Generally speaking, the law can't punish false statements about the government—even knowing lies—on the grounds that they damage the government's reputation. In the words of New York Times v. Sullivan ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments early next year in a case involving a member of one of Chicago’s most prominent ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center doubled down on its request for a federal court to order that the Justice Department refrain from making false statements on fraud charges against the civil rights ...

HOUSTON – Understanding legal terms can be difficult, even for the most avid court watchers. There are a lot of them that get thrown out during trials. In our ‘Anatomy of a Trial’ series, KPRC 2 Legal ...

If you tell your partner that you spent $100 on a rare bobblehead for your office, when the full price was actually $1,000, have you said anything false? Literally, you did spend $100; you just spent ...

On March 21, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court held in Thompson v. United States that a federal statute prohibiting “false” statements to banks, 18 USC § 1014, does not apply to statements that are ...

“When outrageous, false statements are made that force innocent defendants to spend many hundreds of thousands of dollars to litigate and prove them false, there must be severe sanctions.” For better ...

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump is facing 13 charges in a new indictment handed down from a Fulton County grand jury. That includes two counts for "knowingly, willingly, and unlawfully" making ...