Advocacy groups decry LGBTQ+ rights lawyer’s false testimony indictment
A lawyer for Lambda Legal was indicted after being accused of making a false statement during a 2022 judicial panel investigating “judge-shopping.”
U.S. District Judge Liles Burke
Federal judge renews threat to sanction top LGBTQ rights lawyers
Judge Liles Burke ordered attorneys in a lawsuit against Alabama's gender-affirming care ban to produce a privileged document.
Appeals court lifts injunction on Alabama gender affirming care ban
The ruling by the three-judge federal appeals court removed an injunction issued in May 2022 by U.S. District Judge Liles Burke.
Federal judge blocks Alabama law criminalizing medical care for transgender youth
Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Liles Burke found that the plaintiffs are substantially likely to win their case on multiple grounds.
Law criminalizing transgender medical care takes effect
U.S. District Judge Liles Burke has not yet issued a ruling on a preliminary injunction. A hearing on the injunction concluded Friday afternoon.