The federal District Court for the District of Columbia (Beryl A. Howell) has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from abruptly terminating seven research projects at the American Academy of Pediatrics.  The Court found that the terminations on the stated ground that the projects “no longer effectuate agency and HHS policies” are likely to be found to be unconstitutional retaliation for public positions that the AAP had taken against activities at HHS.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury conviction and trial court sentence for wire fraud and money-laundering in raising funds under false pretenses on Facebook.

A federal District Court in Delaware has held that neither a quadriplegic individual nor any of six organizations, apparently all nonprofits supporting rights for the disabled, has standing to challenge the validity of Delaware’s End of Life Options Act (“EOLOA”) that permits physician-assisted suicide of terminally ill patients.  The Court has also ruled on a request for a temporary restraining order that the plaintiffs would not be likely to prevail on the merits.

The federal District Court in the District of Columbia (Jia M. Cobb) has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from interfering with Congressional visits to ICE facilities.  The Court has said that ICE policies stating that field offices are not detention facilities and requiring seven days advanced notice of Congressional visits are likely unlawful.

The nonprofit African Immigrant Rights Council has been awarded attorney’s fees for “substantially prevailing” in its Freedom of Information Act suit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  It had sought to obtain a copy of a Revised Guidance for Asylum Officers considering asylum cases.

May a teacher at a Jewish Reform Temple be fired for co-authoring a blog post critical of Israel and Zionism despite a New York labor law prohibiting an employer from taking adverse action against an employee based on legal “recreational activities”?

The IRS has issued its annual notice of standard mileage rates for income tax deductions (Notice 2026-10).  The mileage rate for business travel, which is indexed for inflation, is 72.5 cents per mile for 2026, up 2.5 cents per mile from the rate for 2025.

The rate for “rendering gratuitous services to a charitable organization” is 14 cents per mile, set by statute many years ago.