Courthouse News Service

First Circuit refuses to lift block on Trump order targeting libraries, museums

FILE - People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) BOSTON (CN) — The First Circuit on Thursday ...

First Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Trump administration’s request to stop full SNAP benefit payments

The three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, Massachusetts, ruled against the Trump administration regarding the distribution of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...
Courthouse News Service

First Circuit keeps ruling against Trump’s birthright citizenship order in place

The John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston, home of the First Circuit Court of Appeals. (Photo by Beyond My Ken from Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) BOSTON (CN) — The First Circuit on ...
Reason

First Circuit Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order is Unconstitutional

Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision that Donald Trump's executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and non-citizens ...
JD Supra

First Circuit Requires But-For Causation for FCA Liability Based on AKS Violations

The First Circuit ruled in United States v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., that the government must prove but-for causation to establish False Claims Act (FCA) liability based on violations of the ...
Reason

Forum Shopping in the First Circuit

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 ...