ABA Finds First ‘Unqualified’ Judge Pick of Trump’s Second Term
A Republican National Committee lawyer is the first judicial nominee of President Donald Trump’s second term to be given a “not qualified” rating by the American Bar Association.
A Republican National Committee lawyer is the first judicial nominee of President Donald Trump’s second term to be given a “not qualified” rating by the American Bar Association.
Lewis Brisbois’ former billing director accused the firm of “illegal financial practices” in a discrimination and harassment lawsuit this week.
The Archdiocese of New York late last year sought authority from its insurer to discuss settling as many as 1,700 child sex abuse claims for up to $2 billion as part of high-stakes negotiations.
The Eighth Circuit’s bankruptcy panel barred a man who isn’t an attorney from representing his wife in a bankruptcy matter because it would be unauthorized practice of law in North Dakota.
A technology company owes DLA Piper LLP more than $482,000 in sanctions and attorneys’ fees incurred as part of a legal malpractice lawsuit it brought against the firm, a New York appellate court ruled.
Lawyers who possess information that they know is “reasonably likely” to cause a judge to be disqualified from a case must disclose what they know, the American Bar Association says in a new ethics opinion.
Michigan federal Judge Thomas L. Ludington pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge and said afterward that he plans to stay on the bench.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized a fellow member of the US Supreme Court for failing to grasp the real-world effects of an unsigned order last year that allowed immigration enforcement sweeps in Los Angeles to resume.
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