U.S. District Judge Susan Illston put a 14-day pause on the mass layoffs, siding with a group of unions, non-profits and local governments after they filed a lawsuit on April 28.

US District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco sided with a group of unions, non-profits and local governments, and blocked large-scale mass layoffs known as “reductions in force” for… ...

Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District Court of California issued a temporary restraining order [PDF] (TRO) Friday, putting a two-week hold on government-wide reductions in force (RIFs) that ...

In an order late on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston barred agencies from mass layoffs pending the outcome of a lawsuit by unions, nonprofits and municipalities, saying Trump needed ...

In her order, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the president may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without approval from Congress.

A federal judge said late Thursday that she will continue to halt President Donald Trump’s orders for mass terminations at several agencies, handing down a preliminary injunction that follows up ...

A California judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt much of its massive downsizing of the federal workforce. Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said President Donald Trump and his ...

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston during a hearing in San Francisco agreed with a group of unions, nonprofits and municipalities that layoffs that began last month are likely illegal. The judge on ...

Judge orders temporary halt to Trump’s mass layoffs of federal workers. A federal judge ordered a two-week pause, writing that a president must enlist the help of Congress “to make large-scale ...

Demonstrators raise signs during a rally outside the National Institutes of Health on May 10 in Bethesda, Md. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston issued the preliminary injunction late Thursday ...

Washington — A federal judge on Thursday continued to block the Trump administration from moving forward with its plans to lay off thousands of government workers at more than 20 federal ...