The $3.5 trillion budget plan Democrats are advancing on Capitol Hill includes the first-ever federal mandatory framework for workplace retirement plans, a policy that could result in the single biggest influx of new plans and first-time savers in U.S. history.

Georgetown University law professor Alvaro Bedoya is likely to concentrate on the interplay between privacy and civil rights if confirmed to a seat on the Federal Trade Commission.

Penalties and discipline against a dozen attorneys over Trump-fueled election challenges probably won’t discourage similar fraud suits in the future, legal experts say.

The law that overhauled the U.S. patent review system hits its 10-year anniversary this week with both backers and opponents saying that although the administrative board it created is likely to persist, there are ways to improve it.

Privacy advocates and criminal defense lawyers are looking to a robbery case in a Virginia federal court as a high-profile legal test for law enforcement’s growing use of location data from Alphabet Inc.'s Google to identify suspects.

A newly-launched federal office faces a variety of challenges if it is to succeed in its goal of connecting the dots on health in interagency climate work, health and climate experts said.

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