JD Supra

First Circuit Affirms a Lower Court Decision Prohibiting NIH from Capping Reimbursements for Facilities & Administrative (or “Indirect”) Costs

On January 5, 2026, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court judgment preventing the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) from implementing a policy that adopted a uniform cap of 15 ...
Reason

The First Circuit Is Not A Denny's

According to the Attorney General, the First Circuit's clerk refused to "offer any means of filing" an emergency brief after 5:00 p.m. After 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 6, federal district court ...

First Circuit could intensify judicial divisions over Trump’s mandatory detention policy

A panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit sharply questioned the Trump administration on Monday over its mandatory detention policy for undocumented immigrants, as the problem races ...
Law

1st Circuit Questions Trump's Third Country Deportations

The underlying class action was brought by migrants who claim they were wrongfully deported to countries where immigration judges had found they were likely to face torture, including Guatemala and ...