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Former AUSA To Lead Bradley Arant's Financial Crime Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that a former assistant U.S. attorney who joined the firm in October has been named chair of its newly formed financial crime and economic sanctions practice group.
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Justices Seem To Back Ban On Transgender Youth Care
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday seemed poised to greenlight a Tennessee ban on minors receiving gender-affirming care, despite arguments from the court's liberal block that finding the law constitutional would fly in the face of the court's equal-protection precedents.
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Fulton County DA Must Produce Trump Election Probe Docs
A Georgia state court judge has ordered the Fulton County District Attorney's Office to turn over documents from its election interference investigation that were sent to or received from special counsel Jack Smith and the U.S. House Jan. 6 Committee to conservative nonprofit Judicial Watch.
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Jan. 6 Rioter Unlikely To Succeed On Appeal, Judge Says
A District of Columbia federal judge ordered a convicted rioter from the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol to serve the remainder of his more than four-year prison term while he appeals, saying his legal arguments are substantial but unlikely to result in a reduced sentence.
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Trump Changes Course On Pick For WH Counsel
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he was naming a Dhillon Law Group Inc. partner who has represented his campaign to serve as White House counsel, replacing the ex-Jones Day attorney he'd previously picked as the top lawyer in his new administration.
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Trump Names Slater To DOJ Antitrust Against 'Wild' Big Tech
President-elect Donald Trump signaled a full steam ahead approach to reining in major technology platforms with the announced nomination Wednesday of former Federal Trade Commission staffer and Trump administration economic adviser Gail Slater to run the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.
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Hunter Biden's Gun, Tax Cases Axed After Presidential Pardon
Federal judges in Delaware and California on Tuesday closed the books on Hunter Biden's felony gun and tax evasion cases, just ahead of his sentencing hearings, after President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon of his son over the weekend.
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Justices Skeptical Of Hungary Holocaust Seizure Fight Ruling
A D.C. Circuit decision greenlighting expropriation claims brought by Holocaust survivors against Hungary may be in jeopardy after a hearing Tuesday during which the U.S. Supreme Court appeared receptive to arguments that the historical commingling of assets is not enough to overcome the country's sovereign immunity.
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Judge Mulls Whether DA Willis Must Comply With Subpoenas
A Fulton County judge on Tuesday considered whether a Georgia state Senate committee can force Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to testify or turn over records as part of its investigation into her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Trump Argues Immunity Extends To Local Prosecutions
President-elect Donald Trump told the New York state judge presiding over his hush money case that the criminal charges and guilty verdict should be thrown out, arguing in an expansive motion released Tuesday that allowing a local prosecution to proceed would upset the republic's balance of power.
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Pastor Wants Judge DQ'd Over Attorney Turnover Comment
A Michigan pastor said Monday that a federal judge should be disqualified from overseeing his lawsuit alleging a township's zoning ordinance discriminates against religious entities because of a comment the judge made about the pastor having "issues" with attorney turnover.
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New Judges Include One Who Aided Puerto Rico Bondholders
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed two federal judges for Pennsylvania and one for the District of Columbia, who came under scrutiny during her confirmation hearing for her work at Jones Day.
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3rd Circ. Judge Stapleton Remembered As 'Perfect Model'
Third Circuit Judge Walter Stapleton, who played a crucial role in drafting Delaware's corporate laws and mentored the likes of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, died last month after having served as a "perfect model" of what a judge should be, according to those who knew him.
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Allegheny County Feels 'Devastating' Loss Of Longtime Judge
The Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, community is feeling what has been called a "devastating loss" with the death of a judge who was beloved by his colleagues and described as kind and considerate to all who entered his courtroom.
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Data Brokers Get OK For Appeal Of NJ Privacy Law
A federal judge signed off Monday on data brokers' request to be allowed to appeal his ruling that New Jersey's judicial privacy and security measure known as Daniel's Law is constitutional.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Tunheim Advises Other Jurists
For more than a decade, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim has counseled judges from other countries on quandaries jurists face internationally, from artificial intelligence to court administration to judicial independence.
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2nd Recount Underway In North Carolina Supreme Court Race
Election officials in North Carolina will embark on a second recount of votes in a close race for a state Supreme Court seat, at the behest of a Republican Court of Appeals judge hoping to unseat his Democratic opponent.
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OneTaste Execs Say Former Member's Journals Fabricated
Two former OneTaste executives facing forced labor conspiracy charges claim a former employee's journals were fabricated for a Netflix documentary about the sexual wellness company and were further edited by an FBI agent before being produced to the defense in discovery.
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It's Not Your Imagination, SDNY Attys: PACER Really Is Slow
Recent mid-morning slowdowns of the federal courts database known as PACER in the Southern District of New York are caused by a profusion of data miners that ply their trade around the same time each day, a district official confirmed Tuesday.
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Senate Confirms Ex-Public Defender For Mass. Federal Court
The Senate voted 47-45 Monday night to confirm Brian Murphy, a former public defender, as a U.S. district court judge for the District of Massachusetts.
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Girardi Won't Get New Fraud Trial Despite Memory Claims
A California federal judge on Monday denied Tom Girardi's bid for a new trial after a jury found he misappropriated $15 million worth of client settlement funds, standing by a prior assessment that the disbarred attorney was "exaggerating" symptoms of mild cognitive impairment.
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Senate Sends Calif. Judge To Federal Bench
The U.S. Senate voted 48-43 on Monday evening to confirm California Superior Court Judge Anne Hwang to a federal judgeship in the Central District of California.
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Newsom Wants $25M For Expected Legal Fights With Trump
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that he wants up to $25 million for litigation and legal fights he foresees with the administration of President-elect Donald Trump, kicking off the first day of a special session the state Legislature held at the governor's request after Trump's win.
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Biden's Pardon Is Another Blow To Special Counsel Probes
President Joe Biden's pardon of his son over the weekend marks the latest example of a special counsel investigation fizzling and raises doubts over the future use of such probes, which can drag on for years and cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
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Lowenstein Sandler Seeks Judge DQ In Pot Dispensary Suit
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has asked an Essex County Superior Court judge to recuse himself over his social connections with the parties and counsel on the firm's $800,000 fee suit against a New Jersey cannabis dispensary