Two members of the Denver-based federal appeals court took the unusual step on Tuesday of encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its century-old precedent finding the constitutional right to a jury trial in “all criminal prosecutions” does not apply to petty offenses. At the same time, the panel of three judges for the U.S.…

The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a Colorado man who was accused of violating U.S. Forest Service (USFS) regulations to promote his outdoor apparel company. In October 2021, David Lesh was found guilty of violating USFS rules for snowmobiling at Keystone Resort in April 2020 and posting photos to Instagram…

Meghan Lapp refused to pay the salaries of government-mandated fisheries observers. She took her fight all the way to the Supreme Court…

When New England fishing vessel operators prevailed in a suit over federal overreach, they triggered a tsunami that will affect the administrative state…

New Civil Liberties Alliance, Latham & Watkins LLP, Clement & Murphy PLLC and Cause of Action Institute easily lead this week’s edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after persuading the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 40-year-old precedent that said when judges should defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of law in rulemaking…

It took until July 1, but the U.S. Supreme Court’s nine justices managed to close the book on a momentous October 2023 term in time to decamp Washington before the Fourth of July holiday and kick off their three-month summer recess…