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Feds Say Fla. Atty Can't Shake COVID Relief Fraud Conviction
In a case involving a Florida lawyer serving a 75-month sentence for a COVID-19 loan fraud scheme, federal prosecutors are arguing that the trial judge was correct to allow a witness to testify that the defendant had talked about having another co-conspirator killed.
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Calif. Gov. Lays Groundwork To Fight Trump Policies In Court
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special legislative session on Thursday to fund litigation against President-elect Donald Trump's potential erosion of abortion rights, immigration protections and environmental progress, saying lawyers for the blue state have already begun preparing "to challenge in court unconstitutional and unlawful federal policies."
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Shook Hardy Adds Former Assistant Illinois AG
In its effort to become one of the nation's premier white collar firms, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP is bringing in from Dechert LLP a former Illinois assistant attorney general as a partner in its Chicago office.
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Indicted Power Broker Says Civil Suit Repeats Earlier Claims
Indicted Garden State power broker George E. Norcross III and his attorney brother have urged a New Jersey state judge to toss the civil racketeering suit brought against them by a Philadelphia developer, arguing that the developer's claims are time-barred and should have been filed in previously litigated and resolved actions.
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Buchalter Hires Ex-McGuireWoods White Collar Partner
Buchalter PC has hired a McGuireWoods LLP partner and former federal prosecutor for its litigation and white collar and investigation practice groups in Los Angeles, the firm announced Tuesday.
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BCLP Adds Former AUSA, FINRA Lawyer In San Francisco
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP on Thursday announced that a former assistant U.S. attorney and in-house lawyer at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority joined the firm's San Francisco office as a partner.
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Essex County Jurist Named Top Hudson County Judge In NJ
Chief Justice Stuart Rabner of New Jersey Supreme Court promoted an Essex County presiding judge to Hudson County assignment judge on Thursday.
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Ex-Pa. Judge Censured Over Misconduct With 3 Teens
The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline this week censured a former Allegheny County judge accused of misconduct with three teenage boys, ordering that the former judge's resignation and pledge to never again serve as a judge be binding and irrevocable.
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Ga. Judge Recuses Himself From Ga. School Shooting Case
The Georgia judge overseeing the Apalachee High School shooting case recused himself Wednesday due to his upcoming retirement.
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NC Panel Affirms Axing Sex Abuse Suit As Sanction For Delay
A North Carolina appeals panel found in a precedential ruling that a trial court was right to toss a man's sex abuse suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh as an appropriate sanction for his counsel having "deliberately and unreasonably delayed service of process."
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Former Delaware DOJ Attorney Joins Chancery As Magistrate
Delaware's judiciary announced this week that a former Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP attorney who also previously worked for the state's Department of Justice has been appointed to serve as a magistrate in the Chancery Court.
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Trump's Victory Muddles NY Sentencing: 'No Playbook Here'
The fate of President-elect Donald Trump's criminal conviction in New York remains unclear following his resounding electoral victory Tuesday night, as last-minute motions, a pending decision on presidential immunity and appeals may derail or delay a punishment slated to be handed down before Thanksgiving.
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Judiciary Panel Spurns Broadcasts, But More Pressure Looms
Despite support from a jurist who televised a mass murderer's trial, the lead rulemaking body for federal criminal cases voted Wednesday against loosening limits on courtroom broadcasts, but members exchanged sharply conflicting views and predicted that digital age pressure will keep rising.
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Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO Ordered To Pay $1.2M For Theft
A New Jersey state judge on Wednesday ordered McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer to pay the firm $1.2 million in restitution for the "excess salary and bonuses" he paid himself.
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Justices Eye Narrowing Disclosure Rules In Meta Investor Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to hand Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. a narrow victory in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, as justices put up a range of hypothetical scenarios to try to pin down when exactly a company needs to disclose to investors that a past event could cause future damage to its business.
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GOP Will Get A Crack At The Judiciary, But First, Lame Duck
With a little more than two months left in the Biden administration following Republicans' capture of the White House and Senate on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Durbin intends to confirm "every possible nominee" before time runs out on this Congress.
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Insurer Must Fully Cover $1.17M Crash Award, Fla. Panel Says
A Florida state appeals court upheld a directed verdict finding an auto insurer acted in bad faith while attempting to settle a woman's injury claims over a drunken driving crash, affirming Wednesday that the company must fully cover her $1.17 million compensatory damages award, less a prior $25,000 payment.
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Ex-Ga. DA To Face Arbery Obstruction Charges In January
The former Georgia district attorney accused of obstructing the investigation of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery will stand trial in January, a state court judge said Tuesday, after her defense attorney was recently freed up by the conclusion of the prosecution of Atlanta rapper Young Thug.
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The Legal Work Awaiting Attys During Trump's Second Term
Former President Donald Trump's return to the White House following his election victory on Tuesday is sure to bring a series of policy changes that will keep lawyers busy, particularly attorneys working in international trade, immigration, tax and antitrust.
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9th Circ. Revives Retaliation Suit By Ex-Santa Clara Deputy DA
The Ninth Circuit partially revived a lawsuit by a former Santa Clara County, California, deputy district attorney who alleged First Amendment retaliation when he was unlawfully transferred after publishing an op-ed that disagreed with the views of his boss, the district attorney.
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Fani Willis, Ga. DA Who Charged Trump, Wins Reelection
Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, easily won reelection Tuesday, securing a second four-year term as Fulton County's district attorney.
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Clerk Targeted During Trump Civil Trial Is Elected Judge
A law clerk under New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron who faced death threats after being singled out by now President-elect Donald Trump during his civil fraud trial last year has been elected as a judge.
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What To Know About Ga.'s Vote To Create A State Tax Court
Law360 Pulse takes a close look at the new state tax court approved by Peach State voters in Tuesday's election.
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Conflict Fears Won't Take Judge Off NASCAR Antitrust Suit
The North Carolina federal judge overseeing a budding antitrust case against NASCAR will remain on the case after attorneys waived concerns about the apparent conflict posed by one of his former clerks working on the suit.
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Fla. Judge Invokes Free Speech Protection In Ethics Case
A Florida state judge facing ethics charges over previous campaign statements has again claimed that authorities should be blocked from presenting evidence or argument that her "philosophical beliefs" and comments violate judicial ethics guidelines, saying they are protected by the First Amendment.