An appeals court has rejected a Gretna hairstylist's lawsuit challenging the state's hair braiding rules. The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Ashley N'Dakpri, the owner of Afro Touch ...

Steve Vladeck dedicated an article in the Atlantic to the Fifth Circuit’s supposedly “outlandish decisions” and is already anticipating that it will be “the most-reversed appeals court at ...

Read full article: Galveston County redistricting case draws divide among federal appeals court judges The 5th Circuit expressed skepticism about arguments from both sides in considering whether a ...

The Fifth Circuit is based in New Orleans and hears appeals from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi before they go to the U.S. Supreme Court. The judges on the Fifth Circuit have mostly been ...

With the fate of millions of Americans’ health insurance hanging in the balance, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is due to rule in a bellwether case that could gut the Affordable Care Act after ...

One of the surprising themes of the Supreme Court’s term that effectively ended this past Monday was how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit—the federal appeals court in New ...

On September 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Mayfield v. U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) has the authority to ...

Real World Impact: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' recent decision vacating the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule regarding tipped employees means the rule is no longer in effect nationwide.

A federal appeals court declined to reinstate a lawsuit from a woman alleging a Texas county prosecutor worked on her criminal case while moonlighting as a law clerk in the court presiding over her ...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Kelsey Jukam/Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court repudiated the Fifth Circuit more than any other court this term, but ...

As we have reported previously over the years, a key provision in the Bankruptcy Code is Section 365, a lengthy provision that addresses the disposition of executory contracts between the debtor ...