The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed with AT&T and threw out the FCC’s order, while the U.S. Court of Appeals ...

The ruling comes after the FCC conceded that its so-called forfeiture orders don't actually have legal teeth until the agency ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, 144 S. Ct. 2117 (2024) held that when the SEC seeks civil penalties to punish and deter wrongful conduct, the ...

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York denied that argument in the Verizon case and upheld the fine but the 5th ...

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States held that defendants in securities fraud cases brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are entitled to a jury trial under ...

In a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) proceeding, a district court dismissed the government’s suit to enforce FBAR penalties, holding that the government had violated the ...

WASHINGTON (CN) —The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review cases concerning a juror’s pretrial lies in a death penalty case and the Seventh Amendment’s enforceability against states. The ...

The Seventh Amendment gives people a constitutional right to a jury trial in civil cases seeking money damages. The Supreme Court held that incarcerated plaintiffs have a right to a jury trial on ...