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Judge Newman Takes Suspension Battle To Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman brought her fight against a suspension imposed on her by her colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing that a lower court wrongly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.
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Boston Ex-Atty Sentenced For Stealing $2M In Client Funds
A disbarred Boston lawyer was sentenced to three to five years in prison Thursday after being convicted of stealing from clients to sustain a gambling addiction, the Massachusetts attorney general's office said.
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Ex-Government Attys Launch Anti-Corruption Law Firm
In response to recent actions by the Trump administration that have seen a number of convicted fraudsters pardoned for their crimes, a group of attorneys with federal government experience have launched a firm focused on combating public corruption using civil litigation.
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Former First-Chair Fed Prosecutor Joins Manatt In San Diego
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP is boosting its appellate team by bringing in a former federal prosecutor as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Democrats Seek Review Of Bondi's Role In Brother's Cases
Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general to review whether Attorney General Pam Bondi "adequately recused herself" from cases involving clients represented by her brother Brad Bondi, who is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP.
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Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances
The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.
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Philly Judge Accused Of Assault Suspended From Bench
A Philadelphia family court judge was suspended indefinitely from his post Thursday following his arrest earlier this week on charges alleging he assaulted his wife and daughter at their home in the Torresdale section of the city.
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Fla. Judge Gets Reprimand For Aiding Friend's Case
The Florida Supreme Court agreed Thursday to publicly reprimand a judge for violating ethics rules when intervening in a longtime friend's domestic violence case by working with the prosecutor to reach an agreement.
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Fed Corruption Prosecutor Joins Jenner & Block In Chicago
An ex-prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago, who played a key role in successfully trying former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, has departed her position as chief of its public corruption unit to join Jenner & Block LLP's investigations team.
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Judges, Lawmakers Urge 4th Circ. To Affirm Halligan Ruling
Members of Congress and former federal judges have urged the Fourth Circuit to affirm that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, saying the episode exemplifies why there are guardrails against installing political loyalists as federal prosecutors.
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Judge's Nix Of NJ Trio Puts US Atty Spat Closer To High Court
A federal judge's disqualification this week of three lawyers heading the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office shot down the Trump administration's most unique attempt yet to evade the usual appointment procedure for U.S. attorneys and pushed the fight over that process closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Judges Call Out Violent 'Never-Before' Rhetoric Against Them
Federal judges who experienced firsthand harassment and violence called out the rise of "dehumanizing" rhetoric on Wednesday and warned that it could erode judicial independence.
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Incumbent Ga. Judges Face Fresh Challengers In May
With candidates for Georgia statewide offices qualifying for their races last week, a high-profile fight for two spots on the state's highest court and a wide-open race for attorney general are expected to be among the most prominent contests in the state's legal world this spring. Here, Law360 looks at who qualified.
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Ex-DOJ Atty Who Said 'This Job Sucks' Running For Congress
The former federal government lawyer detailed to Minnesota to help with immigration cases who last month told a federal judge "this job sucks" says she is running for Congress in the state.
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Military Attys In DOJ 'Erodes Democratic Norms,' Ex-JAGs Say
Nearly a dozen former military lawyers raised the alarm about the Trump administration appointing judge advocate officers to U.S. attorneys' offices, urging a Minnesota federal judge Tuesday to bar an Army lawyer from prosecuting a case that accuses a civilian of assaulting federal immigration enforcement agents.
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Prosecutor Resigns, Judge Shows Slide Deck On AI Errors
A federal prosecutor told a North Carolina federal court Tuesday that he was separating from the office after admitting in open court to using artificial intelligence to help draft a response brief, which he called "the worst decision I've ever made in my 30-year career."
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Calif. Atty Gets Over 11 Years For Solar $1B Ponzi Scheme
A California federal judge has sentenced a corporate attorney to 11 years and five months behind bars after he pled guilty to nearly two dozen charges for his role in DC Solar's $912 million Ponzi scheme, which duped major investors including Berkshire Hathaway, Progressive and SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing.
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Judiciary Approves Supreme Court Public Defender Office
The federal judiciary approved a new office Tuesday aimed at improving the quality of representation for indigent defendants with cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Va. Blogger Convicted Of Cyberstalking Conn. Judges
A Virginia man was convicted Tuesday of cyberstalking three Connecticut judges after spending years following his 2007 divorce publishing a blog critical of the Constitution State's family court system, though he claimed his rhetoric was protected by the First Amendment.
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DOJ Official Faces Ethics Case Over Georgetown DEI Letters
U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin has been hit with disciplinary charges in the nation's capital over threatening letters he sent to Georgetown University Law Center last year while he was interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.
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Shipman & Goodwin, Pullman & Comley Attys Get Judge Nods
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Tuesday that he has selected partners at Shipman & Goodwin LLP and Pullman & Comley LLC, as well as a former state lawmaker and several associate and assistant attorneys general, to fill vacant judgeships on the state's Superior Court.
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Ex-Moses & Singer Partner Admits Tax Crimes, Will Pay $2.8M
A former Moses & Singer LLP partner admitted to practice in New York and North Carolina courts has pled guilty to three counts of failing to file personal income tax returns and will pay $2.8 million in restitution, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced Monday.
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Wisconsin Judges Decline To Extend Interim US Atty's Term
A majority of judges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin have declined to extend the tenure of interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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Dechert Lands Ex-Microsoft, Google Atty In San Francisco
Dechert LLP announced Tuesday that it has added an attorney who has held in-house posts at Microsoft and Google to bolster its cyber, privacy and AI practice and help clients navigate risks and challenges in an ever-evolving technology landscape.
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Fla. Judge Admits To Misleading Campaign Tactics
A Florida judge is facing a public reprimand and suspension from the bench after admitting to ethics violations in connection with her election campaign, including depicting misleading endorsements and appearing to personally solicit financial support.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.