens of thousands of legacy sexual abuse claims against the organization through a dedicated trust.

The consumers leading a proposed chicken price-fixing class action over an alleged industrywide scheme revealed a $99 million settlement with Tyson Foods Inc., part of a larger $104 million “icebreaker” deal they disclosed in a Chicago federal court.

President Joe Biden’s pledge to revive talks among the world’s biggest emitting nations has raised concern among some key U.S. industries that they could be on the losing end of any effort to set sector-specific limits on carbon emissions.

Kirkland & Ellis partner Paul Clement and Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal are the most successful ex-U.S. solicitors general when it comes to getting high court petitions granted in recent years.