The Latest Breaking News from Susan Illston

Monday's filing is a sharp increase from the 1,539 layoffs revealed Friday.

A federal judge in California indicated she would expand her temporary ruling blocking federal worker layoffs during the government shutdown.

Judge says White House office of management and budget took advantage of government shutdown in firing workers

Justices lift lower court order that froze ‘reductions in force’ federal layoffs while litigation in case proceeded

A federal judge in San Francisco has stopped Secretary of State Marco Rubio from proceeding with plans to downsize the State Department

Trump’s executive order regarding the firings ‘far exceeds the President’s supervisory powers under the Constitution,’ ruled the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Solicitor general argues Clinton-appointed judge encroached on president’s ‘unquestioned legal authority to plan and carry out’ mass layoffs

From Doe v. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, decided Friday by Judge Susan Illston (N.D. Cal.): John Doe and Robert Roe are a gay couple who have been in a "committed, but discreet," relationship for 33 years, and who were married in California in 2013. Doe is a United States citizen and…

Too bad for you, dude; from Lindblad v. Bolanos, decided by Judge Susan Illston (N.D. Cal. 2022), and filed July 4 (ha!): Ever-present in the background of the [First Amended Complaint] is an allegation that law enforcement agents from Colorado "followed" plaintiff to California and are conspiring with law enforcement…