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DC Circ. Rejects Newman's Bid To Unseal Suspension Docs
The D.C. Circuit on Monday denied U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's request to unseal documents about her suspension for refusing to participate in an investigation into her fitness, saying such documents are confidential unless both the judge under investigation and the chief judge agree to release them.
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Sotomayor Clears Path For Retrial In Landmark Graft Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor lifted a temporary pause Monday on a public corruption case that resulted in a landmark 2023 decision eliminating the right-to-control theory of fraud, clearing the way for a retrial on a traditional theory of property fraud.
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NC Justice Urges 4th Circ. To Keep Vote Battle In Federal Court
An incumbent North Carolina justice urged the Fourth Circuit on Monday to keep control of her opponent's challenge to November's election results, rejecting the challenger's claim that developments in state court have rendered the federal case moot.
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Jackson Walker Ethics Case Shelved Over Lack Of Authority
A Houston federal judge on Monday recommended closing an ethics case against Jackson Walker LLP over its supposed knowledge of a firm attorney's relationship with a judge, finding the court lacked the authority to pursue sanctions against a law firm.
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Tesla Says Judge DQ Bid In Crash Suit Arrived On Time
Tesla Inc. has doubled down on its bid to disqualify a California federal judge from an accident case over his prior law firm's work, rejecting the plaintiff's argument that the automaker filed the motion too late.
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Legal Industry Rallies Around Students Hit By Hiring Freeze
Law students whose job offers were revoked because of the federal government's hiring freeze are seeing an outpouring of support from people across the legal community.
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ABA House Of Delegates Votes For Stricter High Court Ethics
The American Bar Association's policymaking body recommended Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court adopt a binding ethics code as strict as the code of conduct that other U.S. federal judges must follow.
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2nd Circ. Affirms Lawyer's Asylum Fraud Conviction
The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the convictions of an immigration attorney and the former CEO of an immigration services firm for coaching asylum-seekers to lie about facing persecution in their home countries, rejecting the pair's arguments that there was insufficient evidence and that the jury was given improper instructions.
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DOJ Vets Start Group To Protect Ex-Colleagues From Trump
Former attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice are launching a new initiative to protect staff caught in the cross-hairs of President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape the department in his image.
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Buchalter Adds Former Federal Prosecutor In Sacramento
Buchalter PC has expanded its white collar team, bringing in a former federal prosecutor most recently with Downey Brand LLP as a shareholder in its Sacramento office.
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Gov't's Freeborn GC Interview May Spoil Ex-Partner's Retrial
The U.S. government's wire fraud retrial against a former Freeborn & Peters LLP partner may be halted after prosecutors let the firm's former general counsel touch on privileged topics without acknowledging or honoring the legal boundary during a preparatory interview.
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Mich. Judge Can't Pause Discipline Case During Bias Probe
The Michigan Supreme Court won't halt disciplinary proceedings against a judge accused of lying about another judge's conduct to wait for an ongoing audit of potential racial disparities in the state's judicial discipline process to be completed.
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Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case
A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty Can't Escape OneCoin Conviction At 2nd Circ.
The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a former Locke Lord LLP partner's conviction and 10-year sentence for helping launder roughly $400 million in proceeds from the multibillion-dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme, rejecting the attorney's contention that a sole cooperating government witness' perjury and other purported errors warranted reversing his punishment.
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Goldstein Case Raises The Stakes For A DOJ Office In Tumult
The bombshell tax-crimes case of U.S. Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein landed at a U.S. Department of Justice outpost in Maryland that has been plagued in recent years by botched cases and internal strife — pitting a beleaguered U.S. attorney against a pair of former Donald Trump attorneys itching for a fight.
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'Elite' High Court Attys Have Outsized Role As 'Repeat Players'
U.S. Supreme Court cases are increasingly argued by a small, elite group of attorneys who appear before the justices time after time, a trend that seems to have less impact on those lawyers' success than it does on their growing homogeneity and influence over the law, according to new research.
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Proposed DC Anti-Harassment Rule Sparks Familiar Debate
A proposed change to the D.C. Bar's ethics rules that's aimed at combating harassment and discrimination in the legal profession is stirring a First Amendment debate, echoing controversies seen in other jurisdictions.
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NJ AG Launches Commission To Strengthen Trust In Gov't
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has announced a new 13-member anti-corruption commission bringing together legal experts including a former state Supreme Court justice and former state and federal prosecutors to advise on increasing transparency and trust in government.
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Ex-Trump Atty Sidney Powell Again Escapes Texas Discipline
Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell has again escaped disciplinary action in connection with her efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Fla. Judge Tees Up Free Speech Defense In Ethics Case
A Florida state judge facing ethics charges related to campaign statements is going forward with a First Amendment defense in her Monday hearing, she told the state's Judicial Qualifications Commission in a prehearing statement.
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Jury Instructions Tainted Ex-State's Atty's Trial, 4th Circ. Hears
A Fourth Circuit decision from 1938 took center stage Friday as a seemingly divided appellate panel debated whether a jury that found former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby guilty of mortgage fraud had been improperly instructed on where the crime occurred.
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Ex-Texas Appeals Justice Joins Dallas Boutique
A former Texas appellate justice has been added to the roster at Tillotson Johnson and Patton, a Dallas boutique law firm that handles both plaintiff and defense litigation and appellate matters.
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Seasoned Patterson Belknap Trial Team Joins Linklaters In NY
Linklaters LLP announced Friday it has brought aboard a high-profile team of litigation partners from Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, including one who is the current president of the New York City Bar Association and a lawyer former President Joe Biden had nominated to the Third Circuit.
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Another Oklahoma Judge To Take Senior Status
Judge Gregory Frizzell of the Northern District of Oklahoma has informed the president he will take senior status in March, making him the second judge from the state to make such an announcement in recent days.
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5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider more than two dozen proposals at its semiannual meeting Monday, including two resolutions concerning judicial security as violence against judges is on the rise.